San Francisco to Los Angeles, San Diego and San Jose, fourth-largest metropolis in the State of California, and after Francis of Assisi, is a popular tourist destination and comfortable with a rental car to visit.
You land the plane in San Francisco, a rental car can be found there at the airport and also in the city at any time, because all major car hire companies are represented.
Sights such as the Golden Gate Bridge, the curved Lombard Street, the Transamerica Pyramid, a typical skyscraper or the Mission Dolores, the oldest structure in the city, is missing it here not.
Best views offers the Summit of the twin peaks and of course the Golden Gate Bridge, from which you can see also the island of Alcatraz, against the background of a large, glittering Pazifics.
On Alcatraz the oldest lighthouse on the West Coast, as well as the former maximum-security prison can be visited, which gives impression of life behind bars.
Worth a visit also is Golden Gate Parc in the West of the city, which is home to many museums.
You are with the car on the road and have perhaps not too much time, it is worth to take the 49 mile scenic drive and explore the main objectives of this unique city.
It is recommended in the Convention & VisitorBureau a city to purchase pass for ca 42 USD, which with Alcatraz, discounts in many museums and boat rides, eg. for the island.
Culinary, the city is very diverse and apart from the light California cuisine, you will find numerous Asian, Mexican, Italian and Danish restaurants, to the traditional German cuisine.
Because San Francisco is located directly on the sea, there is also a very wide range of fish and seafood.
Later you can round off the evening in one of the many clubs or bars, or you simply mingles among the hustle and bustle of the city by night.
Sister cities of San Francisco are: Abidjan (Ivory Coast), Assisi (Italy), Burgas (Bulgaria), Caracas (Venezuela), Sydney (Australia), Thessaloniki (Greece), Taipei (People's Republic of China), Zurich (Switzerland), Paris (France), Cork (Ireland), Haifa (Israel), Ho-Chi-Minh City (Viet Nam), Manila (Philippines), Osaka (Japan), Seoul (South Korea), Shanghai (People's Republic of China).