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Insight Guides: Inspiring your next adventure
San Francisco is one of Americas (and indeed the worlds) favorite cities. With its stunning natural setting, sweeping views from high in the Hills, cable cars and fog-cloaked Bay, this city incites love at first sight. Be inspired to visit by the brand new Insight Pocket Guide San Francisco, a concise, full-color guide to this tropical paradise that combines lively text with vivid photography to highlight the best that San Francisco has to offer.
Inside Insight Pocket Guide San Francisco:
- Top 10 Attractions gives a run-down of the best sights to take in on your trip, including the Golden Gate Bridge and surrounds, Fishermans Wharf and Alamo Square.
- Perfect Day provides an itinerary for one day in the city.
- What To Do is a snapshot of ways to spend your spare time, from watersports and cycling to walking trails and shopping, plus nightlife.
- Essential information on San Franciscos culture, including a brief history of the island.
- Eating Out covers the islands best cuisine.
- Curated listings of the best hotels and restaurants.
- A-Z of all the practical information youll need.
About Insight Guides:
Insight Guides has over 40 years experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides. We produce around 400 full-colour print guide books and maps as well as picture-packed eBooks to meet different travellers needs. Insight Guides unique combination of beautiful travel photography and focus on history and culture together create a unique visual reference and planning tool to inspire your next adventure.
Insight Guides has spawned many imitators but is still the best of its type. - Wanderlust Magazine
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This Pocket Guide e-book is designed to give you inspiration and planning advice for your visit to San Francisco, and is also the perfect on-the-ground companion for your trip.
The guide begins with our selection of Top 10 Attractions, plus a Perfect Itinerary feature to help you plan unmissable experiences. The Introduction and History chapters paint a vivid cultural portrait of San Francisco, and the Where to Go chapter gives a complete guide to all the sights worth visiting. You will find ideas for activities in the What to Do section, while the Eating Out chapter describes the local cuisine and gives listings of the best restaurants. The Travel Tips offer practical information to help you plan your trip. Finally, there are carefully selected hotel listings.
In the Table of Contents and throughout this e-book you will see hyperlinked references. Just tap a hyperlink once to skip to the section you would like to read. Practical information and listings are also hyperlinked, so as long as you have an external connection to the internet, you can tap a link to go directly to the website for more information.
Maps
All key attractions and sights in San Francisco are numbered and cross-referenced to high-quality maps. Wherever you see the reference [map], tap once to go straight to the related map. You can also double-tap any map for a zoom view.
Images
Youll find lots of beautiful high-resolution images that capture the essence of San Francisco. Simply double-tap an image to see it in full-screen.
About Insight Guides
Insight Guides have more than 40 years experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides. We produce 400 full-colour titles, in both print and digital form, covering more than 200 destinations across the globe, in a variety of formats to meet your different needs.
Insight Guides are written by local authors, whose expertise is evident in the extensive historical and cultural background features. Each destination is carefully researched by regional experts to ensure our guides provide the very latest information. All the reviews in Insight Guides are independent; we strive to maintain an impartial view. Our reviews are carefully selected to guide you to the best places to eat, go out and shop, so you can be confident that when we say a place is special, we really mean it.
2016 Apa Digital (CH) AG and Apa Publications (UK) Ltd
Table of Contents
San Franciscos Top 10 Attractions
Top Attraction #1
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Chinatown
For colorful facades, sacred temples, herb shops, and dim sum. For more information, .
Top Attraction #2
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Coit Tower
Provides various views of the city both inside and out. For more information, .
Top Attraction #3
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Fishermans Wharf
From cracked crab to carousels, this place pleases people of all ages. For more information, .
Top Attraction #4
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The Ferry Building
Is one of the citys architectural gems and a gathering place of all things gastronomic, including a farmers market. For more information, .
Top Attraction #5
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Golden Gate Bridge
The ultimate symbol of San Francisco, this iconic bridge is an Art Deco masterpiece. For more information, .
Top Attraction #6
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MoMA and the Yerba Buena Gardens
Offer cultural and other diversions. For more information, .
Top Attraction #7
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Alcatraz Island
The former prison is a brooding presence, full of grim fascination and with unparalleled views across the bay. For more information, .
Top Attraction #8
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Alamo Square
With its row of painted ladies is one of several classic vantage points in the city. For more information, .
Top Attraction #9
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Cable Cars
Offer stellar views as they traverse the citys legendary hills. For more information, .
Top Attraction #10
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Golden Gate Park
Has this Conservatory of Flowers, and a celebrated art museum among its attractions. For more information, .
A Perfect Day In San Francisco
9.00am
Breakfast
There are two potential ways to start the day: espresso and pastries at classic Caffe Trieste (601 Vallejo Street) or heartier fare at La Boulange (543 Columbus Avenue) in North Beach.
10.00am
Steep hills, stupendous views
Stroll across Washington Square then climb Telegraph Hill to Coit Tower. Be sure to view the 1930s murals inside before ascending the elevator for one of the citys most magnificent views. Afterwards, walk down the Filbert Street steps with exquisite views of the Bay, to Montgomery Street (or as far as Sansome Street if you feel ambitious) and back.
11.30am
To Chinatown
Meander down Grant Avenue past one-of-a-kind boutiques in North Beach to Chinatowns quirky shops. Then feast on savory Chinese dumplings at Delicious Dim Sum (752 Jackson), where the food is really good.
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