if (and it is still an if) we were to go to San Francisco next month

[ramtops]

and, hypothetically, went for ten days, how long should we stay in the city, and how long should we devote to tootling round California in a convertible?

and what are the "must-sees"? Alcatraz, Golden Gate, Monterey Bay Aquarium, Fisherman's Wharf, cable cars ...

anyone know any inexpensive hotels in the city?

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[sbisson.livejournal.com]

3-4 days when you get there, then 1 final night.

Monterey is nearly 3 hours south. But, damn, it's worth the drive. Possibly best tied in with a trip down to Big Sur.

I've not been to Alcatraz. Fisherman's Wharf is best done as part of a day sightseeing via Muni and cable car. Golden Gate, yes, and then do the Marin Headlands at sunset, and finish the day with dinner in Sausalito at Scoma.

For wines, drive up to Glen Ellen in the Sonoma, and go to Imagery and Benziger Wineries. You won't regret their reds!

Yosemite is highly recommended. Stay at Mariposa outside the park. Allow a day to get there and a day to return, and a day or so for the park itself. Maybe two if the road over the mountains is open.

[marypcb.livejournal.com]

I always think I want to be in the city and then when we get there I always want to drive out to places every day!
in the city: Coit Tower, the huge fireman's nozzle, at dusk; Ghiradelli square; Union Square, briefly; Chinatown; Golden Gate Park and Seal Point and the fabulous suburbs on the way to the VA hospital; Cafe Flor on Market and 15th and Noe - with a triangular garden area; the mini brewery we never get to; the gourmey chocolate tour; the diner off Valencia in SoMa that does chicken apple sausages
outside: the Wild Fox diner on the way to Marin/Sonoma for biscuits and gravy gourmet style

damn you! now I need to go back! yearn, yearn, yearn!

SF websites

[(Anonymous)]

You can check out place online before you drive there like:

San Francisco Chinatown
http://www.sanfranciscochinatown.com

Fisherman's Wharf
http://www.fishermanswharf.org

Pier 39
http://www.pier39.com