Frommer's Portable San Francisco
Chapter One
Exploring San Francisco
San Francisco's parks, museums, tours, and landmarks are favorites
for travelers the world over and offer an array of activities to suit
every visitor. But no particular activity or place makes the city one
of the most popular destinations in the world. It's San Francisco
itself-its charm, its atmosphere, its perfect blend of big metropolis
with small-town hospitality. No matter what you do while you're
here-whether you spend all your time in central areas like Union
Square or North Beach, or explore the outer neighborhoods-you're
bound to discover the reason classic crooner Tony Bennett-and
millions of visitors-leave their hearts in the City by the Bay.
1 Famous San Francisco Sights
Alcatraz Island *** Kids Visible from Fisherman's Wharf,
Alcatraz Island (aka "The Rock") has seen a checkered history. Juan
Manuel Ayala was the first European to discover it in 1775 and
named it after the many pelicans that nested on the island. From the
1850s to 1933, when the army vacated the island, it served as a military
post, protecting the bay's shoreline. In 1934, the government
converted the buildings of the military outpost i ... read full excerpt from Frommer's Portable San Francisco ebook
