A vacation in San Francisco (or simply Frisco) is best spent on the bay of the same name, tasting the generous seafood. The city became famous for its 43 hills and population, entirely consisting of eccentrics, crazy inventors, freethinkers and just weird people.

Entertainment and attractions in San Francisco

From its inception to the present, San Francisco has been and remains a port. The city is surrounded by water on three sides, and its main attraction, the Golden Gate Bridge, is the only entrance to the city from the north. The Auckland Bay Bridge, on the other side of the bay, is no less impressive, although not as famous.

The historic cable car is the best way to get around the city, which lies on 43 hills. He stops at the famous Lombard Street, immersed in flowers and descending from the hill in a crazy serpentine at an angle of 30 °.

The Chinatown quarter with bright lanterns, wise dragons and Chinese characters on the signs is one of its main attractions.

The Transamerica skyscraper, better known as the Spire, is the tallest building in San Francisco. To see the panorama of the city, you need to climb the Coit Tower at the top of Telegraph Hill.

Also, a beautiful circular panorama opens from the twin hills of Twin Peaks. There is a telescope on the observation deck of the northern hill.

The waterfront with piers extending into the sea is one of the busiest places in San Francisco. Pier 39, a popular holiday destination with attractions, shops, fish restaurants, and most importantly – with a rookery of fur seals frolicking in the water or relaxing on wooden rafts. From Pier 41, you can take a pleasure boat to the prison island of Alcatraz. Since 1934, for 29 years, the most dangerous criminals in the United States were kept here. Now the prison building has been turned into a museum.