San Francisco,Walking Tour

Some tips from a fellow traveller:-

Here is the walking tour link in San Francisco and some images I took that might give you some ideas. The city tourism office is on market street near Union Square. It is below the road and has loads of information and you can by your Muni pass here.

 

Also don’t forget to go see the painted ladies in Steiner Street, in Alamo Square. Take Muni line #21 westbound trolley from downtown to the corner of Hayes and Steiner streets.

 

 

Coit tower. Well worth the visit and take the lift to the viewing gallery at the top.

 

Designer Shoe Warehouse

 

6 floors of shoes at discount process- including 51/2 floors of women’s shoes. 400 Post Street – right in Union Square

 

· See Lombard Street

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Book for Alcatraz

· Get a street car to the Castro – great architecture and quirky shops, great cafes and restaurants-    good value for money

· Go to Haight Ashbury – flower power (where the 1960’s hippie started)

· Go to the Cable Car Museum – has the wheel house and see the cables pulling the cars

· Go to the de Young Museum and Museum of Modern Art

· Go to Gumps Department Store – quite unique  

· Westfield mall (on market Street) has loads of shops and Bloomingdales is the anchor. The main Levis shop (6 floors) is in Union Square along with a big Macy’s and Sak of 5th Avenue.

· Buy some Ghirardelli Chocolate – it is yum

· Go to Fishersmens Wharf - but it is quite touristy –

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You can walk back to the city from there via Coit Tower- go up to the top for stunning views of the whole city

· See HaasLillenthal House

 

 

 

 

 

• Walk to China Town

• Cycle the bridge to Sausalito

• Get a Muni pass to ride the cablecars. You can get a 3 day pass for 23.00 includes all travels of trolleys, trams and cables cars. (each trip on a cable car is 6.00). Don’t get the cable car from the main getting on point at Union and market go up one or 2 stops and you will always get on. At the main stop the que is huge and snakes for about a block.

• Don’t be put off by the people living on the street – the locals call them the crazies. I’d avoid the Tenderloin especially at night but SOMA is a fun part of town for cafes and restaurants as is the MIssion and Castro for food. Around Union Square and Fishermens Wharf food is expensive.