10 Top Tourist Attractions in San Francisco - Travel Video
San Francisco, everyone’s favorite city, is located at the tip of a peninsula between the San Francisco Bay and the Pacific coast. A compact city of steep rolling hills surrounded on three sides by water, San Francisco is renowned for its summer fogs, Victorian architecture, cable cars and beautiful vistas. Just remember: Don’t call it Frisco and do bring warm clothing. The famous quote “The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco” isn’t from Mark Twain but it is a pretty accurate statement of San Francisco’s weather. An overview of the top tourist attractions in San Francisco.
10 Things NOT To Do in San Francisco!
Get more Tips here! destinationtips.com
Today we check out some don't do's of San Fran, based on sftravel.com's article.
Don’t pack a tropical wardrobe; the mercury hovers around 60 degrees even in summer.
Don’t park on a hill or even a slope without cramping your wheels to the curb, setting the hand brake and putting the car in parking gear. It’s the law.
Don’t stand directly behind a cable car gripman; you’ll get the wind knocked out of you when he jerks back on the brake lever.
Don’t send for an ambulance if you hear a chorus of moans, groans, grunts and wails, it’s the foghorns.
Don’t carry a milk pail to Cow Hollow; the old dairy district west of Van Ness Avenue has become a popular shopping sector.
Don’t call cable cars trolleys; they’re powered by the moving steel cable you hear humming in the slot beneath your feet.
Don’t plan to go swimming in San Francisco Bay unless you’re a member in good standing of the Polar Bear Club.
Don’t board a public conveyance without exact fare; the drivers don’t make change.
Don’t be caught without an umbrella; the coastal mists are capricious.
Don’t color the bridge over the Golden Gate gold; it’s International Orange.
It’s ’”the city by the bay” not “the city on the bay”
Above all, don’t call it “Frisco” or “San Fran.”
San Francisco Travel Tips: 11 Things to Know Before You Go
Things YOU need to know before YOU go to San Francisco in California. San Francisco is the 4th most populated city in California and has a population of 800,000 people. San Francisco is known for year round fog, the golden gate bridge, cable cars, Victorian Houses, sweeping bay views, and of course Alcatraz. One of America's most unique & distinctive cities.
2 - Weather
I refer to San Francisco as the foggy city.
Mark Twain’s famous quote: “The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.”
The weather varies by hour, and by neighborhood. It could be 70 degrees and Sunny in one spot, and 50 degrees with pea-soup fog in the other.
September and October are the warmest and sunniest months.
Wear layers you can easily remove.
3 - Food:
Clam Chowder & Sourdough Bread
Seafood at Fisherman’s Wharf
Little Italy
Chinatown
Koi Palace by San Francisco Airport
Ferry Building for lot’s of local food.
Cowgirl creamery has good cheese.
Ghirardelli for chocolate and ice cream
4 - Hotels:
SF can be quite expensive
Weekends are often cheaper
I like Union Square. Most central, you can take the BART here. Cable car, street cars.
2nd choice: Embarcadero
I dont like fishermans wharf.. too touristy.
Definitely stay within the city.. dont be crossing the bay.
5 - Getting In:
3 Major Airports: SFO, OAK, SJC
SFO is 15 miles South of the city.
A strip of TARMAC surrounded by water.
The main airport, the major airlines all fly here.
Prone to weather delays (FOG)
Taxi or uber will cost about $60 and take between 25-60mins.
BART: $10 to Union Square and 35 mins. BART makes 4 stops in Downtown SF.
Oakland is 25 miles from SF, across the bay. Less foggy, so less delays. Good if you are visiting Napa. Lots of Southwest flights.
San Jose
60 miles south of SF. Good if you are visiting Santa Cruz, Monterey, or Carmel. You can do a one way rental car and return to SFO.
6 - Getting Around:
Cable Car: San Francisco classic from 1873. It’s amazing they still run these.
Best place to ride… on the outside! Want to stop… just yell out you want to stop!
7 - POPOS:
What’s a Popo? Privately owned public open spaces.
They come in the form of urban gardens, plazas, but the best ones are on rooftops.
