2 days in San Francisco must dos??

My wife and i are finishing are vacation with 2 days in SF. What are the must sees and dos

I know i want to do the trolley and Alcatraz and fisherman%26#39;s wharf

is there anything else i HAVE to do while there.

We are staying at the Orchard Inn

anybody know anything about this place

Thanks for your help

2 days in San Francisco must dos??

explore any of the neighborhoods of Chinatown, North Beach, Coit Tower/Telegraph Hill, Mission District streets: Dolores and Valencia Streets; sfgate.com/traveler/guide/sf/neighborhoods/

perhaps check out a show either Beach Blanket Babylon www.beachblanketbabylon.com/ or see a live music performance http://www.tripadvisor.com/GoListDetail-i17402-Concert_venues_in_San_Francisco_or.html)

2 days in San Francisco must dos??

I love to go to Coit Tower on Telegraph Hill. It gives a view of the bay and the Golden Gate Bridge. One can get a sense for what an amazing find the bay was for the sailing ships looking for a safe harbor. And you can see how narrow the Golden Gate is. The bridge is named after the gap that it spans, not the other way around. It%26#39;s an easy opening to miss if you are not sailing dangerously close to the coast.

Inside Coit Tower are murals painted during the depression that depict California live in the early 20th century. Look closely for the occasional visual jokes.

You can take the 39 bus up, which leaves you free to walk down the steps - they start just across from the bus stop. If you are lucky, you might glimpse the flock of green parrots that gave their name to the documentary ';The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill.'; If not, you still have a lovely walk through an area that survived the %26#39;06 quake, a haven of green in a busy city.

The walk ends near the Ferry Building - central to all there is to see on the SF waterfront.

thanks for all your info.

i forgot my wife wants to walk across the bridge too.

TO GG Bridge: you can take the #30 MUNI bus on Kearny -- or from F.Wharf area on North Point heading towards the Marina. At Laguna and Chestnut transfer to #28 MUNI and that%26#39;ll take you to the visitor area of GG Bridge and from there you can walk across. goldengatebridge.org/photos/bridgewalk.php

here%26#39;s GG Bridge info

…about.com/cs/sanfrancisco/a/ggbridge.htm

If you have a car it%26#39;s nice to drive through Golden Gate Park and visit the Japanese Tea Garden. It%26#39;s one of a kind, beautiful, and was used as a backdrop in the movie %26#39;Memoirs of a Geisha%26#39;

If you go to Fisherman%26#39;s Wharf be sure to check out the Musee Mechanique as it contains all of the %26#39;games%26#39; people played in the early 1900%26#39;s, and you can play them all yourself, and it%26#39;s free! I%26#39;ve never seen anything else like it.

great info

too bad i only have two days in SF

We went to San Francisco for the first time last year for five days, and absolutely did not have enough time! I%26#39;ve already booked our second trip this coming October to see several places that I felt would be integral to any trip to San Francisco.

Several things that we enjoyed seeing and have not been mentioned so far are: Lombard Street - one of the cable car lines stops here, so you don%26#39;t have to do too much planning. We walked down ';the most crooked street in San Francisco';, and took our pictures then walked back up to catch our cable car down to the Wharf area. Whew, that%26#39;s a walk!

We took a trip to Muir Woods to see the giant redwoods. I felt I couldn%26#39;t come this far and not see something that is found no where else on this earth other than in this section of California. I%26#39;m so glad I did.

We spent about a day and a half exploring Chinatown and had a wonderful time exploring the apothecary shops buying teas and herbal remedies, and we had lunch there, trying dim sum. We went to a small restaurant (sorry, don%26#39;t know the name) and we were seated at a large round table with a Chinese family that spoke only Chinese and ordered the most wonderful looking dishes. I should have told the waitress ';we%26#39;ll have what they%26#39;re having';, but I was intimidated by the language barrier and just pointed at things on the cart as the waitresses came by. It was an experience I won%26#39;t soon forget.

We crossed the bay to the town of Sausalito to have lunch, and were treated to a view of the City by the Bay that was fantastic. It%26#39;s a cute town to shop and explore on your next trip to San Francisco.

If you%26#39;re like my husband and I, you will return to this wonderful city. Two days is definitely NOT enough time to hit the ';highlights';. There are too many.

Sign me,

I Left My Heart in San Francisco.

Musee Mechanique, while there is no entry charge you do need (I think) quarters to play the games.

';We walked down ';the most crooked street in San Francisco';

Or did you?

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