SF
Guide

Curated by a local tour guide.
What I recommend on tour, collected in one place.

Neighborhoods

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Marina District

The Marina spreads along the northern waterfront.
The Sunset

The Sunset is the residential grid south of Golden Gate Park, running from Stanyan Street out to the…
The Tenderloin

The Tenderloin is one of the densest neighborhoods in San Francisco.
Russian Hill

Russian Hill is a residential neighborhood on the hill north of Nob Hill, between Polk Street and the…

Where to Eat

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Butter & Crumble

Great bakery in North Beach but very long lines.

North Beach Bakery

Foreign Cinema

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

The Mission District California-Mediterranean

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.

North Beach Pizza

Liguria Bakery

Liguria Bakery makes one thing: focaccia bread since 1911.

North Beach Italian Bakery, Bakery

Things to Do

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San Francisco Botanical Garden

A 55-acre garden inside Golden Gate Park holding around 9,000 plant species, with collections from climates similar to San Francisco's: Mediterranean, cloud forest, Australasian, and high-elevation tropical. Funded by a 1927 Helene Strybing bequest, planted by WPA crews starting in 1937, opened May 1940. Free for SF residents with ID and free for everyone 7:30 to 9am daily and on the second Tuesday of the month.
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Exploratorium

Hands-on science museum founded in 1969 by physicist Frank Oppenheimer, relocated to Pier 15 on the Embarcadero in April 2013. About 600 exhibits at a time, drawn from over 1,000 the museum has built. After Dark Thursdays are 18+ with cocktails. The Tactile Dome needs a separate reservation.
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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.