San Fransisco Where What to do?

[daisy]

hi this is one topic i actually know all about went to san fransicco for new year for a week. it is a fantastic place i can throughly recommend the marriot hotel near union square only a short walk to cable cars and buses. it had a cocktail lounge on 39 flor witch has amazing veiws over the city. a tram pass is probably best you can pay for individual trips but this works out cheaper. you can go on as many times as you want then just be careful you are very close to cars when riding outside and hang on ! alcatraz was that good we went twice night/day were both good for diferent reasons. lombard street is the crookedest street that is really good there is a blue house on there which i fell in love with i can dream ! oh there is a chesse cake factory on the top floor of macys in union square. if any of your pary want cosmetics/perfume dont wait until airport like i did big mistake there is hardy anthing at san fransisco airport lovely big modern airport just tiny duty free bit and i noted more expensive than macys ! golden gate bridge of course lovely walk even in the rain ! take an umbrela its rains a lot. if you want any more info dont hesitate to ask i hope you have a lovely time [msnsmile2]

[CERICROWLEY]

Thanks for all your comments, please keep them coming.

After reading a couple of them. it seems that most of the time if your take the tours and that, that you may not need a car to get around. Is it still advisable to hire a car.

[daisy]

hi i personally woundnt hire a car the cable cars and busses get you around fine and those hills are so steep you would have to be a very experienced driver and theres not too many places to park. personal prefernce of course but you coudnt have paid me to drive there !

[daisy]

have just had another thought ! we didnt go on any city tours and manged to see lots of the city .it dependes on your fitness and how much you like walking we walked a lot of it must have walked about 6 miles a day at least

[linda allen]

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There is a building in SF, cant remember its name but it is the tallest one there. There is a cocktail bar on the top floor which is lovely to go for a drink and watch the sun go down.
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The tallest building in SF is the Transamerica Pyramid, but I did not know that there was a cocktail bar on top of its aluminium spire.
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Bet thats painful to sit on?[msnsmile2]
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I didn't feel a thing, they were good cocktails

Thanks Daisy, yes thats the place I was thinking of. We stayed in the Westin St Francis, just up the road from the Marriott. I should have said highest bar, not highest building.

[Ray&Sarah]

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Thanks for all your comments, please keep them coming.

After reading a couple of them. it seems that most of the time if your take the tours and that, that you may not need a car to get around. Is it still advisable to hire a car.
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We have been advised not to hire a car as parking is really expensive.[msnsmile]

[blott]

You were advised right! Parking in a hotel underground car park was $25 a day (and that was 8 years ago!) and parking generally is almost impossible anywhere in the City. If you're wanting to explore further afield, then try and arrange all your City related trips into one section and then your car rental required trips into another section so that you have a car for the least amount of time.

[Cruella DeVilla]

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<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by CERICROWLEY
Thanks for all your comments, please keep them coming.

After reading a couple of them. it seems that most of the time if your take the tours and that, that you may not need a car to get around. Is it still advisable to hire a car.
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We have been advised not to hire a car as parking is really expensive.[msnsmile]
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What and miss out driving down Lombard Street!

[Nostromo]

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What and miss out driving down Lombard Street!
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We had our taxi go down the crooked bit of Lombard Street, but it was more fun walking down the sidewalk afterwards. Some of the homeowners had big cars in their open garages and I could not help wonder how they managed to turn into the street. I have a great picture somewhere of us at the bottom of Lombard Street with the flower beds in full bloom in the background.

[Snapper]

If you do hire a car there is a nifty little bylaw in San Fran that when you park you have to 'kerb' your wheels. That is, turn the steering until the wheels point inwards towards the kerb. It's to stop runaway vehicles on the hills if the handbrake fails.

If you don't hire a car, how are you going to get to the Cliff House for breakfast, or lunch, or dinner, or all three? Not to mention heading out to Yosemite?