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 Sitting on 43 hills, and surrounded on three sides by water, San Francisco is ideally located so that almost every one of its streets ends or begins with a panoramic sea view. Some call it The City By the Bay, but to most of its residents, it is known simply as The City. Seldom has there been such a passion for preserving the past with its colorful legends and architecture as there is in San Francisco. Seven times, it has been rebuilt after fires and earthquakes; and seven times, it has been carefully and lovingly restored.
The city varies in altitude from sea level to 929 feet because of its configuration. The combined effect of the many hills, the Pacific Ocean, San Francisco Bay, and the Golden Gate Bridge is stunning in its beauty and scope.
San Francisco is a city of beauty and dignity. It presents to the visitor a banquet of sights, sounds, tastes and aromas to sample, to savor, and to remember forever.
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Going to San Francisco
to do in San Francisco
WHY GO NOW
San Francisco
may be grown up and cultivated, but its sophistication has a playful,
even childlike side. It's not unusual to see a man dressed in a pink
bodysuit riding a unicycle, or to find oneself engulfed in a giggly
crowd of partygoers dressed up as nuns.
Its quirky sensibility,
liberal culture and thriving gay scene breed a nonjudgmental and
creative streak that children may find inviting. That's not to say that
San Francisco is a magnet for raising families: only a fifth of
households have children. Mayberry this is not. Rather, San Francisco
is like a favorite aunt... Read More >>
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