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Tips 1 - 10 of 21 San Francisco Things to Do
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A great looking building that hosts delicious specialty shops inside, and the really fun and excellent Farmers Market four days a week - Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. You can buy some of the best culinary items in the world (some of the chocolate is to die for) and then sit out back and enjoy it with a great view of the bay. At this link is an excellent article with details on the Slanted Door and a few of the other excellent places to eat in the Ferry Building: Best of the Ferry Bldg
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Address: One Ferry Building on the Embarcadero
Directions: along the Embarcadero at the foot of Market Street.
Website: http://www.ferrybuildingmarketplace.com/
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Walk up to the top of Telegraph for a great city vista and bay view. You can pay $3 and ride the elevator to the observation deck of Coit Tower if you like to get a high, eye-popping 360deg view of the city. There are some terrific murals painted on the wall inside. My favorite way to get there is hiking the Green St. steps from the n/e side. I don't recommend driving your car up as the parking is very limited & you end up idling in your car, wasting gas and time, waiting in line for a space to open up. If health is an issue and you can't climb / walk up the hill, take a cab, as they can drop you so you don't have to wait to drive in and park. This is a closeup I took of the Columbus statue and Coit Tower that everybody shoots at one time or another
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Phone: (415) 362- 0808
Address: 1 Telegraph Hill Blvd
Directions: Top of Telegraph Hill
Website: http://www.coittower.org/
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There are few if any cities on the planet more fun to just walk around and enjoy.
Like Paris, San Francisco is one of those special, "walking" towns you can't help but fall in love with.
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Address: Walk the hilltops, anywhere in the City
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Nob Hill: Grace Cathedral: start point for a downhill walk
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Take the California St. cable car from in front of Hyatt Regency @ the confluence of California / Drumm / Market st. up to the top of Nob hill and jump off at Grace Cathedral. The beautiful bronze Ghiberti front doors at the entrance and inside coloured windows are great and worth checking out. Watch people inside walking the labyrinths. Grace labyrinths Then walk back down Nob Hill (east the way you came up) into Chinatown... wander through Chinatown (don't forget lunch) to Embarcadero, or (left/north) stroll through North Beach. Do this on a sunny day, and I bet San Francisco becomes one of your alltime favorite cities.
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Address: Area surrounding California Street at Taylor
Directions: Grace Cathedral 1100 California Street Take the California / Van Ness cable car to the top of the hill
Website: http://www.gracecathedral.org/
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We're peeking at the City through the cables of the Golden Gate bridge from Marin Headlands State Park. Again, everyone including me takes this same shot, from Morton Beebe & Frederic Larson to everyone at vt, but there is a reason: it is so beautiful. Go there and take one yourself, ... you'll love it. And don't forget the telephoto lense.
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Phone: (415) 921-5858
Address: Marin Headlands State Park
Directions: Heading back to the City on 101 before the GG bridge, take the last available Sausalito exit & continue up the hill to Marin Headlands State Park.
Website: http://www.goldengatebridge.org
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" ... the city dances on its hills and unashamedly enjoys its own beauty, which has survived many a long night of excesses, both joyous and tragic." © Herb Caen, the `voice and conscience' of the City
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Phone: (415) 362- 0808
Address: 1 Telegraph Hill Blvd
Directions: Facing west from telegraph hill parking lot ledge
Website: http://gocalifornia.about.com/od/casfmenu/a/coittower.htm
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After a dinner @Delfina by Mission Delores, I always walk a few streets west to Castro, one of my favorite SF neighborhoods.
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Address: Castro, between 18th and Market Streets
Directions: Take underground muni from Market & Drumm by embarcadero / Hyatt Regency to Castro, or take the F muni streetcars same route.
Website: http://www.thecastrotheatre.com/
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alycat Tue Feb 27, 2007 14:42 UTC Terrific pics and gr8 writeup..will use them..thnx | VeronicaG Mon Jan 22, 2007 22:56 UTC I made a return visit to your S.F. page--our trip will most likely be scheduled for June or July. It was great reading over your tips--nice commentary, Dave. Regards from Texas.... | CaliHopkins Tue Jan 16, 2007 19:41 UTC your pages on San Francisco are awesome! Thanks for the info and the pics! :) | JessH Sun May 21, 2006 08:40 UTC Gorgeous tips, superb photos & a wonderful writing style. Well-deserving of a top5 rating. I thoroughly enjoyed your SF page! Greetings from Dubai :-) Jess |
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