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San Francisco holidays

August 2018

  • Partly enveloped in mist, Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, US.

    10 of the best restaurants near San Francisco's main attractions

    When you’ve admired the Golden Gate and done Haight-Ashbury’s hippie shake, skip the tourist trap restaurants and refuel at these local favourites

March 2018

  • Aerial view of Japantown, San Francisco at sunset as streetlights are turned on. USA.

    San Francisco's Japantown: vibrant, on-trend and fighting for its future

    Japanese people started moving to J-Town after the city’s 1906 earthquake and the area still reflects its roots with festivals, food stops and arty stores but its small businesses face a battle against a real-estate boom

December 2017

  • Andrew Mieure of Top Shelf Budtending helps a customer make his choice.

    On the radar
    Weed and wine tours in California

    With recreational use becoming legal in January 2018, visitors to the state can join trips matching cannabis with the more established legal high of the region: wine

July 2017

  • Hiking trails at Pfeiffer Big Sur state park, California

    On the radar
    Big Sur, California’s most scenic coast, reopens – to hikers only

    The picturesque highway from San Francisco to LA was battered by floods last winter, but an emergency walking route for residents is now a tempting trail for hikers too

June 2017

  • Hand painted hippy bus in Haight-Ashbury, San Francisco.San Francisco historical San Francisco, California, USA --- Hand painted hippie bus in Haight-Ashbury --- Image by Kerrick James/Corbis

    San Francisco, 50 years on from the Summer of Love

    The scent of marijuana still lingers in the air, but what about rebellion? Half a century on from the year the world was told to turn on, tune in and drop out, we revisit the birthplace of 60s counterculture

May 2017

  • High times: dancing during the Summer of Love, San Francisco, 1967.

    Golden daze: 50 years on from the Summer of Love

    It’s the 50th anniversary of San Francisco’s Summer of Love. Here five people who were at the heart of the counter-culture movement tell Aaron Millar how flowers, LSD, music and radical ideas changed youth consciousness forever

January 2017

  • Graham Little tries the water off Alcatraz, San Francisco

    Escape from Alcatraz: a swim from the Rock to San Francisco

    The cold water and tricky currents of San Francisco Bay make the crossing from Alcatraz a daunting one, but a group of expert guides is helping hardy souls complete the ‘impossible swim’

May 2016

  • Cyclists overlooking Golden Gate Bridge and San Francisco Bay

    Readers' travel tips
    San Francisco on a budget: readers’ travel tips

    Despite rampant gentrification, the City by the Bay still has some great affordable experiences, if you know where to look. Readers share their best bargains
  • Oakland Hills with San Francisco beyond

    Holiday guides
    Oakland city guide: what to see plus the best bars, hotels and restaurants

    The city across the bay has shed its inferiority complex and offers plenty of reasons to visit. In fact you can skip San Francisco altogether, and fly to Oakland direct from the UK
  • City Lights Books Zapatista Mural, San Francisco<br>C97WWP City Lights Books Zapatista Mural, San Francisco

    Readers' travel tips
    San Francisco on a budget – send us your tip and win a £200 hotel voucher

    San Francisco’s colourful reputation has suffered in the wake of gentrification from Silicon Valley. Help us shed some light on the affordable and independent hotels, restaurants and other genuine local spots

March 2016

  • Legendary Beat Writers outside City Lights

    Interview with a bookstore by Literary Hub
    Interview with a Bookstore: San Francisco's historic City Lights

    Lost ducks, beatniks, and sex in the storeroom: we kick off a new series from Literary Hub exploring iconic bookstores, with one of America’s most famous, City Lights

February 2016

  • Cala, San Francisco

    The foodie traveller
    Stir it up: San Francisco's Cala eatery uses ex-cons to serve and cook

    Cala, the new fine dining spot from Mexico City’s Gabriela Cámara has taken a novel approach to the city’s hiring problem

December 2015

  • A rainbow flag flies on a mast above the gay-friendly Castro district of San Francisco, during a bright, sunny afternoon.

    Holiday guides
    Gay San Francisco: a guide to clubs, bars, drag shows and queer culture

    One of the world’s most openly queer cities is a buzzing, colourful and heritage-rich destination full of party nights, live music, film festivals, street events and nightlife that offers something for everyone

October 2015

  • Pigeon Point lighthouse, California.

    A great little place I know
    California’s Pigeon Point lighthouse makes for an illuminating stay

    This iconic 19th-century building is now a so-so hostel but it’s still worth staying for the hot tub, dramatic setting and incredible lighthouse itself

July 2015

  • Outerlands, Outer Sunset, San Francisco

    On the radar
    Arty living in San Francisco’s rising Outer Sunset district

    This seaside haven for free-spirited artists, poets and surfers is on the up – and, despite the big city’s tech boom, it’s the area’s original community who are making the most of its upsurge in popularity

June 2015

  • Rainbow house

    Cities on Instagram
    Rainbow city: the colourful houses of San Francisco – in pictures

    Kristen Simar believes that the unique character of her home city is being washed away by wealthy incomers and new development – so has set about capturing it, one colourful house at a time

May 2015

  • Visitor Center at Rosie the Riveter national historic park, Richmond, California.

    Why I love …
    Ranger Betty Soskin, 93, on the Rosie the Riveter national park, California

    The oldest national park ranger in the US tells us why she’s proud of the second world war home front park in Richmond, just across the bay from San Francisco

March 2015

  • San Francisco

    Reading American cities
    Books about San Francisco: readers' picks

    From yuppies to Harvey Milk via Jack London, here is your essential reading list for San Francisco travels – real or imaginary

February 2015

  • Golden Gate

    Reading American cities
    Reading American cities: books about San Francisco

    Younger and smaller than most great American cities, San Francisco has a rich cultural heritage. Anisse Gross picks out the literary landmarks of this west coastal city, from its first newspaper chroniclers to the Beats and beyond

December 2014

  • Grand Lake Farmer's Market, Oakland

    On the radar
    Oakland: the city stepping out of San Francisco's shadow

    There’s a cultural buzz around San Francisco’s lesser-known Californian sibling, with great restaurants and shops popping up all over the city, writes Chaney Kwak
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