Welcome to San Francisco
What a wonderful city San Francisco is. One of my favourite cities in the world. I have been a couple of times. So different.
What a wonderful city San Francisco is. One of my favourite cities in the world. I have been a couple of times. So different.
Have a look at our Cable Car journey. It`s fun-Hope you can enjoy thAT pleasure yourself someday.
The city by the bay. San Francisco claims to have been built on seven hills. The Seven Hills of San Francisco refers to Telegraph Hill, Nob Hill, Russian Hill, Rincon Hill, Mount Sutro, Twin Peaks and Mount Davidson.
You will get fit climbing to the top of one of those famous hills to reenact a scene from the TV epic- Streets of San Francisco.
Please be warned it can get chilly at night even in summer but it`s worth it. We had to buy woolly hoodies.
Try the Cable car ,walk the Golden Gate or have lunch in Castro.All great fun . I love San Fran and I hope to return soon.
You will get fit climbing to the top of one of those famous hills to reenact a scene from the TV epic- Streets of San Francisco.
Please be warned it can get chilly at night even in summer but it`s worth it. We had to buy woolly hoodies.
Try the Cable car ,walk the Golden Gate or have lunch in Castro.All great fun . I love San Fran and I hope to return soon.
The Golden Gate Bridge is named after the Golden Gate Strait. It stretches from San Francisco on the southern side to Marin County on the north. The bridge stands approximately 3.5 miles west of Fisherman’s Wharf (25 min by bus – The Golden Gate Strait connects the Pacific Ocean with the San Francisco Bay.
"I Left My Heart in San Francisco" was written in 1954 by George Cory and Douglass Cross, and best known as the signature song of Tony Bennett. It was released as a single by Bennett on Columbia Records, as the b-side to "Once Upon A Time." It peaked at #19 on the Billboard Hot 100, and was later issued on the album of the same name.
Some super ferry trips. We walked over the Golden Gate to Sausalito and returned by ferry.There are three routes that cross the bay and each lands in a different location: Sausalito, Larkspur and Tiburon. Every half hour during normal working times.Non-commute hours, the ferries travel roughly every hour.
Alamo Square--Painted ladies
Neighborhoods in San Francisco
San Francisco has officially 36 neighborhoods but I would like to tell you of my favourites. We stayed not far from Fisherman`s Wharf. So let me start there--
San Francisco has officially 36 neighborhoods but I would like to tell you of my favourites. We stayed not far from Fisherman`s Wharf. So let me start there--
One of the busiest and well known tourist attractions in the western United States, Fisherman's Wharf is best known for being the location of Pier 39, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, the Cannery Shopping Center, Ghirardelli Square, a Ripley's Believe it or Not museum, the Musée Mécanique, the Wax Museum at Fisherman's Wharf, The floating Forbes Island restaurant and restaurants and stands that serve fresh seafood.
Some of the restaurants, including Fishermen's Grotto, Pompei's Grotto and Alioto's, go back for three generations of the same family ownership.
Nearby Pier 45 has a chapel in memory of the "Lost Fishermen" of San Francisco and Northern California.
Some of the restaurants, including Fishermen's Grotto, Pompei's Grotto and Alioto's, go back for three generations of the same family ownership.
Nearby Pier 45 has a chapel in memory of the "Lost Fishermen" of San Francisco and Northern California.
Best way to travel
The next neighbourhood is North Beach historically been home to a large Italian American population. It still holds many Italian restaurants today, though many other ethnic groups currently live in the neighbourhood. It was also the historic centre of the beatnik culture.
Today, North Beach is one of San Francisco's main red light and nightlife districts as well as a residential neighbourhood populated by a mix of young urban professionals, families and Chinese immigrants connected to the adjacent Chinatown.
Today, North Beach is one of San Francisco's main red light and nightlife districts as well as a residential neighbourhood populated by a mix of young urban professionals, families and Chinese immigrants connected to the adjacent Chinatown.
Chinatown
The first Chinese immigrants came to San Francisco in 1848. Same year the Japanese Hagiwara family invented “Chinese” fortune cookies at the Golden Gate Park’s Tea Garden.
North beach
Castro is one of America's first and best-known gay neighbourhood. It was transformed from a working-class neighbourhood through the 1960s and 1970s. Castro remains one of the most prominent symbols of lesbian,gay, bisexual, and transgender activism and events.
Levi Strauss invented denim jeans in San Francisco for the Gold Rush miners who needed durable yet comfortable clothing.
Castro
The Financial District is a neighbourhood in San Francisco, California, that serves as its main central business district. The area is marked by the cluster of high-rise towers that lies between Grant Avenue east of the Union Square shopping district, Sacramento Street and Columbus Street, south of Chinatown and North Beach, and the Embarcadero that rings the waterfront. The city's tallest buildings, including 555 California Street and the Transamerica Pyramid.
If there was one place in the world I could go back to.
It`s San Francisco.
It`s San Francisco.
Images from my visit. Hopefully, I have given you an insight into the city by the bay.
The Golden Gate Bridge is a technical masterpiece that can only be described in superlative terms. When the bridge was completed in 1937 it was the world's longest and tallest suspension bridge.
One of the World`s most beautiful bridge
Top ten think that makes San Francisco special
1 Ride the Cable cars
2 Walk the Golden Gate bridge.
3 Lunch at Fisherman`s wharf .
4 Walk the the many hills.
5 Get locked in Alcatraz jail.
6 Have dinner in Little Italy.
7 Stroll through Castro
8 Enjoy Lombard street.
9 Take a ferry trip.
10 Visit Pier 49
1 Ride the Cable cars
2 Walk the Golden Gate bridge.
3 Lunch at Fisherman`s wharf .
4 Walk the the many hills.
5 Get locked in Alcatraz jail.
6 Have dinner in Little Italy.
7 Stroll through Castro
8 Enjoy Lombard street.
9 Take a ferry trip.
10 Visit Pier 49
