Cable cars. Steep hills. The Summer of Love. Golden Gate Park. The Fillmore. Janis Joplin. The Grateful Dead. The Jefferson Airplane. The Giants. The 49ers. And so much more! Located at the northern end of the San Francisco Peninsula, with the Pacific Ocean to the west and San Francisco Bay to the north and east, San Francisco (don't call it "Frisco") conjures so many dreams and so much American culture, it's iconic even to those who haven't yet visited.
San Francisco is renowned for its summer fog, Victorian architecture, the Golden Gate Bridge, Haight-Ashbury, Japantown, and Chinatown. Popular as a financial and shopping district, San Francisco is known for its mixed-use neighborhoods where people can walk to where they're going! Thus, Walkscore.com rates San Francisco as America's "most walkable" city.
If art, music, and culture are your thing, San Francisco is your kind of place: The War Memorial and Performing Arts Center hosts a number of legendary performing arts companies including the San Francisco Opera and the San Francisco Ballet. The San Francisco Symphony plays in Davies Symphony Hall. The American Conservatory Theater has been a leading force in the performing arts since 1967.
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