Welcome San Francisco Bay 45 Golden Gate Promenade Centercisco Marina Small Craft Harbor Marina Beach Palace of Fine Arts Alcatraz 41 Crissy Field Marina Green Aquatic Park Fort Mason Bay 39 California Welcome Center 35 Crissy Field 101 Marina Lombard Union Je erson Beach Maritime North Point Museum Lin co ln Parade Grounds y Presidios Inspiration Ar Point g o uell r Letterman Digital Arts Center res idi o Pacific Heights Divisadero Cow Hollow/ Union Street Fillmore Russian Union Hill Hyde Polk Van Ness Franklin Gough R. Fisherman’s James Herman Cruise Wharf Termanal North Telegraph 17 Beach Hill 15 Exploratorium Co lum bu s Coit Tower Alta Plaza Park Lafayette Park Jackson Embarcadero Ferry Square Broadway Building Nob Chinatown Barbary Hill Washington Coast Polk BART/Muni Metro Financial cramento Embarcadero Gulch Sa California District Salesforce Rincon Park Grant Powell Powell Pine Bush Post 7 9 FAQS 80 San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge Mason ro de rca ba Em Battery Sansome Sacramento ornia ment Laurel Heights Arguello University of San Francisco Masonic California Pine Bush Geary Fillmore Japantown St Mary’s Western Addition Cathedral Japan Center Turk Van Ness Union Square O’Farrell Transit Center BART/ Muni Metro Montgomery St SFMOMA Q What are some tips for saving money while visiting San Francisco? You can save on transportation by using the San Francisco municipal Public Transportation Passport, which allows unlimited rides on muni buses, streetcars, metro and even cable cars. Passports come in one-, three-and seven-day increments. For affordable itinerary suggestions, check out “10 Things to Do for $10 or less” on page 62. P Presidio ry boa Turk te Golden Ga Fulton Fell Oak Conservatory of Flowers Panhandle National McLaren AIDS Lodge Memorial Robin Grove y Williams i Dr Meadow Kezar Stadium Stanyan s assu Parn University of California Medical Center Haight Haight Ashbury Buena Vista Park os eve lt ng Tank Hillidiorse Ro 17th St Market Corona Heights Randall Museum S Van Ness Guerrero Douglass Valencia Mission Castro Church Dolores Cla re Mt Sutro ve. on A AT nd THE VISITOR INFORMATION CENTER (VIC) FIND LOCAL EXPERTS Duboce Park Duboce 14th St t ke ar M Mission Dolores Upper Market 16th St 17th St 101 Cultural Center CCA Mission Bay 3rd St Hayes Civic Alamo Valley Center Civic Center n Square io iss rd M Lower wa Ho 80 Haight SomArts h 7t St h 8t St h t 9t h S t 10 h St 11t Oct avia n Buchanna African American Art & Culture Complex Cathedral Ellis Hill Asian Art City Hall et rk Museum Ma Central Market BART/ Muni Metro SoMa nt ya Br Center for the Arts BART/ Moscone Muni Metro Center Powell St m so l Fo Kearny t 1s Rincon Hill 30 32 n na an d Br en Caltrain Depot ns w To Mission Creek g Park n Ki ry r Be South Beach South Park Brannan Street 38 Wharf Oracle China Park Basin 48 50 52 54 Chase Center d 3r h 5t h 4t h 6t vd Bl ey San Francisco San Francisco’s official Visitor Information centers General (VIc) assist more than Hospital Twin BART 400,000 visitors each year. our multilingual staff St curates 101 the San Francisco 24th Peaks 24th St 24th Mission experience, providing one-on-one service to visitors from around the world. The 80 Twin Cesar Chavez er Peaks San Francisco Clipp Travel Association has three official Visitor Information centers Cesar Chavez Noe Islais Creek Channel Wood side Valley w Bernal and T a partner location at the california Welcome center at PIeR 39.* All feature Heights la rto on Diamond Po Bernal d free Wi-Fi and unique SFmade gifts. gh H ness Heights Heights Ma rke t Potrero Cole Ashbury BART 16th St Mission Franklin Square Castro Mission 16th St SF Center for the Book 18th St UCSF Mission Bay Mission Dolores Park Zuckerberg Potrero Hill 22nd St Dogpatch 70 280 Q What’s the weather like? San Francisco has mild weather year-round with temperatures seldom rising above 70° F (21° c) or falling below 40° F (5° c). The golden rule of packing for a trip to San Francisco: bring layers! Fog can roll in at any time, and areas near the water can feel cool. in Pea ks Portola Elk 749 Howard St. BART ey Monter Bosw orth Mi ss ion Sa n J os e Ale ma ny Mis sio n Ocea n 170 o’Farrell St.; cellar level Hours: 10 a.m. – 9 p.m. monday-Saturday 11 a.m. – 7 p.m. Sunday Expanded hours seasonally and on certain sale days. *Services may vary by location. You With: • Activities • events • maps • Guides • Hotel Reservations • muni Passes (public transit) • Attraction Passes • excursions Beyond San Francisco Bay sho re sion Mis es to 625 Kearny St. wn Mission Christmas and Closed on Thanksgiving, Gleneagles Golf Crocker Bay y Course Amazon an New Year’s holidays. Hours may be Hours: View m Playground & Ale Park Skatepark extended during major conventions at 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. daily Gene va The Moscone Center. Visitacion Valley Closed Thanksgiving and Christmas. San Francisco City and County Candlestick San Mateo VISITOR County SAN FRANCISCO Point Cow State Palace Recreation INFORMATION CENTER To SF Area International Airport @ MACY’S UNION SQUARE Our Multilingual Staff Can Assist Outer Park Ja m South Basin Q What’s the best neighborhood for Mexican food? Italian? Ramen? That’s a cinch: mission District for mexican food, North Beach for Italian, and Japantown for ramen. But San Francisco’s neighborhoods are known for offering a huge diversity of flavors, so consider trying something new tonight— maybe moroccan? 8 . sftravel.com San Francisco Travel Association e Balboa Hours: Park Ocean Ge 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. monday-Friday CHINATOWN 101 VISITOR BART/ ne va Muni Metro Gil Park ma 9 a.m. – 3 Balboa p.m. weekends and holidays INFORMATION CENTER McLaren n Phelan 3rd St Sa n J os e Sa n Jo se M iss ion da on na H gu ttalglesid Mt Davidson Park SAN FRANCISCO VISITOR INFORMATION CENTER Mt Davidson @ THE MOSCONE CENTER Glen Cross ita Glen Park CALIFORNIA WELCOME CENTER Ev an l stria s Indu @ PIER 39 r Building B, level ve 2 Sil Oa kd ale 3rd St ns Eva am Di 415-391-2000 Francisco City College vvic1@sftravel.com San au s Sh re O' Te hts eig Monterey y Heron’s Head Park India Basin Park Glen Park y an Alem 280 Hours: Bayview 9 a.m. – 7 p.m. daily hore Bay S Bayview Opera House Excelsior Closed Thanksgiving and Christmas. Hunters Point Hunters Point Shipyard Is it really as hilly as people say? Absolutely. San Francisco is built atop more than 40 hills spread across just 49 square miles—but it’s very manageable, as proven by our many popular walking tours. Q
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