Things to do in San Francisco?

Hello there friend, my friend and I are taking a trip to San Francisco. We plan on driving there Friday night, staying at a hotel, and spending all Saturday there, and we are at a complete lost as what we should do.

We live about 20 minutes away, so we don't wish to have the "go visit the golden gate" or "union square" because we have already been there many times.

Tours might be nice but we are wondering what other things there are to do.Things to do in San Francisco?
Living 20 minutes away and renting a hotel room sounds like a waste of $. Some ppl commute 2 hrs a day to SF and don't rent a room. But, the economy could use your help. Non-tourist things that San Franciscans do would be going out to eat and shopping. Not exciting, but that's what they do. Golden Gate Park is worth a visit. Restaurants on Clement St are also missed by most tourists.Things to do in San Francisco?
*_~ So glad that you're considering San Francisco for your vacation.



Try to stay in Union Square. When you arrive at the airport, take the SFO air train that goes around the airport, then you’ll get off when you see Bart, take Bart to Powell Station (should be about $3-5 and it takes 20 mins ) that’s Union Square.

http://www.bart.gov/ for schedule..



I just love the weather and the diverse culture here!! Traffic can be hectic but still bearable. Public transport is great! You can always take Bart, ferries, bus, taxi or cable car etc. However, if you don’t have much time or want to travel beyond the city – I think a car would help a lot. Yes, you have to pay for parking, but save you time to go more places faster..



Try the “City Sightseeing Open Top Bus Tour” which is about $30. “This unique open-topped bus tour of San Francisco includes four different routes, the Downtown Loop, the Golden Gate Loop, the Park Loop, and the Night Loop.” You're free to hop on and off as often as you want on the downtown loop.



Embarcadero is wicked nice, and it's not THAT far, so you could really just walk down it to the Ferry Building. On Saturdays they do a nice farmer's market and you can get lots of good stuff. Walk down to Pier 39.





GET THE San Franciso POPOUT Maps—

I loves these POPOUT map- you get to see where you are-

=) No Thinking required, especially on vacation. (Look at the pictures.)

I have about 20 of these map of different cities.. It was so useful when I was in Europe!



To Save money: get the “Go San Francisco”,

http://www.smartdestinations.com/san-fra…

Cable Car (Union Sq to

Ferry Building

Pier 39

Alcatraz or Angel Island

Japan town

Lombard Street

Chinatown

Coit Tower

Fishermen's Wharf

Union Square for Shopping

Golden Gate Park – Walk across the bridge

Academy of Science

Union Street

Ocean Beach

Exploratorium

Palace of Fine Arts

San Francisco Zoo

Westfield Shopping Centre

DeYoung Museum

Yerba Buena Gardens

SF Giants Fair at AT%26amp;T Park

Take the ferry to Tiburon or Sausalito

Segates is a great way to travel around the city.

Gray Line's Yosemite in a day- Daily depart 7am

San Francisco Giants- Baseball Game

49ers- Football games

Winchester Mystery House Mansion- overrated.

Gray Line's Motorized Cable Car City Tour







*_~ Unique places in San Francisco



-à Must be Open minded and bring your camera for tons of pics.!! We always bring our guest from out of town to these places. Have early dinner at Asia SF about 6pm and then a show at Beach Blanket Babylon.. They loved it and never forget SF.

à For half price shows/comedy/sports etc.. Try www.goldstar.com

à Academy of Science during the night time- $10 buy ticket in advance.

http://www.yelp.com/biz/pho-garden-san-f… - Try the pho challenge

http://sf.backpage.com/community/classif…



San Jose- Winchester Mystery House and Great Mall outlets in Milpitas.



Santa Cruz area- 30 mins from San Jose and less than an hour away south of San Francisco

Santa Cruz Beach Boalkwalk - http://www.beachboardwalk.com/

The Mystery Spot : http://www.mysteryspot.com/

Another 20 mins away- The famous Monterey Bay Aquarium/Pier- stay overnight. (Romantic)

check out the beautiful shore of Carmel to view Pebble Beach.



Napa Wine Country is about 2 hours north of San Francisco.

They have wine tour that brings you there form any SF hotels. Visit their outlet and Wines tours. Yummy!