Must-see attractions in San Francisco+precautions

San Francisco is a big city in the United States, with high popularity, and it is also a famous modern city. The famous Golden Gate Bridge and the shooting places of various police and bandit wars are good tourist destinations. Let's share the must-see attractions and precautions in San Francisco.

Traveling to San Francisco, a typical inclusive and diverse city, requires some itinerary planning. If time is tight, you can buy that kind of sightseeing ticket near Union Square. However, if you have about 3 days, I suggest renting a bicycle and slowly experiencing its diversity and prosperity in this beautiful American city.

San Francisco can be divided into three tourist areas. In downtown San Francisco, there is a lively Union Square.

Square) and the financial district known as "Wall Street on the West Coast of the United States";

Fishman's Wharf is located in the northeast of the city center.

The pier is a place that every visitor to San Francisco can't miss. From here, you can also go to the once infamous Alcatraz Island. Take the Golden Gate Bridge (Golden Gate)

Other areas represented by the bridge are also places frequented by tourists. The striking Golden Gate Bridge and Hite-Ashbury, the birthplace of hippies, are famous landscapes.

downtown

Union Square

Union Square is located in PowellSt, PostStreet, StocktonStreet and Geary in downtown San Francisco.

The intersection of 4th Street and 4th Street is a landmark building in downtown San Francisco, and the Bauer station of the tram is nearby, so it is convenient to go to other scenic spots in the city. Union Square, with a total area of 550,000 square meters and surrounded by hotels and shopping centers, is the third largest shopping area in the United States. There is a towering Dewey monument in the center of the square.

Monument) was built to commemorate the US Navy's defeat of the Spanish fleet in Manila Bay on May 1895. Every Christmas, Union Square is dressed up and many celebrations are held.

Transportation: Take the cable car Bauer-Hyde line to get there.

City hall city hall

The municipal center is the administrative center of San Francisco and the concentration area of performing arts in San Francisco. Built in 19 15, the city hall is a solemn dome building, which imitates St. Peter's Cathedral in the Vatican and is recognized as one of the most beautiful public buildings in the United States. It is designed in French Renaissance style, covered with a patina golden dome, and looks brilliant and atmospheric from a distance.

In the afternoon, when the sun is about to set, birds fly over here, and the dome building is especially photogenic in the sunset.

Address: 400 San Francisco

Tel: 00 14 155544000

Opening hours: Monday to Friday from 8: 00- 17: 00.

Admission: free.

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

The museum was originally built in 1935, and the former site is in the veterans building in the municipal center (veterans

Building is the first museum on the west coast of the United States that specializes in collecting modern art, and it is also the second largest museum in the United States. The museum was moved to SOMA on 1995, and the famous Swiss architect Mario Beltas was invited to the new museum.

Botta) design, the whole building is very modern.

The museum collects the representative works of western artists in the 20th century, such as the French fauvism painter Henry.

Matisse), American "Puppy Pie" painter Andy? Warch, Georgia, a female painter who is good at painting flowers? Ochfield (Georgia

O'Keeffe) and Frieda, a Mexican painter who is good at drawing characters? Freda Carroll and others.

Address: 15 1 Third Street (between issues and howardstreets), San Francisco, California.

94 103

Tel: 00 14 153574000

Opening hours: Monday and Tuesday11:00-17: 45; Thursday11:00-20: 45; Friday &; Saturday11:00-17: 45; The opening hours in summer are one hour earlier than usual.

Admission: adult 12.5 USD/person; The elderly (over 62 years old) 8 dollars/person; Students (with valid certificates) 7 dollars/person; You can enter for free with the San Francisco Pass.

Northbeach ★★

North beach is a community between Chinatown and Fisherman's Wharf. It has changed from an early Italian village that made a living by fishing to an active business circle with restaurants and cafes, but it is also because of Columbus Avenue.

Ave.), an independent bookstore specializing in selling avant-garde books, "CityLightBookstore" made north beach famous.

