San Francisco Neighborhoods

Although it's close enough to be considered a neighborhood, Angel Island is a world away once you step off the boat. It...

What is Berkeley? Some would say it's the birthplace of California radicalism, where student protests fought for the...

Only an hour and a half drive from San Francisco, Bolinas spins in a galaxy of its own making. This small, odd town...

When you make the grand entrance into Chinatown beneath the dramatic portal at Grant Avenue and Bush Street, you can't...

This signature stretch of land on San Francisco Bay is experiencing a once-in-a-lifetime revival, such as a new cruise...

Everybody wants to lay claim to San Francisco, but well before the hippies got their Haight and the Italians gathered in...

Fisherman's Wharf, the district that stretches from Telegraph Hill to Fort Mason, was originally San Francisco's busy...

In the 1960s, this intersection was famous for its bohemian life. Today, remnants of the hippie era mix with beautifully...

Thanks to the movies, San Francisco's treats are well known. Fisherman's Wharf. Ghirardelli Square. Chinatown. Lombard...

San Francisco’s Mission District virtually invented the term “gentrification.” Before the dot-com...

Steeped in Italian character, San Francisco's original waterfront is a good place to have coffee, take a stroll, and...

This residential neighborhood boasts some of the city's finest houses and loveliest views. Fortunately, the wealthy...

Thanks to the movies, San Francisco's treats are well known. Fisherman's Wharf. Ghirardelli Square. Chinatown. Lombard...

The expansive neighborhood south of Market Street is distinguished by a few pockets of special interest. The area around...

Thanks to the movies, San Francisco's treats are well known. Fisherman's Wharf. Ghirardelli Square. Chinatown. Lombard...

The Union Square neighborhood centers around Union Square, a great little urban park, which is itself surrounded by a...

Hungover from Haight? Sore calves from the hills of North Beach? Overwhelmed by the crowds of Chinatown? Take a break in...