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San Francisco Area. Travel Guide
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Attractions.
Make a distinction between a visit and a vacation with some local attractions, and enjoy your destination like the locals!
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Choice areas of interest (View All Attraction Venues)
Chinatown (San Francisco)
The United States' oldest Chinatown and one of North America's largest, San Francisco's Chinatown is one of the most well-known parts of the "City by the Bay."
Chinatown is located in downtown San Francisco. It is rou...[more]
Alcatraz Island
It served as a military installation, a lighthouse, a federal prison, and now serves as a national historic landmark. It housed one of the most infamous tax evaders in criminal history (Al Capone) and was one of the most famous pr...[more]
Japanese Tea Garden
This 3.8 acre site lies in the Golden Gate Park area. It's landscaped with bridges, walkways, ponds, miniature waterfalls, pagodas, statuary, and flowing little streams meant to bring balance of chi to this urban landscape...[more]
Fisherman's Wharf
Known for its dungeness crabs, barking Sea Lions at Pier 39, the Ghirardelli Chcolatier, and some of the best seafood on the West Coast, Fisherman's Wharf is a favorite travel spot in San Francisco. Its location in the "City ...[more]
Golden Gate Bridge
The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the opening into the San Francisco Bay from the Pacific Ocean. It was the largest suspension bridge in the world when it was completed in 1937 and has become an international...[more]
Exploratorium
Inside the Palace of Fine Arts, this museum contains more than 650 interactive exhibits that invite visitors to see, hear, touch, feel, and explore the fields of science, math, technology, animal behavior, and huma...[more]
Conservatory of Flowers
Hours:
Tuesday - Sunday - 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Open Major Holidays
Closed: Monday
Coonservation education along with an appreciation for the aesthetics of natural beauty make up the Conservatory of Flowers. With almo...[more]
Golden Gate Fields
Golden Gate Fields, which is located approximately eight miles from Oakland and 11 miles from San Francisco, commenced its inaugural meet in 1941.
Golden Gate Fields' racing season of approximately 105 racing days complements both Sant...[more]
Lombard Street
Lombard Street is best known for one block on Russian Hill between Hyde and Leavenworth Streets, in which the roadway has eight sharp turns (or switchbacks) that have earned the street the distinction of being "the crookedest (mo...[more]
Ghirardelli Square
Ghirardelli Square is a tourist attraction with shops and restaurants in the Fisherman's Wharf area of San Francisco, California. In order to preserve Ghirardelli Square for future generations, it was granted National Historic Landmark st...[more]
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