1. San Francisco makes a lasting impression as soon as you enter.
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The Bay Bridge and San Francisco from Yerba Buena
2. No matter the time of day…
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The Bay Bridge From the Embarcadero
3. Or night.
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New Bay Bridge at night
4. You never quite know what to expect as you walk around San Francisco…
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Arrow at the Ferry Building
5. Because even the buildings are a little odd here.
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Leaning towers
6. The hills of San Francisco can be formidable…
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Lombard St. at night
7. As they tower omnipresent over the city.
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Twin peaks
8. But the reward for urban hiking is oh-so worth it.
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Top of Bernal Heights
9. Especially when you make the trek with a loved one.
Source: Flickr user Matthew Almon Roth
Top of Dolores Park
10. Finding a bad view of San Francisco is next to impossible.
Source: Flickr user Mike Behnken
The Palace of Fine Arts
11. Whether it’s from the water.
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From the water
12. Or from your apartment.
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Bay Bridge from Downtown
13. It’s a city that knows how to celebrate, whether it’s the Giants winning the World Series…
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AT&T Park
14. Or Holi, the Festival of Colors.
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Holi festival
15. Whatever you do, make the trek to Alcatraz
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Alcatraz
16. Its’ worth braving all the damn tourists…
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Fisherman’s Wharf
17. Doing their “tourist-y things.”
Source: Flickr user Alfonso Jiménez
Cable Car
18. Or you can take a hint from these guys and do something a little more relaxing.
Source: Flickr user Chris Parker2012
Sea Lions at Fisherman’s Wharf
19. You can stick to the real parts of San Francisco….
Source: Flickr user torbakhopper
Dolores Park
20. Or pay a visit to these pretty ladies.
Source: Flickr user SJL
The Painted Ladies
21. In San Francisco, incredible nature awaits in your backyard…
Source: Flickr user Sharon Mollerus
Trees in the fog
22. Down the street…
Source: Flickr user Clairity
Sutro Park
23. Overlooking the ocean…
Source: Flickr user telmo32
Outer Sunset Ocean
24. At the zoo…
Source: Flickr user Natures Dawn
Lion at the San Francisco Zoo
25. Or at Land’s End.
Source: Flickr user Clairity
Land’s End
26. But there’s one landmark that never gets old…
Source: Flickr user Bob Dass
The Golden Gate Bridge
27. Whether you fly high above it…
Source: Flickr user davidyuweb
The Golden Gate Bridge during Fleet Week
28. Or get ready to surf below it…
Source: Flickr user Dawn Endico
Surfer below the Golden Gate Bridge
29. You can always count on the Golden Gate to be breathtaking.
Source: Flickr user Frank Schulenburg
Golden Gate Bridge in the fog
30. Because even saying goodbye to San Francisco leaves a lasting impression.
Source: Flickr user Éole Wind
This is perfect!
Agreed. #8 is definitely Bernal, not Twin Peaks. But all are lovely.
If only all the smug yuppies would leave SF, it would be a more interesting city.
simply amazing photography… as a photojournalism lecturer at the University of calabar in Nigeria, i find the images to be very useful to my tourism documentary students
Picture 1 is from Yerba Buena Island, not even close to Berkeley.
Picture 4 is a few blocks away from, not at, the Ferry Building.
Picture 20 is of the Painted Ladies on Steiner Street. There are many hundreds more all over town.
Picture 22 is probably of Sutro Forest, possibly Sutro Heights but not the non-existent Sutro Park.
I loved these artistic photos with a crisp graphic quality to them, representing the old and the new
architecture. Did we all leave a bit of our hearts there?
It will always be my city… Because I grew up with all of these images and love the city dearly. However, it’s become less of a place for artists, inventors and musicians than ever in it’s history. We have all moved on to places that are not inundated by high tech bullshit, because that thinking created more of the same… More computer programming mentality led to more robotic music / art, and less appreciation for true creative forms of art. The beauty of SF has been hijacked by those who have claimed it as their own. But, it will redefine itself in it’s own time, when it’s ready, without all the frilly “new tech idea” marketing nonsense.
Yeah, because everyone in SF goes to Alcatraz… lol
Please don’t damn tourists. Kindly remove. I know the people of SFO to be kind and friendly. Thanks!
Been there done all that! I miss San Francisco a lot, especially after living there for 19 years, I ♥ Rio De Janeiro
I love Fransansisco! it’a a beautidul city!
To crowded for me. But, beautiful. I find Californians rude and uncaring. Spent 5 years there. The Spanish most friendly. Thanks for that.
What happened to all of the hippy freaks and sex perverts???
Thanks God for San Francisco.Definitely beautiful and unique city.
San Francisco is a great and beautiful city, I will love to go there someday