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Golden Gate Bridging 2009
Places to Go, Things to See!
For more ideas, call the San Francisco Visitors Bureau for a guidebook at (415) 391-2000
or visit www.onlyinsanfrancisco.com
To help plan your public transportation within San Francisco, please visit www.511.org
African American Art & Culture Complex China Town
www.aaacc.org San Francisco (415) 922-2049 www.sanfranciscochinatown.com
The gallery serves to expand Afro-centric art Experience the Chinese culture through the
activities, enhance knowledge and many fine restaurants and shops you will find
appreciation for the visual arts. throughout the area.
Alcatraz Tour Tickets (800) 700-3151 China Town Walking Tour
www.alcatraztrips.com www.allaboutchinatown.com (415) 982-8839
There are numerous daily trips to this Enjoy a behind the scenes tour of Chinatown.
historical prison, which housed some of the Unique tour includes history, culture, and
most notorious criminals in its day, including traditions of local people.
Al Capone and the Bird Man.
City Guides (415) 557-4266
Angel Island (415) 897-0715 x3 www.sfciztyguides.org
www.angelisland.com Offers over 30 fun, informative, and free
Spend an unforgettable day at the “Jewel of walking tours of San Francisco.
the San Francisco Bay.” Enjoy panoramic
vistas of the entire Bay. Conservatory of Flowers (415) 666-7001
www.conservatoryofflowers.org
Aquarium of the Bay (415) 623-5300 Golden Gate Park
www.aquariumofthebay.com
Explore the San Francisco Bay underwater! de Young Museum (415) 750-3600
Walk through 300 feet of crystal-clear tunnels www.deyoungmuseum.org Golden Gate Park
at Pier 39 while watching thousands of
animals. Exploratorium (415) 561-0311
www.exploratorium.edu
Bay Area Discovery Museum There is no need to mention this is a museum,
Sausalito, Marin County (North of SF) with this hands-on science funhouse! See how
www.badm.org (415) 339-3900 things work by getting involved in over 600
Let your curiosity run wild in this one-of-a- science, nature, art, and technology exhibits.
kind indoor/outdoor children’s museum with a
full range of programs for all ages. Filoli (650) 364-8300 x507
San Mateo County (South of SF)
Best of Broadway – Curran/Golden Gate/ www.filoli.org
Orpheum Theatre – San Francisco
www.shnsf.com/ (415) 551-2075 Giant’s Baseball (415) 972-2000
Catch a show while you are in town and enjoy www.sfgiants.com
Broadway, San Francisco style! Pac Bell Park
Cable Cars (415) 923-6050 Ghirardelli Chocolate Manufactory and
www.cablecarmuseum.org/ride.html Soda Fountain (415) 771-4903
Ride them to the Wharf or learn their history www.ghirardellisq.com
at the Cable Car Museum. Take a tour and eat some ice cream in the
parlor or get some chocolate in the shop.
California Academy of Sciences
www.calacademy.org (415) 321-8000
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Golden Gate National Recreation Area Pier 39 (415) 705-5500
www.nps.gov/goga/index.htm www.pier39.com
Golden Gate NRA comprises numerous sites, Pier 39 is one of the City’s most visited
covering miles of coastline. attractions. Watch the sea lions lounge on the
pier while enjoying great food and shopping
Golden Gate Park Located in the middle of Fisherman’s Wharf.
http://www.sfgate.com/traveler/guide/sf/neig
hborhoods/ggpark.shtml Presidio of San Francisco
Over 1,000 acres of many different attractions www.presidio.gov
including: tennis courts, rollerblading areas, The Presidio is part of the National Park and
Japanese Tea Gardens, Strybing Arboretum, Recreational paradise featuring historic and
Stowe Lake, the California Academy of architectural treasures of the former military
Sciences and Steinhart Aquarium. post. This is where our event is located! ☺
Golden Gate Railroad Museum Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! Museum
www.ggrm.org (415) 666-7001 www.ripleysf.com (415) 771-6188
Located at Fisherman’s Wharf this fascinating
Harbor Tours of the Bay and Alcatraz museum
(415) 546-2896 or 1-800- BAY-CRUISE
www.redandwhite.com Riptide Arcade at Pier 39
Pick-up the Red & White Fleet at Fisherman’s www.riptidearcade.com (415) 981-6300
Wharf and get ready to view the Bay Area
skyline by boat. San Francisco Botanical Garden Society
Golden Gate Park (415) 661-1316
The Jelly Belly Candy Company www.sfbotanicalgarden.org
Solana County (East of SF)
www.jellybelly.com (707) 428-2800 San Francisco Museum and Historical
Society – Fisherman’s Wharf
Legion of Honor (415) 750-3600 Www.sfhistory.org (415) 537-1105
www.legionofhonor.org
San Francisco Zoo (415) 753-7080
Lombard Street www.sfzoo.org Sunset District of SF
The curviest street in the world! It wouldn’t be Everybody loves a day at the zoo filled with
a visit to San Francisco without making a trip monkeys, lions, elephants and more!
down Lombard.
Six Flags Discovery Kingdom
Metreon (415) 369-6201 (formerly Marine World) (707) 644-4000
www.metreon.com www.sixflags.com Solano County (East of SF)
Visit the Imax theater, 15 screen movie
theater, arcade, restaurant, and more. Turbo Ride at Pier 39 (415) 392-8872
The Mexican Museum (415) 202-9700 The Vampire Tour of San Francisco
www.mexicanmuseum.org www.sfvampiretour.com (650) 279-1840
Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
www.missionculturalcenter.org(415) 821-1155 www.ybca.org (415) 978-2710
Museum of Fine Arts Winchester Mystery House
www.missionculturalcenter.org(415) 821-1155 San Jose (S. of SF)
www.winchestermysteryhouse.com
Paramount’s Great America For 38 years, 24 hours a day, Mrs. Sarah
San Jose / Silicon Valley (South of SF) Winchester kept craftsmen developing her 160
www3.cedarfair.com/greatamerica room, four-story bizarre mansion; th e
purpose of the construction is still a mystery.
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