Although we divide up the San Francisco Guide into categories, people often ask what the top things to do are, regardless of category.
Here is our list of the top San Francisco attractions.
- Golden Gate Bridge
- Alcatraz Island
- Fisherman’s Wharf & Ghirardelli Square
- Cable Cars
- Chinatown
- Lombard Street (Crooked Street)
- Coit Tower
- Pier 39
- Golden Gate Park
- California Academy of Sciences & DeYoung Museum
- Lands End & Legion of Honor
- Muir Woods
- Union Square (shopping)
- Exploratorium
- Twin Peaks
- North Beach
- Painted Ladies (Alamo Square)
- Palace of Fine Arts
- Union Street (also shopping, but NOT the same as Union Square)
- Japantown
- The Presidio
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- Marina Greens
- Crissy Field
- Ocean Beach
- China Beach