San Francisco is a funky and compact waterfront city that delivers liberalism with a punch. This, after all, is the city with the Haight-Ashbury neighbourhood where the hippy movement flowered in the late 1960s. San Francisco is built over forty hilly square miles on the tip of a five-mile wide peninsula on the Californian coast. The earthquake that devastated the city in 1906 gave it a fresh start, bringing a new take on design and new ideas. That energy continues today through its interactive museums. The city is famous for its much loved Golden Gate Bridge and its cable cars which give its geographical setting an edge that draws the eye and emphasizes its urban utopia. Walking and riding the cable cars is the real way to enjoy holidays in San Francisco and get to know the city’s central neighbourhoods.
A city with a great outdoorsy feel
A range of distinct neighbourhood vibes
Quirky individual shops
A cultural and social nightlife