Grab your coat and a handful of glitter, and enter a wonderland of fog and fabulousness. So long, inhibitions; hello, San Francisco! Lonely Planet is your passport to San Francisco, with amazing travel experiences and the best planning advice.
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Watch the Golden Gate Bridge appear from the fog, feel the chill at Alcatraz, and find your wild side in Golden Gate Park; all with your trusted travel companion.
Lonely Planet writer Alison Bing describes why she loves San Francisco. "On my way from Hong Kong to New York, I stopped in San Francisco for a day. I walked up Grant Ave to Waverly Pl, just as temple services were starting - the fog was scented with incense and roast duck. I felt the magnetic pull to City Lights, and in the nonfiction cellar, I noticed a sign painted by a 1920s cult: "I am the door". It's true. San Francisco is the threshold between east and west, body and soul, fact and fiction. That was more than 20 years ago. I'm still here. Now it's your turn to open that door, and find yourself in San Francisco."
San Francisco Top 10
1. Golden Gate Bridge
2. Alcatraz
3. Golden Gate Park
4. Mission Murals
5. The Castro
6. Coit Tower
7. Cable Cars
8. Ferry Building
9. Barbary Coast Nights
10. SFMOMA
Inside Lonely Planet’s San Francisco Travel Guide:
- Full-colour maps and images throughout
- Highlights and itineraries help you tailor your trip to your personal needs and interests
- Insider tips to save time and money and get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots
- Honest review for all budgets - eating, sleeping, sight-seeing, going out, shopping, hidden gems that most guidebooks miss
- Cultural insights give you a richer, more rewarding travel experience – literature, history, visual arts, music, architecture, food, drink, San Francisco today
- Free, convenient pull-out city map (included in print version), plus over 38 colour maps
Coverage includes: The Marina, Fisherman’s Wharf, SoMa, North Beach, Chinatown, Nob Hill, Russian Hill, Japantown, Fillmore, Pacific Heights, The Mission, The Castro, The Haight, Golden Gate Park, and more
Writers: Ashley Harrell, Greg Benchwick, Alison Bing, Celeste Brash, Adam Karlin
Get to the heart of San Francisco and begin your journey now!