DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: San Francisco & Northern California

A guide to exciting region of San Francisco & Northern California. It helps you discover the area region-by-region; from walking the Golden Gate Bridge to sailing out to stoic Alcatraz, exploring Lake Tahoe to experiencing the delights of some of the richest wine regions in the world.

The uniquely visual "DK Eyewitness Travel Guide San Francisco & Northern California" is your indispensible guide to this exciting region. This fully updated guide includes unique cutaways, floorplans and reconstructions of all the must-see sites, plus street-by-street maps of all the major cities and towns. It's also packed with photographs and illustrations leading you straight to the best attractions in San Francisco and Northern California, including Fort Mason and the Yerba Buena Gardens. "DK's Eyewitness Travel Guide San Francisco & Northern California" will help you discover the area region-by-region; from walking the Golden Gate Bridge to sailing out to stoic Alcatraz, exploring Lake Tahoe to experiencing the delights of some of the richest wine regions in the world. Detailed listings will guide you to the best hotels, restaurants, bars and shops for all budgets, whilst detailed practical information will help you to get around, whether by train, car or ferry. "DK Eyewitness Travel Guide San Francisco & Northern California" - showing you what others only tell you.

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How To Use This Guide		6	(4)
Introducing San Francisco
Four Grfat Days In San Francisco		10	(2)
Putting San Francisco On The Map		12	(6)
San Franciscos Earthquakes		18	(2)
The History Of San Francisco		20	(14)
San Francisco At A Glancf		34	(14)
San Francisco Throl Through The Year		48	(6)
San Francisco Area By Area
The 49-Mile Scenic Drive		54	(2)
Presidio		56	(12)
Pacific Heights And The Marina		68	(10)
Fisherman's Wharf And North Beach		78	(16)
Chinatown And Nob Hill		94	(12)
Financial District And Union Square		106	(16)
Civic Center		122	(8)
Haight Ashbury And The Mission		130	(12)
Golden Gate Park And Land's End		142	(16)
Farther Afield		158	(12)
Five Guided Walks		170	(14)
Northern California
Exploring Northern California		184	(2)
A Two- Day Tour To Carmel		186	(2)
A Two-Day Tour To Mendocino		188	(2)
The Napa Wine Country		190	(6)
Lake Tahoe		196	(4)
Yosemite National Park		200	(6)
Travelers' Needs
Where To Stay		206	(16)
Restaurants And Cafes		222	(22)
Shopping		244	(14)
Entertainment In San Francisco		258	(16)
Children's San Francisco		274	(4)
Survival Guide
Practical Information		278	(10)
Getting To San Francisco		288	(4)
Getting Around San Francisco		292	(10)
San Francisco Street Finder		302	(20)
General Index		322	(12)
Acknowledgments		334