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Hayes Valley

Hayes Valley is a walkable stretch of boutiques, wine bars, and well-known restaurants around Patricia's Green, where a…

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Nob Hill

Nob Hill is the summit of grand hotels and cable car lines where the railroad barons built their…

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Financial District

The Financial District is San Francisco's downtown core of office towers, from the Transamerica Pyramid to the old…

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Marina District

The Marina is a flat bayfront neighborhood of Chestnut Street cafes and yoga studios, home to the Palace…

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Where to Eat

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Grubstake

If you're looking for a late night diner experience.

$ Nob Hill American

Scoma’s

Seafood goes from dock to kitchen with no middleman.

$$ Fisherman's Wharf Seafood

Surisan

Great Korean and great breakfast option, If you're staying in Fisherman's Wharf

$$ Fisherman's Wharf Korean

Foreign Cinema

Films from the 1960s and 1970s projected on the courtyard wall.

$$$ The Mission District California-Mediterranean
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Clarion Alley

A 560-foot Mission alley managed by the Clarion Alley Mural Project (CAMP), a volunteer collective founded in October 1992 by six Mission residents (Aaron Noble, Michael O'Connor, Sebastiana Pastor, Rigo 92, Mary Gail Snyder, Aracely Soriano). More than 700 murals have cycled through since then. Free, 24 hours; runs between Mission and Valencia, just south of 17th.

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Balmy Alley

A one-block residential alley in the Mission covered in murals since 1972, with the modern tradition kicked off in 1985 when Ray Patlan organized 27 murals on indigenous Central American heritage and protest against US intervention. About 30 murals at any given time, between 24th and 25th Streets. Free, open 24 hours, easier to read in daylight.

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Coit Tower

A 210-foot Art Deco column on Telegraph Hill completed in 1933, funded by Lillie Hitchcock Coit's $100,000 bequest. The ground-floor murals were painted in 1934 by 25 artists under the Public Works of Art Project, with imagery so left-leaning the tower briefly closed during the controversy. Lobby and murals free, elevator separate. Take the Filbert Steps up through the wild parrots.

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