Travel to San Francisco

Are you thinking of traveling to San Francisco? If so, we invite you to read this article. San Francisco is located on the West Coast of the United States and contains mountainous terrain and several islands which make the city a great tourist destination. Also the city is one of the most important financial and cultural centers of the United States.

San Francisco is one of the most visited cities in the world

San Francisco is one of the most visited cities in the world for many reasons like the fantastic mountainous landscape, beautiful parks, beaches, its architecture, colorful history, incredible attractions, and its cultural diversity and liberal community. And thanks to its sunny and spring-like weather, it receives visitors all the year round, ranking 33rd out of the 100 most visited cities worldwide.

Golden Gate Bridge

The most famous landmark of this city is the Golden Gate Bridge that it was declared as one of the new seven wonders and had been used as a backdrop of many films, due to the beautiful landscape around this bridge and to the proximity to Hollywood. The Golden Gate Bridge connects San Francisco Peninsula with Marin County.

Royal Presidio of San Francisco 

Overlooking the Golden Gate is the Royal Presidio of San Francisco, a park in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area that was a former military post. It has beautiful architecture, wooded areas, hills, and scenic views of the Golden Gate Bridge. Within the Presidio is the gorgeous Palace of Fine Arts where we can find an exposition reminiscent of Roman and Greek architecture.

San Francisco’s activities

Beside its fantastic landmarks, there are plenty of San Francisco’s activities that you could do while you are staying in the city. Here we provide some of the best activities in San Francisco:

• Harbor Tour: One of the best ways to see the city of San Francisco is by boat. In this way you could see the Golden Gate Bridge, the island of Alcatraz, the presidio and have the greatest photographs.
• Performing Arts: In San Francisco there are many theater performances, many concerts of jazz, folk, or Opera, plays, Ballets, Musicals from Broadway and Los Angeles, etc. Check the film history.
• Museums: San Francisco offers a lot of the most prestigious museums such as: M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, the California Academy of Sciences, The California Palace of the Legion of Honor, the Cable Car Museum, the Randall Museum, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Moscone Center, the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Zeum, the Cartoon Art Museum, the Museum of the African Diaspora, the Museum of Craft and Folk Art, the Contemporary Jewish Museum, and the Wax Museum.