Immigrants from north beach originally came from Chile, but now most of them are Italians. This is the birthplace of hippie culture in San Francisco and has always been called "Little Italy". There are many fashionable shops and restaurants in this area, especially the atmosphere of cafes has always attracted unrestrained artists. One of the most famous is the "beat" era in the 1950s.

The representative figure of the Beatles is Ginsberg.

Ginsburg), Locke (Jack Krujak), Cassidy (Neil

Cassady) etc. They moved from new york to San Francisco, and they wrote and played music every day, preaching eastern religions, free love, free thoughts and drug abuse, and were known to the world with novel and shocking artistic expressions.

Although the hippie ideology in north beach is no longer avant-garde, the slightly decadent and depressed atmosphere is still favored by many tourists. A leisurely afternoon with a cup of coffee is a portrayal of many people living here.

Transportation: Take the Balmason cable car and get off at Columbus Avenue.

Lombardy Street is in Jiuqu Flower Street.

Located in Northbeach, this street is "the most winding road in the world".

The world is also one of the most famous scenic spots in San Francisco. San Francisco is a city built on a mountain, so most of the streets in the city will have slopes, and Jiuqu Flower Street is one of the typical examples. This street is not only 30 degrees oblique, but also 90 degrees with eight bends, which is very thrilling to drive. But if the car is not very smart, it is recommended to walk. The streets are lined with flowers and trees. Hydrangeas in spring, roses in summer and chrysanthemums in autumn decorate it with flowers, which makes people walk in it, pleasing to the eye and relaxing. Xiaobai thinks the fame here is greater than the reality. It's not bad to pass by here on the way to Fisherman's Wharf and take a picture of the whole North Beach.

Transportation: Take the Bauer-Mei Sen cable car and get off at Jiuqu Huajie Station.

Chinatown Chinatown ★★★★★★

San Francisco's Chinatown is very famous. It is the largest and oldest Chinatown overseas and the largest Chinese community outside Asia. Chinatown * * * occupies 16 block and has 654.38+10,000 Chinese residents. Grant Avenue and California Street (California

The intersection of the street is the central part of Chinatown, and tourists usually enter Chinatown through the arch on Grant Street. In addition to gathering the essential grocery stores and restaurants in overseas Chinatown, it also has strong China characteristics. There are many shops in the street, and the signs are all Chinese characters. All the shops sell domestic products, mainly China children's toys and folk handicrafts.

Transportation: You can get there by cable car on California Street.

Noble Mountain ★★

The so-called Regal Mountain is actually a hill in the center of San Francisco, and it is also one of the best places in San Francisco overlooking the city scenery. At the same time, due to the high position of the top of the mountain and good vision, it belongs to the aristocratic area with expensive land price; It used to be a place where several rich people built luxury houses, but they were all destroyed by the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. After that, most luxury houses were transformed into high-end hotels. Standing on the top of the mountain and looking north, you can see the beautiful San Francisco Bay and the islands on the sea, especially on sunny days. The clouds are light and the wind is light, which is refreshing.

Transportation: You can reach the top of the mountain by cable car in California.

Asian Museum ★

The museum is mainly composed of Asian art collections, and its rich collections make it one of the largest Asian art collections in the world. There are not only many lifelike Buddha statues here, but also traditional Korean costumes. This is an excellent place to learn about Asian art, and the layout of artworks in the museum is very clever, which often amazes visitors.

Address: 200 Larkin Street, San Francisco, California, 94 102.

Tel: 0014155813500.

Opening hours: Tuesday and Wednesday10: 00-17: 00; Thursday10: 00-21:00;

Friday &; Saturday 10: 00- 17: 00

Admission: adult 12 USD/person; Old people (over 65 years old with valid certificates) 8 dollars/person; Students and children (13 years old-17 years old) 7 dollars/person; $5 per person after 5 pm every Thursday; Free admission with a San Francisco pass.

Fisherman's wharf area

Fisherman's sWharf★★ ★★★★★★★★★★

Fisherman's Wharf is located about 32 kilometers north of downtown San Francisco. It used to be a fishing port where Italian fishermen gathered. In 1960s, due to the decrease of catch, it gradually evolved into a tourist attraction and became a symbol of San Francisco.

