Synopses & Reviews
24 Self-guided Tours. 41 Maps. One Great Trip.At last, a travel guide that tells you how to see the best of everything—in the smartest, most time-efficient way.
The best of San Francisco in one, two, or three days
Thematic tours for every interest, schedule, and taste
Walking tours of the city's best-loved neighborhoods
Hundreds of evocative color photos
Bulleted maps that show you how to get from place to place
Hotels, restaurants, shopping, and nightlife for all budgets
A tear-resistant foldout map—enclosed in a handy plastic wallet you can also use for tickets and souvenirs
Synopsis
These attractively priced, four-color guides offer dozns of neighborhood and thematic tours, complete with hundreds of photos and bulleted maps that lead the way from sight to sight. Day by Days are the only guides that help travelers organize their time to get the most out of a trip.
- Full-color package at an affordable price
- Star ratings for all hotels, restaurants, and attractions
- Foldout front covers with maps and quick-reference information
- Tear-resistant map in a handy, reclosable plastic wallet
- Handy pocket-sized trim
Synopsis
Featuring dozens of neighborhood and thematic tours, along with hundreds of photos and bulleted maps that lead the way from sight to sight, this full-color guide to the City by the Bay helps visitors organize their time to get the most out of their trip. Original.
About the Author
Noelle Salmi was born in the San Francisco Bay Area and lived there as a young child until moving with her family to South America. She returned to the area as a student at Stanford University, before heading to Columbia University in New York to earn a masters degree in international journalism. She worked at a major daily newspaper and at CNN in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; at Associated Press in Berlin, Germany; and in public relations in both New York City and Seattle, Washington, before moving back to the Bay Area in 2001. Her writing has appeared in numerous US and international publications, including Jornal do Brasil, The West Side Spirit, Emerging Markets, USA TODAY, Bay Area Parent, and the San Francisco Chronicle, and she is the author of Frommer’s San Francisco with Kids (2nd and 3rd editions) and Frommer’s San Francisco Day by Day (1st edition). She lives in San Francisco with her husband Mika and three children, Annika, Natasha, and Aksel.
Table of Contents
16 Favorite Moments.1 The Best Full-Day Tours.
The Best in One Day.
The Best in Two Days.
The Best in Three Days.
2 The Best Special-Interest Tours.
San Francisco Waterfront.
Romantic San Francisco.
Downtown Galleries.
San Francisco Literati.
Shop ’til You Drop.
Hippie Haight.
Crossing the Golden Gate Bridge.
3 The Best Neighborhood Walks.
Pacific Heights & Cow Hollow.
The Marina.
Civic Center & Hayes Valley.
Russian Hill & North Beach.
Japantown.
Chinatown.
The Mission & the Castro.
4 The Best Shopping.
Shopping Best Bets.
Shopping A to Z.
5 Great Outdoors.
The Golden Gate Promenade.
Land’s End.
Golden Gate Park.
6 The Best Dining.
Dining Best Bets.
Restaurants A to Z.
7 The Best Nightlife.
Nightlife Best Bets.
Nightlife A to Z.
8 The Best Arts & Entertainment.
Arts & Entertainment Best Bets.
Arts & Entertainment A to Z.
9 The Best Lodging.
Lodging Best Bets.
Hotels A to Z.
10 The Best Day Trips & Excursions.
Sausalito.
Point Reyes National Seashore.
Bohemian Berkeley.
A Wine Country Detour.
The Savvy Traveler.
Before You Go.
Getting There.
Getting Around.
Fast Facts.
San Francisco: A Brief History.
Toll-Free Numbers & Websites.
Index.