Fodor's San Francisco: with the Best of Napa & Sonoma

by Fodor's Travel Publications Inc.

Written by locals, Fodor's travel guides have been offering expert advice for all tastes and budgets for 80 years. 

With its incredible natural beauty, vibrant neighborhoods, and endless energy, San Francisco is one of the most alluring of U.S. cities. This new Fodor's book is a traveler's guide to the best of the best, from how to explore Golden Gate Park and the Mission District's street art, to where to find the city's top museums, boutiques, bars, and restaurants.

This travel guide
· Dozens of full-color maps
· Hundreds of hotel and restaurant recommendations, with Fodor's Choice designating our top picks
· Multiple itineraries to explore the top attractions and what’s off the beaten path
· Major sights such as The Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz, Fisherman's Wharf, Golden Gate Park, Coit Tower, Ferry Building, California Academy of Sciences, and Wine Country
· Coverage of Union Square and Chinatown; Soma and Civic Center; Nob Hill and Russian Hill; North Beach; On the Waterfront; The Marina and the Presidio; The Western Shoreline; Golden Gate Park; The Haight, The Castro, and Noe Valley; Mission District; Pacific Heights and Japantown; The Bay Area; The Wine Country

Planning to visit more of California? Check our Fodor's state-wide travel guide to California and also Fodor's Napa & Sonoma, San Diego, and Los Angeles guides.

Genres: Travel, Nonfiction

480 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 28, 2015

About the author

Fodor's Travel Publications is a United States-based producer of English-language travel guides and online tourism information. It was founded by Hungarian Eugene Fodor in 1936.
Fodor’s was acquired by Random House in 1986 and sold to Internet Brands in 2016.

Reviews

[Lynn · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a wonderful guide to San Francisco and provides a pretty clear picture of the assets of the great city. It covers all the national sites and parks in the area. I especially enjoyed the section on Alcatraz which I visited several years ago. An interesting fact is that after the 1906 earthquake, the city's mayor planned to get rid of Chinatown once and for all and drive out the Chinese ethnic groups out the city. The leader of the Chinese community was aware how valuable the real estate was that Chinatown was built on and fought it but selling the mayor on the idea of a "traditional" Chinatown with pagodas and buddings. Why? To promote tourism and lure tourists to visit Chinatown. Chinatown had been a curiosity before and it was played up afterwards. Other sites such as the Golden Gate Bridge, the Presidio, Fisherman's Wharf, etc are cover also. Very good guidebook with links to more sites on the internet. The wine valleys of Napa are covered also.

[Michael Mosher · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is to cover San Francisco and its environs which is an ambitious goal, but it is a worthy effort. I come away from it with many of my questions with answers, and some ideas for the questions that are not answered here. It has some good suggestions and it is well researched. I am reading it without using it for a vacation, so I want to mention that, and I am giving it 5 out of 5 stars.

[Sue K H · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very helpful. Loved the pull out map

[Eric · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love my San Francisco city and I am eager to learn more about it.

[Jackie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good guiide book