Fisherman's Wharf has three most obvious signs: First, it is located on Jefferson Street.

Cancer sign at the intersection of St. Taylor Street. The second kind is sea lions lying in the sun on the dock in groups;

The third is Pier 39 (pier

39) Carousel in the middle. Nowadays, there are many shopping centers near Fisherman's Wharf. There are many people selling crabs in San Francisco along the way, and the performances of musicians and artists on the street are one after another, which is very lively.

Giradelli, at the end of the Bauer-Hyde line.

Square) is another good place for dining and shopping at Fisherman's Wharf, where the most famous Ghiradelli chocolate in San Francisco is sold, which is very popular with tourists. Every night, neon flashes around the square, which is a busy scene.

Transportation: Take the cable car Bauer-Hyde line to get there.

Pier39

Pier 39 was originally the trestle bridge to the east of Fisherman's Wharf. 1978, a two-story wooden building was built here, with many shops and restaurants with their own characteristics. Walking along the pedestrian walkway next to Pier 39 to the end, as long as the sun shines, nine times out of ten, a large number of sea lions can be seen lazily lying on floating rafts in the sun, some constantly swinging their fat bodies, and some try to raise their hair and make sounds to attract people's attention. Water World Underwater Aquarium (Aquarium

OftheBay is also a very interesting place near Pier 39. It is the first underwater aquarium in the United States. Visitors can enjoy the sea view directly through the plexiglass tunnel.

Address: No.39, Beechisan, California, 94 133.

Tel: 00 14 157055500

Water World Underwater Aquarium _ Aquarium

Address: Embarcade Road and Beach Street, San Francisco, California, 94 133.

Tel: 001888 seadive; 00 14 156235300

Opening hours: summer: Monday to Sunday from 9: 00 to 20: 00;

Winter: Monday to Thursday10: 00-18: 00; Friday to Sunday 10: 00- 19: 00

Admission: adult 14.95 USD/person; Children (3-11)&; The elderly (over 65 years old) is $8 per person.

wax work museum

WaxMuseum is a famous wax museum, located on Jefferson Street, which displays vivid wax figures of celebrities, except the famous rock star ElvisAron.

Besides Presley, Elizabeth Taylor and other superstars, there are wax figures of Jackie Chan performing China Boxing, which are very popular with tourists.

Address: Jefferson Street 145, San Francisco, California, 94 133.

Tel: 00 14 158854834

Opening hours: Monday to Sunday 10: 00-2 1: 00.

Admission: adult 12.95 USD/person; Students (12-17)&; The elderly (over 55 years old) is $9.95 per person;

Children (6 years old-1 1 year old) are $6.95 per person.

TIPS Wharf Package WharfPass and San Francisco Bay Cruises

With this package, you can visit the main attractions of Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco and have a cruise in San Francisco Bay. The package also includes the bus fare for the double-decker sightseeing bus and the San Francisco gray line tour. This parcel is valid for three days.

Price: adult 6 1 USD/person; Children (5 years old-1 1 year old): 38 dollars per person.

The San Francisco Bay Cruise is a project that starts from Fisherman's Wharf and enjoys the scenery of San Francisco by boat. There are two routes to choose from, namely blue &; golden

Fleet and Red&; White fleet.

Blue & golden

The fleet departs from Pier 4 1, passes through the Golden Gate Bridge, goes to Alcatraz, and ships to the towns around San Francisco. Red & White (surname)

Fleet 43? Starting from the dock, the ship has services in eight languages, including English, Spanish and Chinese. The tour route includes Alcatraz Island and North beach in the northeast of San Francisco.

Beach) and so on. The tour time of both routes is one hour.

Tel: Blue &; Golden Fleet: 0014157058200; Red & White Team: 00 14 15

6732900

Working hours: blue &; golden

Motorcade: It starts from Monday to Friday 10: 30, and runs every 45 minutes-1 hour; It leaves at 0: 45 on weekends/kloc-0: 45 every 45 minutes-1 hour.

