San Francisco. A voyage to San Francisco, United States of America

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PvqM27ztQsw/TzfjwkY935I/AAAAAAAACdg/_7rIHdDKX6I/s1600/San+Francisco.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="425" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PvqM27ztQsw/TzfjwkY935I/AAAAAAAACdg/_7rIHdDKX6I/s640/San+Francisco.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RpreEI8v24g/TzfjvSPGIyI/AAAAAAAACdQ/Fs-LwkprC5I/s1600/San+Francisco+5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RpreEI8v24g/TzfjvSPGIyI/AAAAAAAACdQ/Fs-LwkprC5I/s320/San+Francisco+5.jpg" width="320" /></a>Let other cities build grand monuments. San Francisco days are better spent sunning by the bay and digesting lavish seafood dinners – no matter whether you’re a human or a sea lion that’s bellyflopped on Pier 39. Outlandish behavior comes with the territory here. What with all the earthquakes and eccentrics, this peninsula keeps only a tentative hold on the planet, not to mention the continental US. But as any San Franciscan will tell you, gravity is overrated, anyway. <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dNshorzOzgI/TzflzI4o-KI/AAAAAAAACd0/WDtdK18W4kM/s1600/San+Francisco+4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="132" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dNshorzOzgI/TzflzI4o-KI/AAAAAAAACd0/WDtdK18W4kM/s200/San+Francisco+4.jpg" width="200" /></a>With 43 hills and a population of free thinkers, crafty inventors, and weirdoes passing as normal, this city stubbornly refuses to be brought down to earth.<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qfv0QZoSL4M/TzfjwGnc-FI/AAAAAAAACdY/oLsaYL4k1oY/s1600/San+Francisco+6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="208" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qfv0QZoSL4M/TzfjwGnc-FI/AAAAAAAACdY/oLsaYL4k1oY/s320/San+Francisco+6.jpg" width="320" /></a>Instead reality is forced to rise to the occasion, with flocks of wild parrots taking to the treetops, ingenious meals by rising star chefs and poets who just keep on riffing until their words take flight. San Francisco’s stratospheric booms and crashing busts aren’t for the weak of heart, but as anyone who’s clung onto the side of a cable car will tell you, this town gives one hell of a ride. <span class="showMapText"> </span><br /><br /><br /><span class="showMapText"></span><br /><a name="more"></a><br /><a class="pin toggleMap open" href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/usa/san-francisco#" id="pinToggleMap" style="display: block;"><span class="closeMapText">Show in Lonely Planet</span></a><br /><div class="destinationMapLink clearfix"><span class="showMapText"></span> </div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jrY-rSsjkpw/TzfjtZh2OSI/AAAAAAAACc8/0rm3oaJzCvI/s1600/San+Francisco+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jrY-rSsjkpw/TzfjtZh2OSI/AAAAAAAACc8/0rm3oaJzCvI/s400/San+Francisco+2.jpg" width="400" /></a><br /><b> Ready to go?</b><br /><ul class="inBody"><li>Take the <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/usa/san-francisco/activities/bus-minivan-tours/alcatraz-san-francisco?lpaffil=fbta1">Alcatraz and San Francisco City Tour</a></li><li>Explore the <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinationRedirector?atlasId=361780">California</a> <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/usa/san-francisco/activities/wine-tasting-winery?lpaffil=fbta1">Wine Country</a></li><li>Hike across <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/usa/tours/active/hiking-yosemite-canyons?lpaffil=fbta1">Yosemite and the Canyons</a></li></ul><div class="relatedLinks clearfix"><h3 class="themeHeading"> More about San Francisco </h3><ul> <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dsdW6brVyag/TzfjuBhHuwI/AAAAAAAACdA/2CdtGxBpHfs/s1600/San+Francisco+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dsdW6brVyag/TzfjuBhHuwI/AAAAAAAACdA/2CdtGxBpHfs/s400/San+Francisco+3.jpg" width="400" /></a><li> <a class="linkChevron" href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/usa/san-francisco/weather">When to go & weather <span class="bottom"></span> </a> </li><li> <a class="linkChevron" href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/usa/san-francisco/transport/getting-there-around">Getting there & around <span class="bottom"></span> </a> </li><li> <a class="linkChevron" href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/usa/san-francisco/practical-information/money-costs">Practical information <span class="bottom"></span> </a> </li><li> <a class="linkChevron" href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/usa/san-francisco/history">History <span class="bottom"></span> </a> </li><li> <a class="linkChevron" href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/usa/san-francisco/work-study-volunteering/work">Work & study <span class="bottom"></span> </a> </li><li> <a class="linkChevron" href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/usa/san-francisco/travel-tips-and-articles">Tips & articles <span class="bottom"></span> </a> </li><li><a class="linkChevron" href="http://hotels.lonelyplanet.com/hotel/?RegionId=2137">Hotels</a></li></ul></div><div class="relatedLinks clearfix"><h3 class="themeHeading"> Make it happen</h3><ul><li><a class="linkChevron" href="http://shop.lonelyplanet.com/shopSearch?q=san+francisco%5E2+or+USA">Shop for travel guides</a></li><li><a class="linkChevron" href="http://hotels.lonelyplanet.com/hotel/?RegionId=2137">Search hotels</a></li><li><a class="linkChevron" href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/bookings/flights.do">Cheap flights</a></li><li><a class="linkChevron" href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/bookings/insurance.do">Travel insurance</a></li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-3jR_pgfrs0ALtkXFd7vs-LXcbxTWocRoMe1kZXUpxOkns-GZPEpYqhyuzOdl6VO8q5xmOGxHY3f8hlOIGuytOfcoT8NiVz8OZLAho5knjtExCx4E-SOwJHaGhD4ctKA8waeIb57i8Keb/s1600/san-francisco.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-3jR_pgfrs0ALtkXFd7vs-LXcbxTWocRoMe1kZXUpxOkns-GZPEpYqhyuzOdl6VO8q5xmOGxHY3f8hlOIGuytOfcoT8NiVz8OZLAho5knjtExCx4E-SOwJHaGhD4ctKA8waeIb57i8Keb/s640/san-francisco.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><ul></ul></div></div>

San Francisco. A voyage to San Francisco, United States of America

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