Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #2 in San Francisco, United States

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Number of sights 17 sights
Distance 5.1 km
Ascend 134 m
Descend 114 m

Experience San Francisco in United States in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Activities in San FranciscoIndividual Sights in San Francisco

Sight 1: Pier 39 Sea Lions

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Pier 39 is a shopping center and popular tourist attraction built on a pier in San Francisco, California. At Pier 39, there are shops, restaurants, a video arcade, street performances, the Aquarium of the Bay, virtual 3D rides, and views of California sea lions hauled out on docks on Pier 39's marina. A two-story carousel is one of the pier's more dominant features, although it is not directly visible from the street and sits towards the end of the pier. The family-oriented entertainment and presence of marine mammals make this a popular tourist location for families with kids.

Wikipedia: Pier 39 (EN), Website

354 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 2: Aquarium of the Bay

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Aquarium of the Bay is a public aquarium located at The Embarcadero and Beach Street, at the edge of Pier 39 in San Francisco, California. The aquarium is focused on local aquatic animals from the San Francisco Bay and neighboring rivers and watersheds as far as the Sierra Mountains. Since 2005 the Aquarium has focused its mission on enabling ocean conservation and climate action both locally and globally. It is one of seven institutions under parent company Bay Ecotarium, the largest watershed conservation organization in the Bay Area

Wikipedia: Aquarium of the Bay (EN), Website

744 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 3: Musée Mécanique

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The Musée Mécanique is a for-profit interactive museum of 20th-century penny arcade games and artifacts, located at Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco, California. With over 300 mechanical machines, it is one of the world's largest privately owned collections.

Wikipedia: Musée Mécanique (EN), Website, Yelp

128 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 4: USS Pampanito

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USS Pampanito (SS-383/AGSS-383), a Balao-class submarine, is a United States Navy ship, the third named for the pompano fish. She completed six war patrols from 1944 to 1945 and served as a United States Naval Reserve training ship from 1960 to 1971. She is now a National Historic Landmark, preserved as a memorial and museum ship in the San Francisco Maritime National Park Association located at Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco, California.

Wikipedia: USS Pampanito (EN), Website

274 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 5: Fisherman's Wharf

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Fisherman's Wharf is a neighborhood and popular tourist attraction in San Francisco, California, United States. It roughly encompasses the northern waterfront area of San Francisco from Ghirardelli Square or Van Ness Avenue east to Pier 35 or Kearny Street. The F Market streetcar runs through the area, the Powell / Hyde cable car line runs to Aquatic Park, at the edge of Fisherman's Wharf, and the Powell / Mason cable car line runs a few blocks away.

Wikipedia: Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco (EN), Website

733 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 6: Alma

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Alma

Alma is an 1891-built scow schooner, which is now preserved as a National Historic Landmark at the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park in San Francisco, California.

Wikipedia: Alma (1891) (EN)

53 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 7: Balclutha

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Balclutha

Balclutha, also known as Star of Alaska, Pacific Queen, or Sailing Ship Balclutha, is a steel-hulled full-rigged ship that was built in 1886. She is representative of several different commercial ventures, including lumber, salmon, and grain. She is a U.S. National Historic Landmark and is currently preserved at the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park in San Francisco, California. She was added to the National Register of Historic Places on 7 November 1976.

Wikipedia: Balclutha (1886) (EN)

3 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 8: Hercules

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Hercules is a 1907-built steam tugboat that is now preserved at the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park in San Francisco, California.

Wikipedia: Hercules (1907) (EN)

73 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 9: Eppleton Hall

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Eppleton Hall is a paddlewheel tugboat built in England in 1914. The only remaining intact example of a Tyne-built paddle tug, and one of only two surviving British-built paddle tugs, she is preserved at the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park in San Francisco, California.

Wikipedia: Eppleton Hall (1914) (EN)

12 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 10: Eureka

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Eureka is a side-wheel paddle steamboat, built in 1890, which is now preserved at the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park in San Francisco, California. Originally named Ukiah to commemorate the railway's recent extension into the City of Ukiah, the boat was built by the San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad Company at their Tiburon yard. Eureka has been designated a National Historic Landmark and was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on April 24, 1973.

Wikipedia: Eureka (ferryboat) (EN)

111 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 11: C. A. Thayer

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C. A. Thayer

C.A. Thayer is a schooner built in 1895 near Eureka, California. The schooner has been preserved and open to the public at the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park since 1963. She is one of the last survivors of the sailing schooners in the West coast lumber trade to San Francisco from Washington, Oregon, and Northern California. She was designated a National Historic Landmark on 13 November 1966.

Wikipedia: C.A. Thayer (1895) (EN)

442 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 12: Aquatic Park Historic District

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Aquatic Park Historic District is a National Historic Landmark and building complex on the San Francisco Bay waterfront within San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park.

Wikipedia: Aquatic Park Historic District (EN)

741 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 13: George Sterling Memorial

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Park the George Sterling Memorial in the United Nations. The George Sterling Memorial is located in the county of San Francisco County and the state of California, in the western part of the state, 3,900 km west of the capital Washington, D.C. 91 meters above sea level is located at the George Sterling Memorial.

Wikipedia: George Sterling Memorial (CEB)

260 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 14: Lombard Street

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Lombard Street is an east–west street in San Francisco, California, that is famous for a steep, one-block section with eight hairpin turns. The street stretches from The Presidio east to The Embarcadero. Most of Lombard Street's western segment is a major thoroughfare designated as part of U.S. Route 101. The famous one-block section, claimed to be "the crookedest street in the world", is located along the eastern segment in the Russian Hill neighborhood. It is a major tourist attraction, receiving around two million visitors per year and up to 17,000 per day on busy summer weekends, as of 2015.

Wikipedia: Lombard Street (San Francisco) (EN)

834 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 15: Saints Peter and Paul Church

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Saints Peter and Paul Church Photo: Mr. Kjetil Ree. / CC BY-SA 3.0

Saints Peter and Paul Church is a Catholic church in San Francisco's North Beach neighborhood. Located at 666 Filbert Street, it is directly across from Washington Square and is administered by the Salesians of Don Bosco. It is known as "la cattedrale italiana dell'Ovest", or the Italian Cathedral of the West, and has served as the home church and cultural center for San Francisco's Italian-American community since its consecration. It offers English, Italian, and Cantonese-language services.

Wikipedia: Saints Peter and Paul Church, San Francisco (EN)

307 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 16: Washington Square Park

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Washington Square ParkChristopher Michel from San Francisco, USA / CC BY 2.0

Washington Square is an American park in the North Beach district of San Francisco. It was established in 1847 and is one of the city's first parks. The park is bordered by sidewalk cafes and restaurants such as Mama's (restaurant) and Park Tavern restaurants and the Liguria Bakery, as well as Sts. Peter and Paul Church.

Wikipedia: Washington Square (San Francisco) (EN)

75 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 17: Benjamin Franklin

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Benjamin Franklin – also known as the Benjamin Franklin Memorial, Benjamin Franklin Statue and Cogswell Historical Monument – is an outdoor sculpture in Washington Square, San Francisco, California.

Wikipedia: Statue of Benjamin Franklin (San Francisco) (EN)

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