Red & ampWhiteFleet: It leaves at 10: 00 every day; Run it about every 45 minutes-1 hour.

Ticket price: blue &; GoldFleet: 22 dollars/person for adults; Old people (over 62 years old)&; Student (12 years old-18 years old)

18 USD/person; Children (5 years old-1 1 year) 14 USD/person;

Red & ampWhiteFleet: 30 USD/person for adults; Children (5 years old-17 years old) 20 dollars/person.

Acatez i.

The famous Alcatraz Island was once the place where the federal government of the United States held serious criminals, such as Al capone, the "godfather" of Chicago, and stroud, the "birdman" who killed people like hemp and had great research on birds.

(Robert stroud) and the cold-blooded "machine gun killer" Kelly (George

Kelly) and so on. These criminals were sent here to be detained because Alcatraz was surrounded by rough waves and sharks and could not escape alive, hence the name of the island.

Now Alcatraz Island has become a tourist attraction in San Francisco, and many films have been shot here, such as Locke starring Nicolas Cage.

The island is only 2 kilometers away from Fisherman's Wharf, and it only takes about 10 minutes by boat. You can take the blue one&; golden

The fleet went to Alcatraz.

It is suggested to buy a map after landing on the island and explore this exciting world full of unknowns by yourself. In addition to prisons, the surrounding waters are also famous for their rich marine life.

Transportation: Take the blue &; You can contact the golden fleet.

Prison opening hours: starting at 9: 00 every morning.

Admission: free.

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Golden Gate Bridge The Golden Gate Bridge

The Golden Gate Bridge is a bridge connecting San Francisco and Marin. 1937 opened, about 27 kilometers long and 227 meters high. The whole bridge is bright brick red, which is one of the most spectacular bridges in the world and is also regarded as a symbol of San Francisco.

During the gold rush, this bridge was like a gateway to a gold mine, so it was named "Golden Gate Bridge". There are about 1.2km long sidewalks on both sides of the bridge for pedestrians and bicycles. It takes an hour to go back and forth. If you drive to San Francisco, you need to pay 3 dollars. The wind on the bridge is very strong, so when you visit the bridge, you'd better take clothes to keep out the cold.

There are free observation decks and parking lots on both sides of the bridge near the bay, but the best viewing place is the battery on the south side of the bridge.

Point _ Observatory; Golden Gate Bridge Gift Shop is located in the southeast of the bridge, which mainly sells all kinds of related souvenirs and provides catering services. There is also an introduction and photo exhibition about the Golden Gate Bridge.

Address: Ushwy 10 1 San Francisco Causa9490 1-538 1.

Transportation: You can take bus No.28 and No.29, and bus No.76 can only arrive on Sundays.

Art palace

The Art Palace is one of the most famous scenic spots in San Francisco, located in Marina, the harbor area in the southeast of San Francisco.

District), originally built for Panama Pacific World Expo 19 15, has attracted180,000 visitors. However, the Art Palace was abandoned after the meeting, and it was not until 1962 that the famous German architect Maybeck was hired.

Maybeck) design and renovation, Maybeck specializes in detail decoration, so that the art hall can be seen again.

The art palace faces an artificial lake, and the lake is blue. From time to time, several white swans swam by, and benches were scattered on the grass near the artificial lake. People often come here for picnics or to enjoy the peace.

Discovery Science Museum (Discovery Museum) and Palace Theatre (Palace Theatre)

Theater is also located here, which is a good place for vacation and leisure.

Address: San Francisco, 330 1 Lyons

Transportation: Take Bus No.28 to get there.

Tel: 00 14 155636504

Opening hours: all day

Admission: free.