Neither obvious nor clearly marked, POPOS are all over downtown San Francisco—and everyone is welcome
8 - Chinatown:
SF has the largest Chinatown outside of Asia. It's also the oldest in North America. It is around one mile long by one and a half miles wide. Covers 24 square blocks. More than 100,000 people live in Chinatown. It's the most densely populated neighborhood in the city and in fact the most densely population neighborhood in the US west of Manhattan.
It really is a city within the city. Chinatown has it's own customs, languages, places of worship, social clubs, and identity.
Lots of great Dim sum joints, bakeries, tea shops, and this is where the American fortune cookie was invented.
More visitors come to Chinatown than the Golden Gate Bridge.
Portsmouth Square bustles with activity such as T'ai Chi and old men playing Chinese chess.
9 - Fisherman’s Wharf:
Probably the most touristy part of San Francisco, particularly because it’s next to the Golden Gate Bridge.
Alcatraz Tours leave from here. Book in advance. More about that in a bit.
Visit Boudin, Ghirardelli Chocolate Factory, and In-N-Out Burger.
They invested the Irish Coffee in the 1950’s at Buena Vista Cafe here.
And of course the Sea Lions
My favorite place is the arcade
10 - Alcatraz:
Probably the most famous prison in the US.
home to some of America’s most notorious criminals, Operated here from 1934 to 1963.
11 - Day Trips
Napa
Santa Cruz
Monterey / Carmel
3 nights in SF, 2 nights in Napa, 2 nights in Monterey/Santa Cruz, and maybe add a night or 2 in Silicon Valley if you are a tech nerd.
You might enjoy watching more of my travel videos from the San Francisco Bay Area in this playlist:
Santa Cruz Travel Guide:
Napa Travel Guide:
CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE:
Yellow Productions on Social Media:
FACEBOOK:
INSTAGRAM:
TWITTER:
Explore more of my content on my 2nd channel, the Office Survival Guide:
Check out my blog:
My video gear:
Sony FDR-AX53 4K Handycam:
Sony ECMW1M Wireless Microphone:
GoPro Fusion 360 Camera:
Pacsafe LS250 Anti-theft Shoulder Bag:
San Francisco Travel Tips: Planning, Packing, Getting Around, What To Do
No big adventures this week but equally important is preparation for your next big trip out to San Francisco! Here is a local's advice on things any visitor should know beforehand -- what activities you should book in advance, how to pack, advice on transportation, avoiding the seedier elements of the city, and the best itineraries that will optimize your experience.
#sanfrancisco #exploresanfrancisco #travelsanfrancisco
Alcatraz Cruises
website: alcatrazcruises.com
or purchase in-person at their boot on Pier 33
MUNI or San Francisco Municipal Travel Agency (SFMTA)
How to Ride MUNI:
Maps:
Fares:
If you plan to travel by public transportation outside of San Francisco:
Zip Car Car Share (by the hour)
website: www2.zipcar.com
Getaround Car Share (by the hour)
getaround.com
Turo Car Share (by the day)
turo.com
__________________
Music Attributions:
EDM Detection Mode by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (
Source:
Artist:
64 Sundays by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (
Artist:
Slow Ska Game Loop by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (
Artist:
San Francisco, California Travel Guide - Must-See Attractions
San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the leading financial and cultural center of Northern California and the San Francisco Bay Area.
The most important places to visit in San Francisco are: Golden Gate Bridge (no trip to San Francisco is complete without a visit to the Golden Gate Bridge. It truly is a special site that you will remember for a long time), Alcatraz Island (located in San Francisco Bay, Alcatraz used to have a prison which housed some of the toughest criminals. You can take a tour of the prison today), Coit Tower (gracing the landscape of San Francisco, the art deco tower was constructed to beautify the city. The observation tower at the top offers excellent city views), Golden Gate Park (it's an oasis that offers an escape from the city. The large park has beautiful landscape design with well-maintained gardens), Architectural heritage (a favorite activity for visitors to San Francisco is enjoying the architecture of local houses. These houses can even be found on many city postcards), Fisherman's Wharf (a popular tourist attraction. Fisherman's Wharf many activities, like boat cruises and you may even be able to watch sea lions in action), Cable cars (one of San Francisco's icons, cable cars are not only fun to ride, but also an efficient means for getting to various attractions within San Francisco) and many more.
If you want to save time and money, the most important San Francisco travel tip is to compare prices before booking a hotel room or a flight. You can do this for free on a site that searches through hundreds of other travel websites in real time for the best travel deals available.
