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Books : Travel : United States : States : California : San Francisco
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Set on steep, wooded hills and almost surrounded by a vast bay, this jewel of a city is, above all, photogenic. Equip yourself with a camera, a map, good walking shoes, and set off to discover its historic sights, cultural treasures, and vibrant neighborhoods. For more detailed information about famous sites, maps, a huge selection of hotels, restaurants and entertainment venues look to Eyewitness Travel San Francisco and Northern California.
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With user-friendly fold-out maps and insider tips, this hip little guide to the Golden Gate City walks you through the best San Francisco has to offer. From Fishermans Wharf and Alcatraz to Chinatown, Haight-Ashbury, the Castro, and beyond, heres all you need to know about what to see and do, and where to eat, drink, shop, and stay in the gem of a city known for natural beauty and cosmopolitan flair. 226 pages, plus 10 foldout maps.
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This is a fully updated and expanded edition of a best-selling Wilderness Press classic. Now with additional walks and 16 pages of full-color photographs, Stairway Walks in San Francisco contains step-by-step route descriptions that include notes on historical background, architecture, and other points of interest. Accompanying each of the 27 walks is an easy-to-follow map with corresponding numbered walk directions and public transportation information. Locals and tourists alike have used the book for over 20 years to explore San Francisco’s beautiful neighborhoods.
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Drawing on the same standards of accuracy as the acclaimed DK Eyewitness Travel Guides, each book in DK's Top 10 series uses evocative color photography, excellent cartography, and up-to-date travel content to create a reliable and useful pocket-sized travel guide.
Dozens of Top 10 lists provide vital information on each destination, as well as insider tips, from uncovering a city's most memorable sights to finding the best restaurants and hotels in each neighborhood. And to save you time and money, there's even a Top 10 list of Things to Avoid.
Each Top 10 contains a pull-out map and guide that includes fold-out maps of city metro systems, useful phone numbers, and 60 great ideas on how to spend your day.
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These attractively priced, four-color guides offer dozens of neighborhood and thematic tours, complete with hundreds of photos and bulleted maps that lead the way from sight to sight. Day by Days are the only guides that help travelers organize their time to get the most out of a trip.- Full-color package at an affordable price
- Star ratings for all hotels, restaurants, and attractions
- Foldout front covers with maps and quick-reference information
- Tear-resistant map in a handy, reclosable plastic wallet
- Handy pocket-sized trim
Features: San Francisco Waterfront, The best neighbourhood walks, Romantic San Francisco, and more
- Includes neighborhood tours of Chinatown, Japantown, North Beach, and Russian Hill
- Features day trips to Sausalito, Point Reyes, and the Napa & Sonoma Wine Country
- Specialized tours feature Romantic San Francisco, Hippie Haight, San Francisco Literati, and Golden Gate Park on foot or by bike
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Let Frommer's show you where your kids can:- Visit the sea lions, the city's most famous residents
- Test their pitching arms
- Lear what life was like on "The Rock"
- Play the latest video games
- Cross the Golden Gate Bridge on a fire truck
- Conduct amazing experiments at a hands-on science museum
- Climb around on a giant Coca-Cola bottle
- Get on an Australian walkabout, complete with kangaroos
- Join the grownups at an all-ages music club
- Live out their favorite nursery rhymes
Plus invaluable travel tips on:
- Age ranges for each sight and activity
- Hotels that offer cribs and rollaway beds
- A complete rundown on restaurants with kids' menus
- Shopping for everything from baby booties to import CDs
- A San Francisco parent's words of wisdom on safety in the city
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Avid hiker and experienced travel writer Ann Marie Brown knows the best places to hike in the San Francisco Bay Area from ocean-front and mountain trails to scenic walks through Wine Country. This third edition of Moon 101 Great Hikes of the San Francisco Bay Area includes a new hiking tips section, updated trail maps for each hike, new chapter maps with sites plotted by region, and a new resources section. This guide also has helpful icons indicating access to historic sites, trails that are appropriate for children, wheelchair-accessible trails, and trailheads that can be accessed via public transportation.
Complete with difficulty levels from 1 to 5, Moon 101 Great Hikes of the San Francisco Bay Area provides hikers with first-rate expert advice and all the necessary tools to head outdoors.
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With Access San Francisco, your visit will be an easy, enjoyable experience—Haight-Ashbury, Sausalito, and Lombard Street are at your fingertips.
San Francisco has been divided and organized into neighborhoods, so you know where you are and where you're headed.
Unique color-coded and numbered entries allow you to discover the best:
- Hotels
- Restaurants
- Attractions
- Shopping sights
- Parks and Outdoor Spaces
Large, easy-to-read maps with entry numbers keyed to text ensure that you will instantly find what you must not miss.
