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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.
Haight-Ashbury grew as a streetcar suburb in the 1880s and 1890s. Its Victorian flats and cheap postwar rents…
North Beach is named for a beach that was filled in during the 19th century. It became San…
The Embarcadero is the waterfront promenade along the eastern edge of San Francisco, running from Fisherman's Wharf to…
Where to Eat
All restaurants →Things to Do
All activities →Conservatory of Flowers
Victorian wood-and-glass greenhouse that opened in April 1879, the oldest wood-and-glass conservatory in North America still open to the public. James Lick bought the kit materials in 1876 from Lord & Burnham in New York. Five galleries of tropical and aquatic plants; 16,800 window panes. In Golden Gate Park; $12 adults, free first Tuesdays.
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.
Garden of Fragrance
A walled sensory garden designed in 1965 inside the SF Botanical Garden for visitors with visual impairments, with plants chosen for scent and texture and Braille labels on redwood blocks. Many of the walls are built from stones of a 12th-century Spanish monastery shipped to San Francisco by William Randolph Hearst. Included with garden admission (free for SF residents).
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 →Civic Center Soundtrack: Free Concerts and Food Trucks
SF History Night | Pacific Heights
Asian Glow/ / What is Your Name?/ Ivory Daze/ Junebug/ Slugfeast
Tony Jupiter/ Rangoo/ TBA
The West Coast Blues Revue
Comedy Allstars
Joshua Slone: Thinking Too Much Tour
SF Symphony: Mendelssohn 5 & Bruch Violin Concerto
Intro to Personal Safety & Self-Defense Class | SF
Drink & Draw Art Event & Raffle | The Knockout
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