Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Day One
Leap onto the Powell-Mason cable car: you're in for hills and thrills. Hop off in
North Beach and hike to
Coit Tower
(
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)
for groundbreaking murals
and giddy, 360-degree panoramas. Take scenic
Filbert Street Steps
(
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)
to the
sunny Embarcadero waterfront, then plunge into the total darkness of the Tactile Dome in-
side the
Exploratorium
(
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).
Grab
Mijita
(
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)
's sensational, sustainable fish tacos at the
Ferry
Building
(
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)
, then catch your pre-booked ferry to
Alcatraz
(
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). Here escape attempts could land you in solitary, and library books were censored for
kissing. Make your island prison break and head to North Beach, where you can read freely
at free-speech landmark
City Lights
(
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)
and mingle with San Francisco's freest
spirits at the
Beat Museum
(
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).
Alcatraz inmates had 20 minutes for dinner - but with reservations, you can linger
over North Beach's best pasta at
Cotogna
(
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)
. Since you just escaped
prison, you're tough enough to handle too-close-for-comfort comics at
Cobb's Comedy
Club
(
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)
, or razor-sharp drag satire at
Beach Blanket Babylon
(
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)
.
Toast your day of living dangerously in San Francisco with spur-rattling Pisco sours at
Comstock Saloon
(
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)
.
