Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
On the Embarcadero, the Ferry Plaza Market building dates to 1898.
(
San Francisco International (14 miles/
23km).
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$$$
Hotel Adagio,
550 Geary St.
when the freeway was dismantled in 1991,
the way was clear for the Ferry Building to
be reborn.
(
&
800/228-8830
or 415/775-5000; www.
thehoteladagion.com). $
Hotel des Arts,
447 Bush St. (
&
800/956-4322
or 415/956-
3232; www.sfhoteldesarts.com).
Ferry Building Plaza (at the foot of Mar-
ket St. at The Embarcadero) (
&
415/693-
0996;
www.ferrybuildingmarketplace.com).
Open-Air Markets
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L.A. Farmer's Market
The Hollywood Version
Los Angeles, California
There's a bit of huckster atmosphere
about the L.A. Farmer's Market. A private
enterprise rather than a public facility, it
has been tarted up with on-site entertain-
ment, busloads of tourists, a host of res-
taurants (more than half of the vendors
now are eateries), and shops selling gift
items such as candles, souvenirs, clothing,
and greeting cards. But that has been true
ever since this market was born, back in
the Depression era, when it began as a
series of canvas-roofed wooden sheds
provided to farmers who'd been selling
their produce from truck tailgates in the
dirt lot at Third and Fairfax.
