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Frommer's Favorite Experiences

  • A Powell-Hyde Cable-Car Ride: Skip the less-scenic California line and take the Powell-Hyde cable car down to Fisherman's Wharf -- the ride is worth the wait. When you reach the top of Nob Hill, grab the rail with one hand and hold your camera with the other, because you're about to see a view of the bay that'll make you all weepy.

  • An Adventure at Alcatraz: Even if you loathe tourist attractions, you'll dig Alcatraz. Just looking at The Rock from across the bay is enough to give you the heebie-jeebies -- and the park rangers have put together an excellent audio tour. Heck, even the boat ride across the bay is worth the price.

  • A Walk across the Golden Gate Bridge: Don your windbreaker and walking shoes and prepare for a wind-blasted, exhilarating journey across San Francisco's most famous landmark. It's simply one of those things you have to do at least once in your life.

  • A Stroll through Chinatown: Chinatown is a trip. I've been through it at least 100 times, and it has never failed to entertain me. Skip the ersatz camera and luggage stores and head straight for the food markets, where a cornucopia of critters that you'll never see at Safeway sit in boxes waiting for the wok. (Is that an armadillo?) Better yet, take one of Shirley Fong-Torres's Wok Wiz Tours of Chinatown.

  • Watching the San Francisco Giants play at AT&T Park: If it's baseball season, then you must spend an afternoon or evening watching the National League's Giants lose at one of the finest ballparks in America. For only $10 you can buy a bleacher-seat ticket on the day of a game. Even if the season's over, you can still take a guided tour of the stadium.


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    Frommer's San Francisco 2008 Frommer's San Francisco 2008

    Author: Erika Lenkert
    Pub Date: October 01, 2007
    Price: $16.99

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