Insight Guides Pocket San Francisco
eBook - ePub

Insight Guides Pocket San Francisco

  1. English
  2. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Insight Guides Pocket San Francisco

About this book

Insight Guides: Inspiring your next adventure
San Francisco is one of America's (and indeed the world's) favorite cities. With its stunning natural setting, sweeping views from high in the Hills, cable cars and fog-cloaked Bay, this city incites love at first sight. Be inspired to visit by the brand new Insight Pocket Guide San Francisco, a concise, full-color guide to this tropical paradise that combines lively text with vivid photography to highlight the best that San Francisco has to offer.

Inside Insight Pocket Guide San Francisco:
Where To Go takes you from Downtown out to the coast. Take in Union Square, Chinatown and the Financial District before heading down to the Bay and then up to the Hills and North Beach for amazing city views. For longer stays, daytrips explore the wine country of Napa Valley and Sonoma Valley, quaint harbour towns and tranquil spots such as Muir Woods National Monument.

Top 10 Attractions gives a run-down of the best sights to take in on your trip, including the Golden Gate Bridge and surrounds, Fisherman's Wharf and Alamo Square.

Perfect Day provides an itinerary for one day in the city.

What To Do is a snapshot of ways to spend your spare time, from watersports and cycling to walking trails and shopping, plus nightlife.

Essential information on San Francisco's culture, including a brief history of the island.

Eating Out covers the island's best cuisine.

Curated listings of the best hotels and restaurants.

A-Z of all the practical information you'll need.

About Insight Guides: Insight Guides has over 40 years' experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides. We produce around 400 full-colour print guide books and maps as well as picture-packed eBooks to meet different travellers' needs. Insight Guides' unique combination of beautiful travel photography and focus on history and culture together create a unique visual reference and planning tool to inspire your next adventure.

'Insight Guides has spawned many imitators but is still the best of its type.' - Wanderlust Magazine

Tools to learn more effectively

Saving Books

Saving Books

Keyword Search

Keyword Search

Annotating Text

Annotating Text

Listen to it instead

Listen to it instead

Information

Publisher
Insight
Print ISBN
9781780059051
eBook ISBN
9781780059457
San Francisco’s Top 10 Attractions
chinagen_014_DN_SanFrancisco_EC.webp
Top Attraction #1
Nowitz Photography/Apa Publications
Chinatown
For colorful facades, sacred temples, herb shops, and dim sum. For more information, click here.
coit_003_DN_SanFrancisco_EC.webp
Top Attraction #2
Nowitz Photography/Apa Publications
Coit Tower
Provides various views of the city – both inside and out. For more information, click here.
fishgen_002_RN_California_EC.webp
Top Attraction #3
Nowitz Photography/Apa Publications
Fisherman’s Wharf
From cracked crab to carousels, this place pleases people of all ages. For more information, click here.
Ferry_Building_Plaza_SanFrancisco_EC.webp
Top Attraction #4
Nowitz Photography/Apa Publications
The Ferry Building
Is one of the city’s architectural gems and a gathering place of all things gastronomic, including a farmers’ market. For more information, click here.
ggbridge_048_DN_SanFrancisco_EC.webp
Top Attraction #5
Nowitz Photography/Apa Publications
Golden Gate Bridge
The ultimate symbol of San Francisco, this iconic bridge is an Art Deco masterpiece. For more information, click here.
sfmoma_006_AN_SanFrancisco_EC.webp
Top Attraction #6
Nowitz Photography/Apa Publications
MoMA and the Yerba Buena Gardens
Offer cultural and other diversions. For more information, click here.
alcatraz_023_DN_SanFrancisco_EC.webp
Top Attraction #7
Nowitz Photography/Apa Publications
Alcatraz Island
The former prison is a brooding presence, full of grim fascination an...

Table of contents

  1. How To Use This E-Book
  2. San Francisco’s Top 10 Attractions
  3. A Perfect Day In San Francisco
  4. Introduction
  5. A Brief History
  6. Where To Go
  7. What To Do
  8. Eating Out
  9. Restaurants
  10. A–Z Travel Tips
  11. Recommended Hotels

Frequently asked questions

Yes, you can cancel anytime from the Subscription tab in your account settings on the Perlego website. Your subscription will stay active until the end of your current billing period. Learn how to cancel your subscription
No, books cannot be downloaded as external files, such as PDFs, for use outside of Perlego. However, you can download books within the Perlego app for offline reading on mobile or tablet. Learn how to download books offline
Perlego offers two plans: Essential and Complete
  • Essential is ideal for learners and professionals who enjoy exploring a wide range of subjects. Access the Essential Library with 800,000+ trusted titles and best-sellers across business, personal growth, and the humanities. Includes unlimited reading time and Standard Read Aloud voice.
  • Complete: Perfect for advanced learners and researchers needing full, unrestricted access. Unlock 1.4M+ books across hundreds of subjects, including academic and specialized titles. The Complete Plan also includes advanced features like Premium Read Aloud and Research Assistant.
Both plans are available with monthly, semester, or annual billing cycles.
We are an online textbook subscription service, where you can get access to an entire online library for less than the price of a single book per month. With over 1 million books across 990+ topics, we’ve got you covered! Learn about our mission
Look out for the read-aloud symbol on your next book to see if you can listen to it. The read-aloud tool reads text aloud for you, highlighting the text as it is being read. You can pause it, speed it up and slow it down. Learn more about Read Aloud
Yes! You can use the Perlego app on both iOS and Android devices to read anytime, anywhere — even offline. Perfect for commutes or when you’re on the go.
Please note we cannot support devices running on iOS 13 and Android 7 or earlier. Learn more about using the app
Yes, you can access Insight Guides Pocket San Francisco by Insight Guides in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Personal Development & Travel. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.