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Below are some of San Francisco's most well known attractions. If you prefer to "play tourist like a local," then we suggest you visit ThingsToDoInSanFrancisco.info, or, check out SFTourismTips.com for a thorough list of tours, hotels, events, and more.
Internationally renown artist Leo Villareal is known for creating unique, abstract light installations around the globe. On March 5th, 2013, Villareal teamed with the group ILLUMINATE to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the San Francisco Bay Bridge with a brilliant LED light show installed on the north side suspender cables — The Bay Lights.
Named after the intersection of San Francisco’s Haight Street and Ashbury Street, the Haight-Ashbury district is also known as The Upper Haight or simply as The Haight. Because of its close proximity to Golden Gate Park, the Haight-Ashbury district had been a middle class residential area ever since the Haight cable car line connected it to the Market Street cable car line and the rest of downtown San Francisco. But the character of Haight-Ashbury changed radically during the 1960’s hippie movement, especially during the famous Summer of Love in 1967. Classic rock and roll groups such as The Grateful Dead and The Jefferson Airplane popularized the hippie subculture along with Janis Joplin and Scott McKenzie’s 1967 hit song “San Francisco”.
More than one million people from many different countries visit Alcatraz each year to see the famous federal prison where criminals such as Al Capone, Robert Stroud (the "Birdman of Alcatraz"), George "Machine Gun" Kelly, and Alvin Karpis were confined.
Almost every major American city contains a large ethnic enclave of Chinese and Chinese/American people but San Francisco’s Chinatown that’s bordered by Broadway, Powell Street, Bush Street and Kearney Street is the largest Chinese community outside Asia. It’s one of four Chinese enclaves in San Francisco and it’s also the oldest Chinatown in the United States.
Because more than 75% of all tourists who visit San Francisco include Fisherman's Wharf on their itinerary, it’s one of the most popular tourist attractions in the city. Covering San Francisco’s northern waterfront from Ghirardelli Square to Kearny Street, the entire Fisherman’s Wharf area dates back to the 1880’s when Italian fishermen immigrated there because of the demand for food from the large number of people who had already moved to San Francisco after the Gold Rush. Ever since then, Fisherman’s Wharf has been the home of San Francisco's fishing fleet.
With its 14 different full-service restaurants and its commanding view of the bay, Pier 39 is one of the most popular tourist attractions in San Francisco. Approximately 10 million people visit Pier 39 every year and the sea lions that frequently appear near Pier 39’s docks are one of the interesting sights for everybody to see.
Are you ready to get back to the party yet?? The SF Brew Ride will put butterflies in your stomach as you experience the lively outside world once again. Featuring a lot of fun and a lot of beer, you’ll be whisked around on one of our mobile couches to the Fort Point Tasting Room, ThirstyBear Brewing Company, and Black Hammer Brewing Co.