Guidebook for San Francisco
Arts & Culture
Beautiful architecture, great art collection, located in Golden Gate Park
999 locals recommend
de Young Museum
50 Hagiwara Tea Garden DrBeautiful architecture, great art collection, located in Golden Gate Park
Shopping
This bookstore has a devoted following, having been in our neighborhood for almost 50 years (which is a long time for San Francisco!). It is packed with books and cards, and has an annex a few doors down with used books and magazines. People get lost in these shops for hours!
82 locals recommend
Green Apple Books
506 Clement StThis bookstore has a devoted following, having been in our neighborhood for almost 50 years (which is a long time for San Francisco!). It is packed with books and cards, and has an annex a few doors down with used books and magazines. People get lost in these shops for hours!
Getting Around
This shop is a quick walk away, making it easy to pick up and drop off a car.
55 locals recommend
Enterprise Rent-A-Car
4250 Geary BlvdThis shop is a quick walk away, making it easy to pick up and drop off a car.
We're less than two blocks from San Francisco's busiest public transit street, Geary Blvd. Buses run very frequently. If you want to get downtown quickly, walk down to 6th and Geary and take the 38 Express or Limited bus, both of which have fewer stops than the regular 38 bus.
Geary Blvd & 9th Ave station
We're less than two blocks from San Francisco's busiest public transit street, Geary Blvd. Buses run very frequently. If you want to get downtown quickly, walk down to 6th and Geary and take the 38 Express or Limited bus, both of which have fewer stops than the regular 38 bus.
Entertainment & Activities
There's something here for everyone, and it's only about a 5 minute walk from home. The museum features (among other things) a rainforest, full of birds and butterflies, a planetarium, and an aquarium. It's fantastic!
816 locals recommend
California Academy of Sciences
55 Music Concourse DrThere's something here for everyone, and it's only about a 5 minute walk from home. The museum features (among other things) a rainforest, full of birds and butterflies, a planetarium, and an aquarium. It's fantastic!
Food Scene
This restaurant sits on a cliff over the Pacific Ocean. With a gorgeous view and good food, it's a real treat. It can be reached by car or bus, and is close to home.
285 locals recommend
Cliff House
1090 Point Lobos AveThis restaurant sits on a cliff over the Pacific Ocean. With a gorgeous view and good food, it's a real treat. It can be reached by car or bus, and is close to home.
This restaurant has been a favorite among our guests, and San Franciscans love it too! It's fare is interesting, tasty, and inexpensive. Just get there early, as it's always packed!
458 locals recommend
Burma Superstar
309 Clement StThis restaurant has been a favorite among our guests, and San Franciscans love it too! It's fare is interesting, tasty, and inexpensive. Just get there early, as it's always packed!
Parks & Nature
There's so much to do in Golden Gate Park. It has world class museums, gardens, lakes, and forests. Walk through it to its end, and you are at the Pacific Ocean. What a treat!
1721 locals recommend
Golden Gate Park
There's so much to do in Golden Gate Park. It has world class museums, gardens, lakes, and forests. Walk through it to its end, and you are at the Pacific Ocean. What a treat!
This is a magnificent trail which overlooks the ocean. It starts near the Cliff House, at the end of Geary Blvd. Many people think this is the prettiest walk in San Francisco.
694 locals recommend
Lands End Trail
Lands End TrailThis is a magnificent trail which overlooks the ocean. It starts near the Cliff House, at the end of Geary Blvd. Many people think this is the prettiest walk in San Francisco.
Mountain Lake Trail
Mountain Lake TrailLovely park with a lake and fantastic playground!
This is a beautiful beach with a great view of the Golden Gate Bridge and Marin Headlands. Be aware that the right end of the beach (facing the ocean) is SF's one nude beach.
349 locals recommend
Baker Beach
This is a beautiful beach with a great view of the Golden Gate Bridge and Marin Headlands. Be aware that the right end of the beach (facing the ocean) is SF's one nude beach.
Essentials
Safeway is our closest supermarket, and will supply you with just about anything you need in the food department. It even has a good selection of organic foods.
140 locals recommend
Safeway
735 7th AveSafeway is our closest supermarket, and will supply you with just about anything you need in the food department. It even has a good selection of organic foods.
Great place for healthy food, and has a small outdoor area for eating.
664 locals recommend
Whole Foods Market
450 Rhode Island StGreat place for healthy food, and has a small outdoor area for eating.