Itinerary · San Francisco, California
Three days in San Francisco
Cable cars and Chinatown, North Beach and the Wharf; Alcatraz and the Golden Gate; museums, the Mission and a three-star dinner, all from places we have checked.
Three days, on foot, by cable car and by ferry
Day 1 · 9:00
1Cable cars
Ride the Powell–Hyde cable car from Powell and Market over Nob Hill.
Day 1 · 10:00
2Lombard Street
Hop off at the top of Lombard Street and walk down the crooked block.
Day 1 · 11:00
3The Buena Vista
An Irish coffee at the end of the line.
Day 1 · 12:00
4PIER 39
The sea lions at PIER 39.
Day 1 · 15:00
5Coit Tower and Telegraph Hill
Walk up Telegraph Hill to Coit Tower.
Day 1 · 17:00
6City Lights Booksellers & Publishers
Browse City Lights in North Beach.
Day 1 · 18:30
7Vesuvio Cafe
A drink across Jack Kerouac Alley.
Day 1 · 20:00
8Sotto Mare
Seafood on Green Street.
Day 2 · 9:00
9Alcatraz Island
The morning ferry to Alcatraz from Pier 33 (book ahead).
Day 2 · 13:00
10Ferry Building Marketplace
Lunch in the Ferry Building.
Day 2 · 15:00
11Crissy Field
Walk Crissy Field towards the bridge.
Day 2 · 16:30
12Golden Gate Bridge
Walk out onto the Golden Gate Bridge.
Day 2 · 19:30
13Atelier Crenn
Dinner in Cow Hollow (book weeks ahead).
Day 3 · 9:00
14Tartine Bakery
Breakfast at Tartine in the Mission.
Day 3 · 10:00
15Mission Dolores
Mission Dolores, then the murals.
Day 3 · 13:00
16SFMOMA
An afternoon at SFMOMA.
Day 3 · 17:30
17Pied Piper
A drink under the Maxfield Parrish mural at the Palace Hotel.
Day 3 · 19:30
18Benu
Dinner at Benu, a block away.
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