SF
Guide

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

Neighborhoods

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Chinatown

San Francisco's Chinatown is the oldest in North America and one of the largest outside Asia.
SoMa

SoMa stands for South of Market.
North Beach

North Beach is named for a beach that was filled in during the 19th century. It became San…
Hayes Valley

Hayes Valley is named for Thomas Hayes, who developed the area in the 1850s. Its current walkable form…

Where to Eat

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Arsicault Bakery

Bon Appétit named it the Best New Bakery in America. Best Croissant in USA.

The Richmond Bakery

La Taqueria

Voted Best Burrito in USA. James Beard America's Classics Award winner.

The Mission District Mexican

Marufuku Ramen

Hakata-style tonkotsu ramen in Japantown. So delicious.

Japantown Japanese

Tartine Bakery

Amazing bakery in the Mission Neighborhood

The Mission District Bakery

Things to Do

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Mission Dolores Cemetery

The cemetery at Mission Dolores, the oldest in San Francisco. Hitchcock filmed Madeleine visiting Carlotta Valdes's grave here in Vertigo (1958); the prop headstone is gone, but the spot is unchanged.

The Mission DistrictHistoric Sites

Dolores Park

Stake out a patch of the sunny upper lawn, then grab Bi-Rite ice cream on 18th once the line dies down.

The Mission DistrictParks & Outdoors

Garden of Fragrance

A sensory garden inside the San Francisco Botanical Garden, designed in 1965 for blind visitors. Plants are chosen for scent and texture, and the signs are in Braille. Many of the walls were built with stones from a 12th century monastery that William Randolph Hearst shipped to San Francisco. Included with garden admission (free for SF residents).

The RichmondParks & Outdoors