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Curated by a local tour guide.
What I recommend on tour, collected in one place.
Neighborhoods
All neighborhoods →San Francisco's Chinatown is the oldest in North America and one of the largest outside Asia.
SoMa stands for South of Market.
The Financial District is built on the filled-in Yerba Buena Cove, with Gold Rush ships still buried beneath…
The Richmond is the residential grid west of Arguello and north of Golden Gate Park, running out to…
Where to Eat
All restaurants →The Pawn Shop
Speakeasy tapas restaurant hidden behind a pawn shop facade
Liguria Bakery
Liguria Bakery makes one thing: focaccia bread since 1911.
Tony’s Pizza Napoletana
From a 13-time World Pizza Champion. The wood-fired Margherita that won Naples is capped at 73 a day, so order it early.
Sotto Mare
Great Italian seafood in North Beach. Known for their Cioppino.
Things to Do
All activities →Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Company
A Chinatown shop hand-folding fortune cookies on motorized griddles since August 1962. Owner Franklin Yee runs the place, designated a SF Legacy Business in 2016. Free to watch the workers slip paper fortunes onto warm discs before folding; $0.50 per photo, $17 a box of cookies, $10 a bag of flat unfolded ones.
Palace of Fine Arts
The grounds are free and open daily, which is why it draws so many picnickers and wedding photographers around the lagoon; check the Theatre calendar for what's on.
Coit Tower
Lobby and murals are free; you only pay for the elevator. Come early for the lightest crowds.
Tours I Recommend
All tours →The Mission: Murals, Missions, and Taquerías
From the 1791 Mission Dolores through Dolores Park and the Women's Building to the mural alleys and the Calle 24 Latino corridor.…
The Castro: Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Mile
A walk through the heart of LGBTQ San Francisco, from Harvey Milk Plaza and the Pink Triangle memorial to Milk's camera shop…
Nob Hill: Bonanza Kings and the 1906 Fire Line
The hilltop of railroad and silver barons, from the working cable car powerhouse to Grace Cathedral. Six stops, under a mile, with…
Fisherman’s Wharf to the Marina: The Working Waterfront
A waterfront walk from the historic ships at Hyde Street Pier west past Ghirardelli, Fort Mason, and the Wave Organ to the…
Golden Gate Park: A Cross-Park Walk
A three-and-a-half-mile east-to-west walk across Golden Gate Park, from the 1879 Conservatory of Flowers through the museums and gardens to the bison,…
The Fillmore: Harlem of the West and Japantown
The Black music history that the Haight's rock story overshadows, from Alamo Square up Fillmore Street to Japantown. Six stops, about a…
Pacific Heights: Billionaires’ Row and Victorian Survivors
A walk along the city's wealthiest ridge, from a tourable 1886 Victorian and the Spreckels Mansion to the Mrs. Doubtfire house and…
SoMa and Yerba Buena: Industrial City to Museum Mile
How warehouses and rail yards became the city's cultural core, from SFMOMA and the Yerba Buena museums to the dot-com oval of…
The Embarcadero: Earthquake to Ferry Building
How a 1989 earthquake remade the waterfront. A flat walk from Cupid's Span and the Bay Bridge to the Ferry Building and…
North Beach Walking Tour
A free self-guided North Beach walking tour from a local SF guide. 10 stops through Beat Generation history and Italian North Beach:…
Walking the Haight: A Deep History Tour
A free self-guided Haight-Ashbury walking tour from a local SF guide. 17 stops from Buena Vista Park to Hippie Hill: the Grateful…
Chinatown Walking Tour
A free self-guided Chinatown walking tour from a local SF guide. 14 stops over 1.7 miles, from the Dragon Gate through the…
Sunset Sail on San Francisco Bay
Sail under the Golden Gate Bridge aboard a 55-foot catamaran. A 90-minute sunset run past Alcatraz, the Bay Bridge, and the city…
Muir Woods Half-Day Tour
A 4-hour guided trip from San Francisco to Muir Woods National Monument, with stops in Sausalito on the return. Hotel pickup included.
Upcoming Events
All events →Golden Gate Park Band’s Free Symphony in the Park: Around the World in 90 Minutes
Cheaper Than Therapy, Stand-up Comedy: Sunday FUNday
Kenny Washington Quartet
Pride Afters
Nardia Live at Biscuits & Blues
LOOFY at Halcyon SF
TMI, BoxCutter, and Alison at Brick and Mortar Music Hall
The Cutthroats / Stiff Arm / Bone Thistle / Usurper / The Evening Arrangement
Zedd Pride Weekend Block Party (21+)
Shapel Lacey at Cobb’s Comedy Club
Glitter Box: Big Pride Party
Sun Jun 28 Glitter BoxBig Pride Party Buy Tickets
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