Experience San Francisco - Cable Car Ride
Enjoy the Ride:-)
SAN FRANCISCO CABLE CAR TRAVEL GUIDE
I'm in San Francisco today! Follow on Snapchat @laurenmatoke
✈✈✈✈✈✈CLICK SHOW MORE✈✈✈✈✈✈
Join The Fam:
The Fearless Fam Community:
San Francisco Travel Vlogs:
Traveling With Anxiety:
The San Francisco cable car is one of my favorite tourist attractions in the city! This video guide is all about how it works and how to ride it. My advice is to go to one of the turntables, buy your ticket, and walk up just a bit! Enjoy my quick review and vlog of this fun travel destination.
✈✈✈✈✈✈Stalk Me✈✈✈✈✈✈
Blog:
Facebook:
E-Mail Updates:
Instagram:
Twitter:
Pinterest:
Snapchat: laurenmatoke
✈✈✈✈✈✈Recommendations✈✈✈✈✈✈
Affordable Online Counseling:
Ultimate Travel Packing Guide:
The BEST VPN for China:
Get $30 off your first AirBnB:
2 Free Audiobooks:
My Etsy Shop:
✈✈✈✈✈✈My Filming Equipment✈✈✈✈✈✈
GoPro Hero:
Nikon D3200:
Gorilla Pod:
✈✈✈✈✈✈Contact Me✈✈✈✈✈✈
laurenwithoutfear(at)gmail(dot)com
✈✈✈✈✈✈Music✈✈✈✈✈✈
BLOWSOM- Pantoufle [Majestic Color]
On Majestic Casual:
*Some links above are affiliate links
Best of San Francisco
Discover San Francisco city and its famous locations like:
Golden Gate Bridge,
Transamerica Pyramid,
Twin Peaks,
Union Square
and many other places...
Other travels in pictures and movies @
San Francisco Facts
Did you know?
Best Tourist Attractions Places To Travel In Germany | Hainich National Park Destination Spot
Top Tourist Attractions Places To Visit In Germany | Hainich National Park Destination Spot - Tourism in Germany
===========================================
Please SUBSCRIBE to update more interesting videos:
YOUTUBE ► :
FACEBOOK ► :
TWITTER ► :
PINTEREST ► :
==========================================
Hainich National Park (German: Nationalpark Hainich), founded on December 31, 1997, is the 13th national park in Germany and the only one in Thuringia.
One of the main objectives of the park is the protection of native beech forest.
In 2011, the park was added to the Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and the Ancient Beech Forests of Germany World Heritage Site.
The 75 square kilometres park lies in the western part of the German state of Thuringia, east of the Werra River, and is part of the greater Eichsfeld-Hainich-Werratal Nature Park.
It occupies much of the triangular area between the cities of Eisenach, Mühlhausen, and Bad Langensalza.
The national park forms the southern part of the roughly 160 square kilometres Hainich, the largest contiguous deciduous forest in Germany.
The Hainich Forest features a wide range of beech forest communities, with populations of ash trees, hornbeams, maples, lindens, and occasional checker trees.
Many fungi can be found there, along with stands of flowers such as summer snowflakes and anemones.
Animals in the park include wildcats, 15 species of bats, 7 species of woodpeckers, and over 500 types of wood beetles.
The goal of Hainich National Park is to restore a large section of central European forest to its primordial state.
The park covers an area formerly used for military training, with about 50 kilometres of deciduous forest.
In the future, the beech forest should grow to cover most of the park's area.
===========================================
Watch more videos:
►Best Tourist Attractions Places To Travel In Germany | Elbe Philharmonic Hall Destination Spot - Tourism in Germany:
►Best Tourist Attractions Places To Travel In Germany | Eltz Castle Hall Destination Spot - Tourism In Germany:
►Best Tourist Attractions Places To Travel In Germany | Erfurt Destination Spot - Tourism In Germany:
►Best Tourist Attractions Places To Travel In Germany | Europa-Park Destination Spot - Tourism In Germany:
►Best Tourist Attractions Places To Travel In Germany | Europa-Park Destination Spot - Tourism In Germany:
#tourism #touristattractions #touristplaces #touristspot #touristdestination #famouslandmarks