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America’s #1 bestselling travel seriesWritten by more than 175 outspoken travelers around the globe, Frommer’s Complete Guides help travelers experience places the way locals do.
- More annually updated guides than any other series
- 16-page color section and foldout map in all annual guides
- Outspoken opinions, exact prices, and suggested itineraries
- Dozens of detailed maps in an easy-to-read, two-color design
You'll never fall into the tourist traps when you travel with Frommer's. It's like having a friend show you around, taking you to the places locals like best. Our expert authors have already gone everywhere you might go— they've done the legwork for you, and they're not afraid to tell it like it is, saving you time and money. No other series offers candid reviews of so many hotels and restaurants in all price ranges. Every Frommer's Travel Guide is up-to-date, with exact prices for everything, dozens of color maps, and exciting coverage of sports, shopping, and nightlife. You'd be lost without us!
Thoroughly updated every year (unlike most of the competition), Frommer's San Franciscofeatures everything you need to know to enjoy the sights and experiences that await you in the City by the Bay. Our author, a longtime resident hits all the highlights, from Golden Gate Park to North Beach. He's checked out all the city's best hotels and restaurants in person, and will help you find the choices that suit your tastes and budget. His honest, irreverent, and opinionated dining reviews encompass everything from the best dim sum to the freshest seafood, from affordable burrito joints and Vietnamese restaurants to trendy bistros opened by California's hottest chefs.
Look for up-to-the-minute coverage of shopping and nightlife; detailed walking tours and biking tours; accurate neighborhood maps; and side trips to Berkeley, Sausalito, Muir Woods, Point Reyes, and more. There's also a detailed chapter on the nearby Wine Country, with the best wineries, inns, spas, and gourmet shopping, and the most decadent restaurants in the Napa and Sonoma Valleys. You'll even get a free color fold-out map and an online directory that makes trip-planning a snap!
Synopsis
San Francisco hosted 15.7 million visitors in 2005. Readers of Cond Nast Traveler magazine voted San Francisco the Top City in the U.S. in 2006.
Synopsis
Frommer's. The best trips start here.Experience a place the way the locals do. Enjoy the best it has to offer.
- Insider tips on the best side trips from San Francisco, from the Point Reyes National Seashore to Berkeley, Sausalito, and Muir Woods.
Outspoken opinions on what's worth your time and what's not.
Exact prices, so you can plan the perfect trip whatever your budget.
Off-the-beaten-path experiences and undiscovered gems, plus new takes on top attractions.
Find great deals and book your trip at Frommers.com
Synopsis
'Frommer\'s. The best trips start here.
Experience a place the way the locals do. Enjoy the best it has to offer.
* Insider tips on the best side trips from San Francisco, from the Point Reyes National Seashore to Berkeley, Sausalito, and Muir Woods.
*
Outspoken opinions on what\'s worth your time and what\'s not.
*
Exact prices, so you can plan the perfect trip whatever your budget.
*
Off-the-beaten-path experiences and undiscovered gems, plus new takes on top attractions.
Find great deals and book your trip at Frommers.com'
Synopsis
Frommer's. The best trips start here.
Experience a place the way the locals do. Enjoy the best it has to offer.
* Insider tips on the best side trips from San Francisco, from the Point Reyes National Seashore to Berkeley, Sausalito, and Muir Woods.
*
Outspoken opinions on what's worth your time and what's not.
*
Exact prices, so you can plan the perfect trip whatever your budget.
*
Off-the-beaten-path experiences and undiscovered gems, plus new takes on top attractions.
Find great deals and book your trip at Frommers.com
About the Author
Matthew Richard Poole, a native Californian, has authored more than two dozen travel guides to California, Hawaii, and abroad, and is a regular contributor to radio and television travel programs, including numerous guest appearances on the award-winning
Bay Area Backroads television show. Before becoming a full-time travel writer and photographer, he worked as an English tutor in Prague, a ski instructor in the Swiss Alps, and a scuba instructor in Maui and Thailand. He currently lives in San Francisco but spends most of his time on the road searching for new adventures. His other Frommer's titles include
California, San Francisco, the
Irreverent Guide to San Francisco, and
Portable Disneyland.
A native San Franciscan, Erika Lenkert divides her time between San Francisco and Napa Valley where she is forever seeking the next best restaurant, hotel room, and fun way to savor the region. She frequently writes InStyle magazine's party guides and offers up tasty tips on the region for Food & Wine magazine. In her spare time she pays visits to local and national television news programs where she gives entertaining and cooking tips based on her book The Last-Minute Party Girl: Fashionable, Fearless, and Foolishly Simple Entertaining.
Table of Contents
List of Maps.
What’s New in San Francisco.
1. The Best of San Francisco.
2. Planning Your Trip to San Francisco.
3. Suggested San Francisco Itineraries.
4. Getting to Know San Francisco.
5. Where to Stay.
6. Where to Dine.
7. Exploring San Francisco.
8. City Strolls.
9. Shopping.
10. San Francisco After Dark.
11. Side Trips from San Francisco.
12. The Wine Country (Erika Lenkert).
Index.