San Francisco Travel Information

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The best visitor guide for your vacation or holiday with tips on sightseeing, the city, and what attractions to visit. Build your own, self guided, tour.

San Francisco Self Guided Tour has the best information for visitors to San Francisco, new residents, and even locals looking for something new. We go through the avalanche of data about San Francisco and find the nuggets of information that are most useful for you. Then we add our own favorites and fair warnings, based on years spent in San Francisco, loving San Francisco. "One Size Fits All" Guide Books get outdated quickly, while on line guides send you to their advertisers, not to the best places. San Francisco Self Guided Tour wants you to see why we think San Francisco is a great place to visit and that we're lucky to live here. Here's what we have for you:

  1. Top Tips for Tourists

  2. Useful links for planning your trip. These will help you make use of the tips.

  3. A gallery of handy items for your trip (I'm still working on this, suggestions are welcome)

  4. A calendar of selected upcoming events

  5. San Francisco Travel Deals from Orbitz

  6. The local weather

  7. Last, but not least, a comments section

Get the Most Out Of Your San Francisco Vacation With These Tips 

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Use BART to get around if you can

BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) is the fastest, clea more...1 point

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The Cable Cars are just for fun

Cable Cars are great fun, but not reliable transpo more...1 point

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Go to Alcatraz

Alcatraz is a great tourist stop: it is unique to more...1 point

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You will meet beggars and street people

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Don't be scared: walk up hill

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Get the free visitor guides

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Use MUNI when you have to

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Be aware if you plan on biking around the city

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Dress in layers

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You can skip Japan Town

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Cool Things To Take With You 

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Stairway Walks in San Francisco by Adah Bakalinsky

Stairway Walks in San Francisco by Adah Bakalinsky

My favorite book of San Francisco walks. Most of t more...1 point

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Escape From Alcatraz

Escape From Alcatraz

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Outdoor Research Seattle Sombrero

Outdoor Research Seattle Sombrero

Looks a little silly, but it's perfect for cold, f more...0 points

Selected Upcoming Events in San Francisco 

This calendar has a few selected upcoming events with an emphasis on Street fairs and Festivals. There's way too much going on, especially with bands and shows, to list everything.

For Details on any one of these events, click here to go to the San Francisco Self Guided Tour Event Calendar

  • 65 th Anniversary Cruise: Sun, Jun 1, @10am - 2pm, At San Francisco Bay Pier 45, San Francisco.

  • UNION STREET FESTIVAL:Sun, Jun 1, @10am - 6pm, Union Street between Gough & Steiner; San Francisco.

  • Beach Blanket Babylon: Sun June 1,8,15,22, @ 2pm - 4pm,Sun June 1,8,15,22 ,@ 5pm - 7pm , June 6,7,13,14,20,21,27,28,@ 6:30pm - 8:30pm ,June 6,7,13,14,20,21,27,28,@ 9:30pm - 11:30pm, June 11,12,18,19,25,26,@8pm - 10pm , 678 Beach Blanket Babylon Boulevard, San Francisco, CA.

  • Insignificant others: June 1,8,15,22 @ 2pm - 4pm,June 6,7,13,14,20,21,27,28 @ 8pm - 10pm, At Theatre 39, San Francisco.

  • 31st Haight-Ashbury Street Fair: Sun, Jun 8,@ 11:00am - 5:30pm,At Haight & Ashbury Streets, San Francisco

  • 5th Annual Precious Cheese North Beach Festival:Sat, Jun 14&15 , @10am - 6pm,Washington Square Park, 1200-1500 blocks of Grant Avenue and adjacent streets in North Beach,San Francisco

  • Stern Grove Concerts:Sun, Jun 15&22, @2pm - 5pm ,at 19th Avenue AT Sloat Boulevard, San Francisco,CA

  • 38th Annual San Francisco LGBT Pride Celebration 2008:Sat, Jun 28,@ 12pm - 6pm,Celebration in the Civic Center,San Francisco

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