Re: San Francisco Bay Area: Your favorite things to do or places to go
Jihad,
Outdoor stuff. I'll let others write more on hikes. Tons of great hiking in all directions.
Heading up the coast a bit both south and north there are tons of great day or weekend trips, like Bodega Bay to the north or Monterey (and the aquarium!!!) to the south (or Santa Cruz or Carmel).
Cross the Golden Gate Bridge and there are a few great things to do. One is hiking - again, I'll let others cover that, I am very much a novice. A simple but incredible thing to do is to drive around to the bridge overlook area on that side right when you get to the other side. You can then walk up to the bridge on that side and get incredible views and pictures of the bridge and SF. Or keeping going a bit and drive down to Sausalito. Great little casual restaurants and bars along the water, plus they have some cool street fairs. And a great sushi restaurant, Sushi Ran is there. Also great fun on a sunny day is going to Tiburon and have drinks at Sam's. A classic way to do that is to ride your bike over there from the city, then drink all day and take the ferry back.
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