Access is your indispensable walk-around guide to San Francisco. Our writers, who live in and love the city, will lead you by the hand down the remarkable streets, sharing the unforgettable sights and pointing out the undiscovered gems and all the majestic landmarks that only San Francisco has to offer.
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Park? Playground? Zoo? Museum? Nature walk? The list of fun activities for parents and young children in the Bay Area can seem intimidatingly large. This handy guide takes the guesswork out of choosing. Developed by the San Francisco Mothers of Twins Club, Play Around the Bay presents a wealth of kid- and parent-tested activities in San Francisco and the surrounding areas. This new edition is updated with all the current information moms and dads need, from detailed descriptions to prices to driving directions.
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Combining unique travel choices, outdoor adventures, and little-known locales into guides where vacations meet adventures, each title in the Hidden series also offers readers the comfort of detailed maps, Internet information for each listing, author picks, suggested itineraries, and walking and driving tours. In Hidden San Francisco and Northern California, award-winning travel writer and Bay Area resident Ray Riegert guides readers to little-known gems in his personal stomping grounds. The guide also features expanded coverage of the Napa and Sonoma wine country with reviews of over 50 wineries. 52 maps are included.
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The new, expanded edition of this widely acclaimed guidebook covers all the parks and open-space preserves from Fort Funston and San Bruno Mountain in South San Francisco south to Saratoga Gap in the central Santa Cruz Mountains. The book describes the historical, geographic, and natural features of each parkland and provides detailed accounts of trips.
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A San Francisco insider reveals, with wit and humor, hundreds of ideas for free or ridiculously cheap goods and services.
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12 Great Walking Tours Through the Most Colorful Neighborhoods in San FranciscoFollow Frommer’s for an up-close and personal look at the City by the Bay. Discover the dramatic views, stunning architecture, and exotic sights and sounds that make it such a special place.
LET FROMMER’S TAKE YOU TO:
- The North Beach and Russian Hill haunts of the Beat Generation–with tales of the larger-than-life personalities that made it all happen
- The cultural and culinary delights of Chinatown, the birthplace of modern San Francisco
- Funky shopping and Summer of Love flashbacks in Haight-Ashbury
- Roses, redwoods, and rowboats in Golden Gate Park, one of America’s greatest urban playgrounds
With easy-to-use directions and maps–and the best places to take a break along the way.
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Ditch the usual tourist traps and see the City by the Bay on foot! City Walks: San Francisco will give you an insider's experience of this breathtaking (and walkable) city. Each card in this deck offers a self-guided walking tour, complete with detailed map and local secrets. Discover where San Franciscans eat, drink, rest, walk, and play. Pick any card and conquer the hills of San Francisco!
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For the avid cyclist or for the family planning a weekend activity, these carefully slected, well-researched routes are appropriate for everyone.
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At last, a guide to the Drive. The best tool for seeing all of San Francisco in a day is a gem called the 49 Mile Scenic Drive, which has been leading locals and tourists to the city's major sights, fascinating neighborhoods, and breathtaking vistas since 1938. San Francisco is an ideal destination, but navigating the city can be tricky. The 49 Mile Scenic Drive is a hidden key to San Francisco that hands travelers a ready-made way to organize a day, or several days. Like having a friendly, knowledgeable local in the passenger seat, this guidebook helps visitors follow those distinctive seagull signs and shares trivia, history, local stories, and lore along the way.
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Including Napa, Sonoma, Mendocino, Santa Cruz, Monterey, Yosemite, and Lake Tahoe; Hidden guides combine unique travel choices, outdoor adventures and little-known locales into a guide where vacations meet adventures. Each guide includes detailed maps, complete internet information for each listing, highlighted author favourites, suggested itineraries and walking and driving tours. San Francisco may be the world's most popular city and honoured as such about once a month by one group or another, but Hidden San Francisco and Northern California guides you beyond the places crowded by those lured by all the hype. Local author Ray Riegert shows where to lose the crowd and experience this magnificent area like a resident. Hidden San Francisco and Northern California leads you into the California outdoors at 11 balloon-ride locations, 116 cycling paths, 65 horseback riding trails, 41 surfing spots, 130 parks and 6 pocket beaches. It provides selective recommendations for accommodations ranging from downtown San Francisco hotels to 52 coastal bed-and-breakfasts inns; plus sleeping in the wilds at 25 cabins and 570 campgrounds (13,345 sites). The author offers opinionated reviews of local dining including 25 California cuisine eateries and 38 Asian restaurants. Plus the guide includes special sections for gay travellers visiting