Plan Your Trip

Itineraries built around the fog

Whether it's your first 48 hours or a fourth trip to hunt hidden staircases — start with one of these curated plans and make it your own.

Day 1: Golden Gate walk, Palace of Fine Arts, Fisherman's Wharf and Pier 39. Day 2: Ferry to Alcatraz, cable car to Nob Hill, sunset from Twin Peaks.

Add Alamo Square Painted Ladies, a Mission burrito crawl, Golden Gate Park's museums, and a Marin Headlands hike for the ultimate bridge photo.

Ferry Building Saturday market, dim sum in Chinatown, tasting menu on the Embarcadero, and Tartine morning buns before you fly home.

Sea lions at Pier 39, the Exploratorium at Pier 15, a cable car ride to Ghirardelli, and a Muir Woods day trip among the coast redwoods.