Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Street-by-Street: Fisherman's Wharf
Italian seafood restaurants have replaced
fishing as the primary focus of the
Fisherman's Wharf local economy.
Restaurants and outdoor crab stands serve
San Francisco's celebrated Dungeness crab
from November to June. Besides sampling
the seafood, visitors also take in the shops,
museums and attractions for which
Fisherman's Wharf is noted. Tickets for
Alcatraz can be purchased from Pier 33.
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USS
Pampanito
An audio tour gives an idea of
the hardships endured by sailors
in this World War II submarine.
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Fisherman's and
Seaman's Chapel
was built on the pier
so that the devout
could pray before
they sailed and after
they returned.
Fisherman's Wharf
is now a street
lined with seafood
restaurants and
crab stands.
Pier 45
Fish Alley
is where the morning's
catch is landed and prepared.
The Cannery
Once a fruit cannery, the
building was converted
to a mall, housing shops,
restaurants and a museum.
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San Francisco
Fire Engine
Tours and
Adventures
provides visitors
with tours of the city
on a big, shiny red
Mack fire engine.
Historic Trolley
Line
features
restored, colorful
streetcars that ran
in most United
States cities from
the 1930s.
The Anchorage
Shopping Center
To Powell - Hyde cable
car turntable (1 block)
Key
Suggested route
