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Old 03-12-2007, 06:55 PM
suzzer99 suzzer99 is offline
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Default Re: Planning a trip from SF to Seattle. Input requested.

If you're ambitious, reasonably in shape, and have decent shoes, you can cover most of the interesting parts of SF in a walking tour. Here's how I would do it:

Start at Fort Mason - walk over to Fisherman's Wharf for breakfast and awesome views of the GG bridge and Alcatraz

Make your wait to Coit Tower to check out the lay of the land

Check out North Beach

Take the Mason/Powell cable car to the main cable car station

Walk up to top of Nob Hill to check out the Fairmont, Flood Mansion, etc.

Cruise down to Chinatown

Make your way down stockton to Union Square

If interested make your way through downtown and on to the Ferry Building for views of the Bay Bridge, if not just head down to market and

Take Bart to the Mission for a lunchtime burrito

Walk from the Mission, through Delores Park, down 17th St. to the Castro

Head up Market to Filmore, take a left up to Lower Haight

Walk up to Upper Haight, or take a bus if you're getting worn out, take a detour down Scott St. to Alamo Sq and the 6 Sisters if feeling ambitious

Head up to the top of Buena Vista park if really ambitious for some great views, make your way back down to Haight on the side streets to see some nice Victorians up close

Check out GG park and the Arboretum

When you get bored with that come out the north side of GG park and hop the 5 Fulton to the beach

Have some apps and watch the sunset at the Beach Chalet or Cliff House, if you're not a picky eater, have dinner at either

Go back to the hotel and soak your feet
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