Golden Gate Park in Golden Gate Park

Golden Gate Park is located in the northwest of San Francisco. 5 kilometers long and 800 meters wide; From Baker street

Street) extends to the Pacific coast, dividing Richmond and Sunset into two areas, covering an area of more than 400 hectares and consisting of more than a dozen small parks; In the park, there are small bridges and flowing water, lush trees and exotic flowers and grasses everywhere; It also integrates museums, art centers, playgrounds and large-scale sports fields; It is the largest urban comprehensive artificial park in the world at present.

For sports enthusiasts, Golden Gate Park is undoubtedly a paradise, with racetracks, track and field, fishing grounds, boating grounds, golf courses, tennis courts, football fields and cricket fields. And many flower greenhouses in parks and California Academy of Sciences.

AcademyofSciences) makes people who like quiet reluctant to leave.

Tulip Garden (QueenWihelminaTulip

Garden) is located on 48th Street, near the Pacific Ocean. The whole garden diverges around the windmill. Windmills and gardens are gifts from beatrix wilhelmina armgard. Every spring, a large number of flower-viewing tourists flock to this small garden; There will be 14000 tulips in full bloom here.

Japan Tea Ceremony Garden (Japanese

tea

Garden) 1894 opened; It is the oldest Japanese garden in the United States; In addition to traditional Japanese architecture-small bridges, flowing water and a18th century Buddha statue; The most interesting thing every year is the cherry blossoms that bloom in March and April, which is also the time to attract the most people. Shakespeare Garden (Shakespeare)

Garden) is a famous garden in Britain, which was founded in 1928. There are more than 150 kinds of plants planted in it, but they are only mentioned in Shakespeare's plays and poems. There is also a statue of Shakespeare in the park.

California Academy of Sciences, founded in 1853, is the oldest academy on the west coast of the United States. It emphasizes vivid display and simulates the real African penguin world.

PenguinFeedings), Astrobiology, an aquarium containing14,000 kinds of marine life (Steinhardt

Aquarium), California Wildlife Park, recreates California's geographical landscape and wildlife.

Edge) and so on. Let children have a full understanding of nature in actual experience. Details of tickets and opening hours of California Academy of Sciences can be found on the website.

Golden Gate Park Address: San Francisco, California

Admission: free.

Japanese tea garden ceremony garden

Tel: 00 14 157524227

Opening hours: Monday to Sunday from 8: 30- 18: 00.

Admission: adult $3.5/person; Children (6 years old-12 years old) 1.25 USD/person.

Shakespeare garden

Tel: 0014158312700.

Opening hours: 6:00-20:00 from Monday to Sunday.

Admission: free.

California academy of sciences

Tel: 0014153218000.

Website: http://www.calacademy.org

Hite-Ashbury

In the 1960s, it was used as a gathering place by hippies in San Francisco, which made it famous in America and became the most desirable place for unruly young people at that time.

Now it has become a bar gathering place, and it is very lively every night. But the surrounding security is not very good. If you go, try to avoid acting alone.

Transportation: Take bus No.6 to get there.

Explore the museum, explore the science museum

The Museum of Exploration Science is a vivid place where visitors can see the process of making or restoring exhibits and experience the principles of natural science. Trained lecturers will help visitors use and understand the exhibits.

Address: No.3601Lyon Street, San Francisco, California, 94 123.

Tel: 00 14 15 Explore

Opening hours: summer: Monday to Sunday10: 00-18: 00; Winter: Tuesday to Sunday 10: 00- 17: 00.

Admission: adult (18 -64 years old) 14 USD/person; Students (18 years old or above, with valid certificates)&; Older people (over 65 years old)

1 1 USD/person; Disabled people &; Children (13-17)11USD/person;

Tips San Francisco, a gay paradise

San Francisco is an undeniable gay paradise. In 2004, San Francisco Mayor Gavin

Newsome held a wedding ceremony for homosexuals from all over the world in the city hall, which also made San Francisco occupy a place in the history of homosexuality.

In San Francisco, there are endless activities about homosexuality, the most famous of which is the San Francisco Gay Film Festival (SAN

Francis Goyle & Lesbian Movie

Festivals), large gay parades and large Halloween parties. You can often see cross-dressing gay and lesbian teams marching in great strides.