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Curated by a local tour guide.
What I recommend on tour, collected in one place.
Neighborhoods
All neighborhoods →Haight-Ashbury grew as a streetcar suburb in the 1880s and 1890s. Its Victorian flats and cheap postwar rents…
SoMa stands for South of Market.
Fisherman's Wharf runs along the northern waterfront from Pier 39 west to Aquatic Park and Ghirardelli Square.
Nob Hill is a residential and hotel district at the summit of the hill.
Where to Eat
All restaurants →La Taqueria
Voted Best Burrito in USA. James Beard America's Classics Award winner.
The Pawn Shop
Speakeasy tapas restaurant hidden behind a pawn shop facade
Foreign Cinema
Films from the 1960s and 1970s projected on the courtyard wall.
R&G Lounge
Anthony Bourdain featured this Chinatown Cantonese restaurant on No Reservations.
Things to Do
All activities →Coit Tower
Lobby and murals are free; you only pay for the elevator. Come early for the lightest crowds.
Dolores Park
Stake out a patch of the sunny upper lawn, then grab Bi-Rite ice cream on 18th once the line dies down.
Balmy Alley
Vicolo di Mission dekorert med muraler siden 1972; den moderne tradisjon begynte i 1985 da Ray Patlan organiserte 27 muraler som reflekterer Sentral-Amerika oprindelig befolknings arv og motsatte seg amerikansk intervensjon. På ethvert tidspunkt finnes cirka 30 muraler mellom 24th og 25th Streets. Gratis, åpent 24 timer i døgnet, best besøkt i løpet av dagen.
Tours I Recommend
All tours →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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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 →Downtown First Thursdays Block Party
A.R. Rahman Live with the San Francisco Symphony
Free First Thursdays at Berkeley Art Museum
Cheaper Than Therapy Stand-up Comedy
Patrick Keane at Punch Line Comedy Club
The Joe Gloss Group
Pope Suburban
Buy Tickets for Silverset / Paper Straw / Lizzie Waters on Jul 02
Student Show: Hitchcock Performance Lab
Clement St Comedy
Chaunté Wayans – I’m Not Crazy
Kelly McFarling
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