San Francisco Satisfies
Situated on 47 square miles of prime real estate, San Francisco has something for everyone. With it's 20+ unique neighborhoods a visitor can spend days exploring international cultures, historic events and locations, art galore, outstanding food and drink, outdoor activities and more. Public transportation is efficient, frequent and cheap. Consider RVing just outside the city, say in Redwood City, and take the BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) or the CalTrain in for approximately $16/round trip. Pick up a bus map and for a mere $1.50 you can cross the city to within a block or so of any place desired. Be sure to ask for a transfer that allows you to ride any bus in the system free for 2 and a half more hours.
The Official Visitor Center is located on the lower level of Hallidie Plaza on Market Street near the cable car turntable at Powell and Market. There you'll find brochures, maps, guidebooks, and friendly, knowledgeable information desk staff. You can also purchase Muni Transportation passes and get info on tours, ferry rides, etc. Check out the video and see if you can spot the place where Jimmy Stewart saved Kim Novak in Hitchcock's famous movie Vertigo.
With so much to see and do you'll surely work up an appetite. Poke around North Beach - their Little Italy - and enjoy a fabulous sandwich or meal at most any restaurant. Planning a picnic? Visit Molinari's Deli for an outstanding sub, take in the 'hood with a cappuccino or latte outside Café Greco or Café Trieste or enjoy authentic gelato at one of several purveyors. Chinatown offers delicious dishes. One of my favorite restaurants in Chinatown is one that locals don't really patronize because they don't want to be seen standing in line - House of Nanking. The portions are plentiful, they do not use MSG and every dish is amazing. Head to the Haight for what I think was the best meal I had in the city - Cha Cha Cha - a Caribbean style tapas house. Anything you order will please - and don't forget their signature beverage - house-made sangria.
As a fulltime RVer I've not found a single place in the 7+ years I've been on the road I'd want to hang my hat…until I visited San Francisco, that is.
The Official Visitor Center is located on the lower level of Hallidie Plaza on Market Street near the cable car turntable at Powell and Market. There you'll find brochures, maps, guidebooks, and friendly, knowledgeable information desk staff. You can also purchase Muni Transportation passes and get info on tours, ferry rides, etc. Check out the video and see if you can spot the place where Jimmy Stewart saved Kim Novak in Hitchcock's famous movie Vertigo.
With so much to see and do you'll surely work up an appetite. Poke around North Beach - their Little Italy - and enjoy a fabulous sandwich or meal at most any restaurant. Planning a picnic? Visit Molinari's Deli for an outstanding sub, take in the 'hood with a cappuccino or latte outside Café Greco or Café Trieste or enjoy authentic gelato at one of several purveyors. Chinatown offers delicious dishes. One of my favorite restaurants in Chinatown is one that locals don't really patronize because they don't want to be seen standing in line - House of Nanking. The portions are plentiful, they do not use MSG and every dish is amazing. Head to the Haight for what I think was the best meal I had in the city - Cha Cha Cha - a Caribbean style tapas house. Anything you order will please - and don't forget their signature beverage - house-made sangria.
As a fulltime RVer I've not found a single place in the 7+ years I've been on the road I'd want to hang my hat…until I visited San Francisco, that is.
posted by Evanne Schmarder at
2:41 PM
1 Comments:
Perhaps too much time was spent in the Haight Ashbury district, it could still smell like 1968 !
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BOOTS, at September 29, 2007 7:23 PM
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