NEIGHBORHOODS Golden Gate Park/Sunset Coquerel’s Sifaka San Francisco Zoo & Gardens Conservatory of Flowers Golden Gate Park, a 1,017-acre green rectangle on the city’s west side, is a destination that merits a full day of recreation and exploration. HOW TO GET HERE The N streetcar is an easy way to get to Sunset and the Park from points near Market Street. Or the 5R will take you to the park from Union Square. WHAT TO SEE & DO Beginning in the eastern expanse of the park is the Koret Children’s Quarter with its restored 1914 carousel. Farther west is the Music Concourse with its charming, century-old bandshell. Two important museums flank the concourse: the de Young Museum in its compelling contemporary building, and the California Academy of Sciences, which includes a planetarium, aquarium, rainforest and more under one plant-covered roof. Plant lovers should head to the San Francisco Botanical Garden and the historic Conservatory of Flowers. The park’s far west features the Polo Field sporting green, where every August the hugely popular Outside Lands Festival occurs. On the park’s south side is the Sunset District, with its blocks of charming shops. Grab some new reading material at Green Apple Books, or find local art at 3 Fish Studios. Neighbors in the outer Sunset will often hear wild animal calls from the nearby San Francisco Zoo & Gardens. 44 MUST SEES CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES calacademy.org CONSERVATORY OF FLOWERS conservatoryofflowers.org DE YOUNG MUSEUM deyoung.famsf.org SAN FRANCISCO ZOO & GARDENS sfzoo.org NATIONAL AIDS MEMORIAL GROVE aidsmemorial.org SAN FRANCISCO BOTANICAL GARDEN sfbotanicalgarden.org s e Park 43rd Ave 47th Ave 36th Ave 34th Ave 30th Ave Portal s Spreckels Fulton Marx of the Lake Buffalo Meadow Pa s t Paddock Lindley Golf r D Meadow Cour s e edy Polo n Hell m an n Field Hollow Ke n F Joh Fly rtin Ca s ting Luth er King Jr Dr Pool s Murphy Lincoln Wind m ill Ma Dutch Wind m ill GOLDEN GATE PARK Great Highway Irving Judah Sunset Blvd 7th Ave SUNSET DISTRICT Noriega 25th Ave Balboa National AIDS Me m orial Con s ervato Grove of Flower s Fulton DeYoung California Mu s eu m Acade m y of Japane s e Science s Sharon Tea Stow Garden Meado Nancy Lake Pelosi San Drive Keza Franci s co Stadi Botanical Garden at Strybing Irving Arborteu m Parnassus Univer s it Judah California Medical Center Mt Sutro La n gu . sftravel.com FROM LEFT: Courtesy of San Francisco Zoo & Gardens; San Francisco Travel Association/Della Huff A
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