I visited Pier 39 and Fisherman’s Wharf multiple times. During day time and at night time. I would recommend doing both. There is a great energy at night time, and many places to snack at and have dinner at. I loved the tourist shops around pier 39 for browsing. I bought cable car souvenirs there, and just enjoyed browsing through the souvenir shops. The souvenirs gets redundant, but still fun to do for a short time period. At Pier 39,…
On my trip to San Francisco, I visited the Golden Gate Bridge multiple times from different locations. I went to the San Francisco side of it and walked across to the other side during the day time. Would definitely recommend doing this. There is something so magnificent about a seeing a world known landmark, and the beautiful breeze from the Pacific Ocean doesn’t hurt either. I took a cruise from Pier 39 that took me under the bridge. This provided…
I recently went to San Francisco for a week. I stayed with family in San Jose. One of my family members works for Apple. He took me on a tour of some of the larger companies between San Fran and San Jose. Apple, Google, Facebook and Yahoo. This was pretty cool. I have a technical background, so to me this was interesting. I would skip it if you are short on time, but if you have a few days definitely…
I just came back from a trip to San Francisco. Before going on my trip, I tried google search to understand how easy or hard it is to find parking in San Francisco. The impression I got from my google search was that it was reasonable to expect $25 to $30 USD daily parking. This should be considered a good deal. Based on this finding, I bought a San Francisco City Pass to use the city’s bus system to get…