This guide to San Francisco offers a practical guide to California's dream city, providing all the information necessary for a great-value trip. Features include the lowdown on San Francisco's great sights, including detailed explorations along the switchback streets of the city's colourful neighbourhoods. Thorough coverage of the Bay Area, including the student haunts of Berkeley and the vineyards of the Napa Valley. Enthralling accounts of the city's flamboyant past, from Gold Rush beginnings through the Beatniks and the Summer of Love.