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Visit San Francisco

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San Francisco is one of the elite cities of the world. It has many tourists’ vote as the lowest stress, lightest threat destination in the US, the place people aspire to visit, or long to return to for a replica of that “Summer of Love” T shirt.

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Arriving from the airport we saw an exuberant upsurge of tightly grouped, golden skyscrapers. For an awful moment we thought San Francisco had...

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recommended by Andy Mossack

The Golden Gate Bridge. Said to be one of the most photographed things on Earth, the bridge is 1.7 miles wide and on days...

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recommended by Rosie Casburn

ALCATRAZ was a name that brought fear to America's most notorious criminals from the 1930's to the...

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recommended by Rebecca Wicks

Are you ready for the ultimate dining spectacular? Forget culinary delights and fancy napkins, all you need in San Francisco is a big top...

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recommended by Rosie Casburn

Fly down to Butterfly Restaurant @ Pier 33, Embarcadero, San Francisco for floor to ceiling windows overlooking San Francisco...

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recommended by Rosie Casburn

When you walk along Pier 39, in San Francisco at lunchtime, you pass many tempting eateries among the touristy shops, but there's a...

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recommended by Rebecca Wicks

It's always marginally disturbing to walk into a bar and find the women are all better looking than you. Especially if they're all...

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You know you’re in San Francisco - and certainly the ever-so-chic Hotel Triton - when the concierge takes time to explain...

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The Fairmont San Francisco is a luxury hotel in the heart of the city. An historical building, it lies claim to the first place that Tony Bennet...

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Next door to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Moscone Center and the Metreon entertainment center, the W Hotel of San...

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recommended by Jeff Mills

Or over on the west coast, how about San Francisco and the Grand Hotel Four Seasons, which really does live up to the term “Grand”. Its...

 
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recommended by Rosie Casburn

The Huntington Hotel in San Francisco describes itself as - "...a warm, welcoming tribute to an era when travel was truly glamorous,...

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recommended by Anthea Gerrie

There are so many reasons to fly into Los Angeles and out from San Francisco if you’re travelling to California. Route 1, or the...

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compiled by Andy Mossack

There are few finer driving holidays than the classic route along Highway 1 to Los Angeles and then through the Mojave Desert to Las Vegas. Follow...

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