San Francisco is the home of Alcatraz Island. Alcatraz was a
federal prison which held Al Capone and George "Machine Gun" Kelly, who
were very notorious criminals in the time period in which the prison was
open. You can ride a boat to the island and tour the prison. While your
there you can pay for headphones and you actually hear real prisoners
voices telling about their time in the prison.
San Francisco is also the home of Golden Gate Park which is 1017 acres big. There are numerous things to do there. There is hiking and biking trails throughout the park. You can rent bicycles to ride there. The de Young Museum, the San Francisco Botanical Gardens and The California Academy of Sciences are all there. We went to the California Academy of Sciences while we were there. You can learn all about various kinds of science topics and there are also numerous marine animals housed there. Also there are numerous daily programs about different science related topics. Right near the Golden Gate Park is the famous Golden Gate Bridge. We drove across the bridge two times because we went the wrong way trying to go somewhere. I am directionally challenged. If you want you can also walk across the Golden Gate Bridge unless your like me and scared of heights. I would imagine that it would be a great view of the Bay.
When we were there we drove down the street that's called "the crookedest street in the world" which is Lombard Street. It is also very steep too. The street twists and turns like your following a snake down the hill. You can also walk down it too. When we drove down there was a large number of people there looking down the hill and walking down it too.
There are too many things to list here of things to do in San Francisco. Here's my small list of things to do depending upon the length of time your there and what kinds of things you like to do and see. There is Pier 39 where a lot of the sight-seeing trips by boat leave from. Pier 39 is where you can see lots of sea lions. Their bark is very similar to a dogs if you have never heard them. In addition Pier 39 has a lot of shops to buy souvenirs at and numerous eating establishments.
A list of other things to see and do are Telegraph Hill, Coit Tower, Chinatown, Fisherman's Wharf, Ghiradelli Square, Snow Lake, San Francisco's Famous Cable Cars, and Boudin's Bakery. Getting around San Francisco is a challenge and parking is expensive. For ways to get around there are cable cars, buses, streetcars, trolley buses, light rail, and bike taxi's. If you choose to drive your car around San Francisco just know that parking is fairly pricey. Also when you cross a bridge expect to pay anywhere between $4 to $8 per car to go across the bridge. You only have to pay the bridge fee one way across the bridge.
Hotels in San Francisco are also fairly expensive. When my family and I went we stayed in a hotel in Pinole and it was around 15 miles from San Francisco. It was a decent hotel with a breakfast buffet and it was about half the price of a hotel in San Francisco.
This is just a small portion of the stuff that you can do in San Francisco. It would depend on how much money you have to spend and more importantly how long your vacation is.
San Francisco is also the home of Golden Gate Park which is 1017 acres big. There are numerous things to do there. There is hiking and biking trails throughout the park. You can rent bicycles to ride there. The de Young Museum, the San Francisco Botanical Gardens and The California Academy of Sciences are all there. We went to the California Academy of Sciences while we were there. You can learn all about various kinds of science topics and there are also numerous marine animals housed there. Also there are numerous daily programs about different science related topics. Right near the Golden Gate Park is the famous Golden Gate Bridge. We drove across the bridge two times because we went the wrong way trying to go somewhere. I am directionally challenged. If you want you can also walk across the Golden Gate Bridge unless your like me and scared of heights. I would imagine that it would be a great view of the Bay.
When we were there we drove down the street that's called "the crookedest street in the world" which is Lombard Street. It is also very steep too. The street twists and turns like your following a snake down the hill. You can also walk down it too. When we drove down there was a large number of people there looking down the hill and walking down it too.
There are too many things to list here of things to do in San Francisco. Here's my small list of things to do depending upon the length of time your there and what kinds of things you like to do and see. There is Pier 39 where a lot of the sight-seeing trips by boat leave from. Pier 39 is where you can see lots of sea lions. Their bark is very similar to a dogs if you have never heard them. In addition Pier 39 has a lot of shops to buy souvenirs at and numerous eating establishments.
A list of other things to see and do are Telegraph Hill, Coit Tower, Chinatown, Fisherman's Wharf, Ghiradelli Square, Snow Lake, San Francisco's Famous Cable Cars, and Boudin's Bakery. Getting around San Francisco is a challenge and parking is expensive. For ways to get around there are cable cars, buses, streetcars, trolley buses, light rail, and bike taxi's. If you choose to drive your car around San Francisco just know that parking is fairly pricey. Also when you cross a bridge expect to pay anywhere between $4 to $8 per car to go across the bridge. You only have to pay the bridge fee one way across the bridge.
Hotels in San Francisco are also fairly expensive. When my family and I went we stayed in a hotel in Pinole and it was around 15 miles from San Francisco. It was a decent hotel with a breakfast buffet and it was about half the price of a hotel in San Francisco.
This is just a small portion of the stuff that you can do in San Francisco. It would depend on how much money you have to spend and more importantly how long your vacation is.
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