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Best of San Francisco |
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It's no surprise that San Francisco is a perennial favorite among travelers both foreign and domestic. Often described as almost European in ambience, the City by the Bay packs a panoply of vibes into its surprisingly small 50-odd square miles at the tip of its namesake peninsula. Golden Gate Park, a masterpiece of nineteenth-century urban planning, combines the natural beauty of its gardens with the culture of its museums. The city's Chinatown, the largest in the western United States, serves tastes of the East, and the ever-gentrifying Mission district has some of the nation's best taco shops. Haight-Ashbury clings to traces of its hippie past, while well-heeled hoods such as Pacific Heights claim some of the priciest real estate on the planet.
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Use this interactive map to explore the sights that await you in San Francisco. Click on a camera to see a 360° view. Click on a hotel to see the hotels in that area.
| | | | When to go | | Despite the city’s often-foggy summers, most visitors come to San Francisco from July through October. To beat the crowds and get great deals, visit from December through April. Spring and autumn typically offer excellent weather and reasonable hotel prices. | | | | Are we there yet? | Flight times
6 hours from the East Coast, 4.5 hours from Chicago, about an hour from Los Angeles
Drive times
Airport to downtown: 20 minutes
Downtown to Napa Valley: 1 hour
Downtown to the Monterey Peninsula: 2 hours
| | | | Must-see sights | | Cross the Golden Gate Bridge just before sunset and look back at the city from the Marin Headlands. No car? Take a taxi to the top of Twin Peaks instead.
Don’t miss a ride on the city’s beloved cable cars, the nation’s only mobile landmarks. If you feel brave, stand on the running boards for the best view … and hang on tight!
Take a stroll through Chinatown, entering through the lion gate at Grant Avenue and Bush Street. Peek into the Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Factory on Ross Avenue. | |
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| | | | | Pack a sweater and long pants, even when it’s hot back home. As Mark Twain supposedly said: “The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.”
Most museums offer free admission one day per month. For SFMOMA and the Asian Art Museum, it’s the first Tuesday; Exploratorium’s day is the first Wednesday.
For a bird’s-eye view of the city, sip a cocktail at one of the many lounges atop tall hotels like the Mark Hopkins, the Sir Francis Drake, and the Marriott San Francisco. | |
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