Things to Do

Adventures across seven square miles

Manually operated cable cars, barking sea lion colonies, crooked hydrangea-lined streets and the greatest bridge photograph on Earth.

Iconic

Ride the Powell-Hyde Cable Car

The world's last manually operated cable car system. Hang from the running board as you clang over Nob Hill and plunge down toward Ghirardelli Square.

Wildlife

Watch Sea Lions at Pier 39

The rowdy California sea lion colony has ruled K-Dock since 1990. Free viewing platforms, hundreds of barking residents, and sourdough shops steps away.

Iconic

Drive Lombard Street

Eight tight hairpin turns down a hydrangea-lined block — the 'crookedest street in the world' — with Alcatraz framed at the bottom of the descent.

Outdoors

Hike the Marin Headlands

Cross the bridge and climb Battery Spencer or Hawk Hill for the most iconic Golden Gate photograph on Earth — city, span, and Pacific in one frame.

Waterfront

Walk Fisherman's Wharf

Historic sailing ships at Hyde Street Pier, chowder-in-a-sourdough-bowl at Boudin, and salt-air street music from Pier 39 to Aquatic Park.

Viewpoint

Sunset at Twin Peaks

Two 922-foot summits in the geographic center of the city. The panorama from Christmas Tree Point sweeps from the Farallon Islands to the East Bay hills.