Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
HISTORIC SITES
1. MISSION DOLORES
The 18th-century Spanish mission, site of the area's earliest settlement, is worth a
visit for its tranquility, as well as for the education it provides about the city's early
history (for further details see
Mission Dolores
).
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2. JACKSON SQUARE
The area that witnessed the worst misbehavior of the Barbary Coast days contains
some of the city's oldest, loveliest buildings. One of the very few areas that were
spared in the 1906 conflagration (for further details see
Jackson Square
)
.
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3. NOB HILL
Erstwhile site of the mansions of Golden Age moguls and potentates, from these lofty
heights now rise the city's most lavish hotels and the Gothic spires of one of its best-
loved cathedrals (for further details see
Nob Hill
).
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4. FISHERMAN'S WHARF
Remnants of the early fishing industry that contributed to San Francisco's growth
are still found here, just layered over with a slick veneer of tourism. Fishing boats
still come in and deliver their catch of the day, and nature makes its presence known
with a colony of sea lions that lounge on the pier (for further details see
Fisherman's
