Things to Do in San Francisco, California
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Red and White Fleet
San Francisco, California
Early San Francisco residents arriving by boat first saw the city from the water, and the view has continued to stun visitors ever since. The standard one-hour tour takes...
Boat Ride
Boat Tour
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
San Francisco, California
This is the place to really experience San Francisco's seafaring past. Six of the seven wooden boats moored at the park's Hyde Street Pier are national landmarks, including the square...
Park
Science & Nature Museum
Aquarium of the Bay
San Francisco, California
It's hard not to be distracted by the sprawling, brawling, and barking sea lions on the west side of Pier 39, but more sealife awaits at the nearby revamped Aquarium...
California Academy of Sciences
San Francisco, California
Topped with a living roof, the newly rebuilt California Academy of Sciences is home to an aquarium, planetarium and natural history museum. ...
Science & Nature Museum
Special Collection
Golden Gate Park
San Francisco, California
Your kids will never tire of climbing the park's famously steep Drum Bridge in the Japanese Tea Garden, or looking for carp in the lily ponds. And while you're admiring...
Park
Pier 39
San Francisco, California
Pier 39 is one of those tourist traps that locals love to hate -- except we, too, go there to see our beloved sea lions. They sprawl -- and brawl, and bark...
Historical Landmark
Boutique
Fisherman's Wharf
San Francisco, California
It's touristy (lined with the requisite street vendors and souvenir shops), and it doesn't really have anything to do with fishing anymore, but there's a reason why visitors flock to...
Historical Landmark
Boutique
Fort Point
San Francisco, California
Overlooking the famous Golden Gate Bridge, this army fort helped protect the city during the U.S. Civil War...
Historical Landmark
Mission San Francisco Solano de Sonoma (Sonoma Mission)
San Francisco, California
The northernmost mission in the chain of 21 Catholic settlements that once fed and housed missionaries as they traveled up and down the state, Mission San Francisco Solano – as it's officially known – is one of the most accessible and well-preserved. ...
Historical Landmark
History Museum
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