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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
Assuming you aren’t renting a car (you don’t need to), here’s how I would break it up by day (in any order, but just lump these things together because they’re closer). I’ve included a couple things you COULD do with a car, and packed the days up beyond what you can actually achieve in a day, but these things all make sense to do in the same day (as in, if you’re trying to maximize your time, I wouldn’t do day 1 stuff with day 2 stuff, for example).
Transit is really good, so you can take the train/bus/ferry mostly anywhere. Load up a clipper card to make it easy.
DAY 1
- Golden Gate Bridge
- Sausalito
- Muir National Monument
- Point Bonita Lighthouse (some nice trails in the area)
- Baker Beach
- Palace of Fine Arts
- Point Reyes Lighthouse (if you have a car)
- Hog Island Oysters (near PR, again if you have a car)
DAY 2 (1.5 days maybe?)
- Alcatraz
- Fisherman’s Warf/Pier 39 (I hate this area but you’re there anyway if you’re doing Alcatraz so might as well have a look)
- Coit Tower
- Lombard Street
- Chinatown
- City Lights Bookstore
- Ferry Building
- SF MOMA (highly recommended)
- Oracle Park Tour
- (if you’re into live music, worth trying to see a show at the Fillmore, Orpheum, or Warfield)
DAY 3
- The Castro
- Haight Ashbury (worth a quick stroll just to see but kinda whatever)
- La Taqueria in Mission (get a burrito)
- Golden Gate Park (this could be a whole day by itself, includes the following:
- Japanese Tea Garden
- De Young Museum
- California Academy of Sciences
- Windmills)
Depending on what you like, there are also a crazy amount of food options and bar/lounge options to close out the night.
There is also a ferry that goes between a lot of spots in the bay. Doesn’t take too long and gives you some nice views. Might be worth taking the Ferry to Jack London Square in Oakland, exploring for an hour or so, and taking the Ferry back.
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Great suggestions. I’m in SF at the moment and did many of your recommendations in addition to a bicycle tour of the city and a food tour of North Beach.
I also enjoyed hiking up to Twin Peaks and Mission Dolores Park.
I took a waymo car today and it was a fun experience.
For my last day tomorrow, I have a tour lined up to Yosemite National Park. The weather has been about 18 and sunny every day I’ve been here. I hit 39k steps on day 2, a new vacation single day step count high.
Also, I’m saying in the tenderloin. It’s not ground zero, more the edge of it, in a nice hotel, but the sights have sure been interesting to and form my hotel.