SAN FRANCISCO
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Downtown San Francisco | ||
 Bank of America - the second-highest building in San Francisco - seen from below (151 kb) |
 Bank of America - the second-highest building in San Francisco (54 kb) |
 San Francisco with Bank of America (42 kb) |
 San Francisco - one of the famous cablecars |
 Cable car at Union Square (87 kb) |
 Coit Tower (49 kb) |
 Transamerican Pyramid and Citylights bookshop (47 kb) |
 Transamerican Pyramid (81 kb) |
 Ferry Building (57 kb) |
Alamo Square | ||
 Alamo Square with the famous victorian houses and San Francisco Downtown in the background (65 kb) |
 Alamo Square with view over San Francisco Downtown (56 kb) |
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Golden Gate Bridge | ||
 Golden Gate Bridge (46 kb) |
 Golden Gate Bridge (68 kb) |
 Golden Gate Bridge seen from Sausalito (40 kb) |
 Golden Gate Bridge seen from Sausalito with San Francisco in the background. In the distance you can see the Bay Bridge (36 kb) |
 Golden Gate Bridge (42 kb) |
 Golden Gate Bridge (29 kb) |
 Golden Gate Bridge seen from Sausalito (140 kb) |
 Close-up of Golden Gate Bridge - in the background you can see San Francisco Financial District (129 kb) |
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 Golden Gate Bridge (107 kb) |
 Golden Gate Bridge and San Francisco seen from Sausalito (117 kb) |
 Golden Gate Bridge seen from the ferry to Larkspur |
San Francisco Bay Bridge | ||
 San Francisco Bay Bridge and Treasure Island (46 kb) |
 San Francisco Bay Bridge (32 kb) |
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San Francisco Bay & Alcatraz | ||
 Alcatraz partly covered in clouds |
 Alcatraz (62 kb) |
The Oakland - San Rafael Bridge (57 kb) |
Twin Peaks | ||
| Twin Peaks are two hills in the southwestern part of San Francisco, at the end of Market St. From Twin Peaks there is a splendid view over San Francicso, Golden Gate and a big part of San Francisco Bay. |  From Twin Peaks there is an amazing view over San Francisco (292 kb) |
 View from Twin Peaks (269 kb) |
 Downtown San Francisco seen from Twin Peaks (149 kb) |
 Golden Gate seen from Twin Peaks (171 kb) |
 Bay Bridge seen from Twin Peaks (145 kb) |
| San Francisco have a reputation of being different from other american big cities. I must agree, it is unique with a splendid location by the Pacific Ocean and the San Francisco Bay. And the streets are just as steep as you probably have seen in different TV-series and movies - they are VERY steep.
San Francisco has a lot of nationalities - you have the italian North Beach with restaurants, bars and other amusements, the chinese Chinatown, with the largest population of chinese outside China. And names like Russian Hill continues the story. |
A little advice: If you are looking for cameraes, video-recorders and stuff like that, you should be very careful if you shop in Chinatown - I was looking for a zoom for my camera, and they were trying to sell my an unknown brand - but it was easy to see, that the quality wasn't to good. If not saying, that you should avoid them, but be careful about what you buy. | For the tourist that is going to see most of the normal tourist attractions, there's a lot to see: Golden Gate Bridge; Pier 39 with restaurants and shops; Chinatown, Alcatraz, the prison it was impossible to escape from, and a lot of other things. |
