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San Francisco Insight City Guide Insight

San Francisco Insight City Guide By Insight

San Francisco Insight City Guide by Insight


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Summary

Acting as a 258-page guidebook to San Francisco, this book presents the city's highlights. It includes a district-by-district gazetteer section, essay features and travel tips, hundreds of colour photographs, a street atlas, and a pull-out restaurant Z-map guide. It includes listings, covering accommodation, entertainment, transport and more.

San Francisco Insight City Guide Summary

San Francisco Insight City Guide by Insight

This 258-page guidebook to San Francisco, presents the city's highlights in a comprehensive but portable format, with the following key features: The Best of San Francisco - overview of vital information for visitors, including money- and time-saving tips and the most family-oriented attractions; Places - district-by-district guide, with top attractions highlighted and cross-referenced with detailed local maps; Restaurant guide - a pull-out, pocket-size Z map, with review listings of 60+ recommended restaurants and bars; and Photo Features - magazine-style full-colour features on some of the city's most famous sights, including its historic cable cars and Coit Tower on Telegraph Hill. The other features included are: Essay Features - incisive essays on history, people and culture, from the gay community to the movie industry; Travel Tips - practical listings, covering accommodation, entertainment, transport and more; and Street Atlas - colour maps of downtown San Francisco, with grid-referenced index.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Best of San Francisco; The Streets of San Francisco. History: The Making of San Francisco; Modern Times; Decisive Dates. Features: San Franciscans; The Gay Community; The Gourmet's City; Bay City Arts; The City on Screen; Literary San Francisco. Places: Introduction; Fisherman's Wharf; Alcatraz; North Beach to Telegraph Hill; Chinatown; Union Square to the Financial District; Civic Center to SoMa; Nob Hill; Central Neighbourhoods; Haight-Ashbury and Golden Gate Park; Mission and Castro; Around San Francisco; Oakland and Berkeley; The Bay Area; San Francisco north to Mendocino; San Francisco south to Big Sur; Wine Country; Lake Tahoe; Yosemite National Park. Photo Features: The 1906 Earthquake; Coit Tower and Telegraph Hill; Cable Cars; Hearst Castle at San Simeon. Information Panels: Beatniks, Hippies, Riots and a Rebellious Heiress; Golden Gate Bridge; Silicon Valley. Travel Tips: Transport. Accommodation. Activities; Theatre; Ballet; Opera; Concerts; Museums and Galleries; Festivals; Nightlife; Shopping; Sport; Sightseeing Tours. A-Z Practical Information: Admission Charges; Budgeting for your Trip; Business Hours, Climate; Crime & Safety; Customs Regulations; Disabled Travellers; Electricity; Embassies & Consulates; Emergency Numbers; Entry Requirements; Extending Your Stay; Gay and Lesbian Travellers; Health and Medical Care; Internet & Websites; Lost Property; Media; Money; Postal Services; Public Holidays; Public Toilets; Religious Services; Senior Travellers; Smoking; Student Travellers; Telecoms; Tipping; Tourist Information; Tour Operators & Agents; Useful Numbers; Weights & Measures; What to Bring & Wear; What to Read. Maps: Map Legend; Street Atlas; San Francisco - Front Flap; Fisherman's Wharf; North Beach & Telegraph Hill; Chinatown; Union Square and the Financial District; Civic Center; SoMa; Nob Hill; Central Neighbourhoods; Golden Gate Park; Around San Francisco; Oakland and Berkeley; The Bay Area; Excursions; Wine Country; Yosemite National Park; San Francisco Transportation Routes.

Additional information

GOR004572018
9789812582492
9812582495
San Francisco Insight City Guide by Insight
Used - Very Good
Paperback
APA Publications
20051028
258
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