San Francisco (Spanish for "Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a cultural, commercial, and financial center in Northern California. San Francisco is the 16th most populous city in the United States, and the fourth most populous in California, with 881,549 residents as of 2019. It covers an area of about 46.89 square miles, mostly at the north end of the San Francisco Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area, making it the second most densely populated large U.S. city, and the fifth most densely populated U.S. county, behind only four of the five New York City boroughs. San Francisco is part of the 12th-largest metropolitan statistical area in the United States by population, with 4.7 million people, and the fourth-largest by economic output, with GDP of $592 billion in 2019. With San Jose, it forms the fifth most populous combined statistical area in the United States, with 9.67 million residents as of 2019. Colloquial nicknames for San Francisco include SF, San Fran, The City, and Frisco.
A popular tourist destination, San Francisco is known for its cool summers, fog, steep rolling hills, eclectic mix of architecture, and landmarks, including the Golden Gate Bridge, cable cars, the former Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, Fisherman's Wharf, and its Chinatown district.
We added this city as a place to visit because of the various activities to do and see in and around San Francisco. When we visited it, we spent 5 days there and were able to see the following sights and still get in a NFL 49ers game.
Things to do and see:
Golden Gate Bridge
Ride the world famous cable cars
Coit Tower
Alcatraz Island
Fisherman’s Wharf
Walk through China Town
Muir Woods
SF Fine Arts Museum
Presidio Park - former military base
Golden Gate Park
Catch a Giants baseball game
Contact information:
Website: https://www.sftravel.com/
Golden Gate Bridge
Coit Tower - overlooks San Francisco
Views from inside the tower
Oakland Bay Bridge
Alcatraz Island
Fisherman’s Wharf
Pacific Bell Baseball Park
San Francisco Fine Arts Museum
China Town
Golden Gate Park
Lombard Street - the curved street
Famous Cables Cars
Street Trolleys
Muir Woods National Monument - home of the giant Coastal Redwood Trees
Presidio Park of San Francisco
