Sightseeing in San Francisco

Sightseeing in San Francisco

Why not go on tour of San Francisco. It can be a great place to view and see. You may want to have a vacation in the area. You may want to rent or buy some accommodation in the city. You may want to view the city to see the museums. You may want to see the famous bridges, the cuklture of the city, the people, the architecture, the histroic sites the entertainment and sports venues.

San Francisco is located on the West Coast of the US at the tip of the San Francisco Peninsula and includes significant stretches of the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay within its boundaries. Several islands are part of the city, notably Alcatraz, Treasure Island, and the adjacent Yerba Buena Island, together with small portions of Alameda Island, Angel Island, and Red Rock Island. Also included are the uninhabited Farallon Islands, 27 miles offshore in the Pacific Ocean. The mainland within the city limits roughly forms a seven by seven mile square, a common local colloquialism referring to the city's shape.

San Francisco is famous for its hills. There are more than 50 hills within city limits. Some neighborhoods are named after the hill on which they are situated, including Nob Hill, Pacific Heights, Russian Hill, Potrero Hill, and Telegraph Hill.

The San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL) are the longest-tenured major professional sports franchise in the city. Tourism is the backbone of the San Francisco economy. Its frequent portrayal in music, film, and popular culture has made the city and its landmarks recognizable.

San Francisco is characterized by a high standard of living. The great wealth and opportunity generated by the Internet revolution continues to draw many highly educated and high-income workers and residents to San Francisco. Numerous lower income neighborhoods consequently have become increasingly gentrified, and many of the city's traditional business and industrial districts have experienced a renaissance driven by the redevelopment of the Embarcadero, including the neighborhoods South Beach and Mission Bay. The city's property values and household income have escalated to among the highest in the nation, allowing the city to support a large restaurant and entertainment infrastructure. Because the cost of living in San Francisco is exceptionally high, many middle class families have decided they can no longer afford to live within the city and have left.
Oakland Bay Bridge, (legally the The James 'Sunny Jim' Rolph Bridge, known locally as the Bay Bridge) is a multi-structure toll bridge complex that spans San Francisco Bay and links the California cities of Oakland and San Francisco in the United States. The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the opening of the San Francisco Bay onto the Pacific Ocean. As part of both U.S. Route 101 and State Route 1, it connects the city of San Francisco on the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula to Marin County.

The Golden Gate Bridge had the longest suspension bridge span in the world when it was completed in 1937 and has become an internationally recognized symbol of San Francisco and California. Since its completion, the span length has been surpassed by eight other bridges. It still has the second longest suspension bridge main span in the United States, after the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in New York City.

Near the geographic center of the city, southwest of the downtown area, are a series of less densely populated hills. Dominating this area is Mount Sutro, the site of Sutro Tower, a large red and white radio and television transmission tower. Nearby is Twin Peaks, a pair of hills resting at one of the city's highest points and a popular overlook spot for tour groups. San Francisco's tallest hill, Mount Davidson, is 925 feet high and is capped with a 103 foot tall cross built in 1934.

The San Andreas and Hayward Faults are responsible for much earthquake activity, even though neither passes through the city itself. It was the San Andreas Fault which slipped and caused the earthquakes in 1906 and 1989. Minor earthquakes occur on a regular basis. The threat of major earthquakes plays a large role in the city's infrastructure development. The city has repeatedly upgraded its building codes, requiring retrofits for older buildings and higher engineering standards for new construction. However, there are still thousands of smaller buildings that remain vulnerable to quake damage.

Neighborhoods in San Francisco, California

Alamo Square, Anza Vista, Ashbury Heights, Balboa Park, Balboa Terrace, Bayview, Bernal Heights, Buena Vista, Castro, Cathedral Hill, Cayuga Terrace, China Basin, Chinatown, Civic Center, Clarendon Heights, Cole Valley, Corona Heights, Cow Hollow, Crocker-Amazon, Diamond Heights, Dogpatch, Dolores Heights, Duboce Triangle, Embarcadero, Eureka Valley, Excelsior, Fillmore, Financial District, Fisherman's Wharf, Forest Hill, Forest Knolls, French Quarter (Belden Place), Glen Park, Golden Gate Heights, Haight-Ashbury, Hayes Valley, Hunters Point, India Basin, Ingleside, Ingleside Terraces, Inner Sunset, Islais Creek, Jackson Square, Japantown, Jordan Park, Laguna Honda, Lake, Lakeside, Laurel Heights, Little Hollywood, Little Russia, Little Saigon, Lone Mountain, Lower Haight, Lower Pacific Heights, Lower Nob Hill, Marina District, Merced Heights, Merced Manor, Midtown Terrace, Miraloma Park, Mission Bay, Mission District, Mission Dolores, Mission Terrace, Mount Davidson, Nob Hill, Noe Valley, North Beach, NoPA (North of the Panhandle), Oceanview, Outer Mission, Pacific Heights, Park Merced, Parkside, Polk Gulch, Portola, Portola Place, Potrero Hill, Presidio, Presidio Heights, Richmond District, Rincon Hill, Russian Hill, Safeway Heights, Saint Francis Wood, Sea Cliff, Sherwood Forest, Silver Terrace, South Beach, South of Market, South Park, Sunnyside, Sunnydale, Sunset District, Telegraph Hill, Tenderloin, Treasure Island , Twin Peaks, Union Square, University Mound, Upper Market, Visitacion Valley, Vista del Mar, West Portal, Western Addition, Westwood Highlands, Westwood Park.

Ocean Beach runs along the Pacific Ocean shoreline, but is not suitable for swimming because the waters off the coast are perennially cold and form deadly rip currents. Fort Funston, a former coastal fort along the Southwestern shore, is popular with both dog owners and hang gliders. Baker Beach is located in a picturesque cove just inside the Golden Gate and west of the Golden Gate Bridge. The largest and best-known city park is Golden Gate Park,[62] which stretches from the center of the city west to the Pacific Ocean. Once covered in native grasses and sand dunes, the park was conceived in the 1860s and was created by the extensive planting of thousands of non-native trees and plants. The large park is rich with cultural and natural attractions such as the Conservatory of Flowers, Japanese Tea Garden and Strybing Arboretum. The Presidio, a former military base, and its rehabilitated Crissy Field section, recently restored to its natural salt marsh ecosystem, are a part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, which also encompasses Golden Gate Park, Alcatraz island and other regional parks and preserves both inside San Francisco and nearby. Lake Merced, in the southwestern quadrant of the city, is a popular fresh-water lake surrounded by parkland.

The historic center of San Francisco is the northeast quadrant of the city bordered by Market Street to the south. It is here that the Financial District is centered, with Union Square, the principal shopping and hotel district, nearby. Cable cars carry residents and tourists alike up steep inclines to the summit of Nob Hill, once the home of the city's business tycoons, and down to Fisherman's Wharf, a tourist area featuring Dungeness crab from a still-active fishing industry. Also in this quadrant are Russian Hill, a residential neighborhood with the famously crooked Lombard Street, North Beach, the city's version of Little Italy, and Telegraph Hill, which features Coit Tower. Nearby is San Francisco's Chinatown, established in the 1860s.

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