Greenwich Steps
A 280 foot climb up Telegraph Hill, part concrete and part brick, one block north of the Filbert Steps.
Things to Do
Filbert Steps
About 400 steps up the quarried east face of Telegraph Hill, through a garden one woman planted over 33 years.
WORK Vintage
A small vintage shop on Grant Avenue in North Beach with menswear and womenswear. Close to other Grant Avenue vintage shops.
Vacation
A North Beach vintage shop on Grant Avenue with vintage t-shirts, shoes, jewelry, and designer pieces. Open daily until 8pm.
Missing Audrey Vintage
A small vintage shop on Stockton Street between North Beach and Chinatown with one-of-a-kind pieces and rotating stock. Open Wednesday through Sunday.
Dear San Francisco
A 90-minute circus show at Club Fugazi in North Beach. Created by two co-founders of The 7 Fingers (Montreal) as a tribute to San Francisco. Opened October 2021 in the venue that hosted Beach Blanket Babylon from 1975 to 2019.
Beat Museum
Two floors of Beat Generation manuscripts, letters, and ephemera at 540 Broadway in North Beach. Half a block from City Lights. $8 adult admission. Daily 10 AM to 7 PM.
Parrots of Telegraph Hill
Naturalized flock of cherry-headed conures that has lived on Telegraph Hill since the early 1990s. Best seen late afternoon near Coit Tower and the Filbert Steps. Free.
Coit Tower
An Art Deco tower on Telegraph Hill with panoramic views and Depression-era murals inside. Take the Filbert Steps up through the gardens and wild parrots.
Washington Square Park
A 19th-century public square at the base of Telegraph Hill. Morning tai chi, afternoon picnics, and Saints Peter and Paul Church on the east side.
City Lights Bookstore
The North Beach bookstore that opened in 1953 and published Allen Ginsberg’s Howl. Three floors of books at Columbus and Broadway.
Best of San Francisco
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