Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Blue & Gold Ferries
FERRY
Runs the Alameda-Oakland ferry from Pier 41 and the Ferry Building.
Golden Gate Ferry
FERRY
(
415-455-2000;
www.goldengateferry.org
;
adult/child $9.75/4.75;
6am-9:30pm Mon-Fri,
10am-6pm Sat & Sun)
Ferry service from the Ferry Building to Sausalito and Larkspur.
Vallejo Ferry
FERRY
Get to Napa car-free via Vallejo Ferry with departures from Ferry Building docks 6:30am
to 7pm weekdays and 11am to 7:30pm weekends; bikes permitted. From Vallejo Ferry Ter-
minal, take Napa Valley Vine bus 10.
TRAIN
in San Jose.
stations, with free shuttle buses to San Francisco. Scenic routes with sleeping cars include
the 35-hour Los Angeles-Seattle run via Oakland on the
Coast Starlight
, and the 51-hour
Chicago-Oakland journey on the
California Zephyr
.
Getting Around
For Bay Area transit options, departures and arrivals, check 511 or
www.511.org
.
TO/FROM THE AIRPORT
BART
Direct 30-minute ride to/from downtown.
claim areas, taking 45 minutes to most SF locations; $17.
Taxis
To/from downtown costs $35 to $50.
BART