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Top 10 historic sights in San FranciscoSan Francisco has iconic landmarks aplenty: the Golden Gate bridge, Fisherman's Wharf,
Alcatraz and fog. But dig deeper and you'll find a richer history beyond the famoustourist sights
Fort Point was built to protect the Bay from naval attacks. Photograph: Mike
Shaw/Getty Images/Flickr RF Photo By Mike Shaw/Getty Images/Flickr RF
Lavinia Spalding
Friday 11 April 2014 11.13 BST
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Fort Point
At the foot of the Golden Gate bridge is Fort Point, built from 1853 to 1861 to
protect the Bay from naval attacks. It is constructed in the multi-tieredThird
Systemmilitary style, with a design allowing cannons to hit enemy ships at water
level; Fort Point is the only one of its kind in the west. Though never used inbattle, the national historic site is an example of impressive masonry. Stop for
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coffee at The Warming Hut (built in 1909 as a US Engineer Storehouse), then
make your way across that beautiful big red bridge and don't forget a jacket!
+ 1 415 556 1693,nps.gov/fopo.Open Fri-Sun 10am-5pm, admission free
Mission Dolores and The Mission District
Photograph: Robert
Vente/DK Images/REX
Spanish missionaries settled Yerba Buena (later renamed San Francisco) on 29
June 1776, five days before the Declaration of Independence was signed. Visitthe spot where it all began: Mission Dolores, the city's oldest intact building, and
one of only two cemeteries remaining in the city. The neighbourhood, originally
populated by theOhlonepeople, is a vibrant Latino arts community don't miss
the Clarion Alley and Balmy Alley murals and a foodie paradise. But no visit to
San Francisco is complete until you've patronised a taquera (taco shop) and
tasted your first Mission burrito.
Mission Dolores, 3321 16th Street, +1 415 621 8203,missiondolores.org.Open
daily (except holidays) 1 May-31 Oct, 9am-4.30pm and 1 Nov-30 Apr, 9am-4pm, admission free
The Old Ship Saloon
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Photograph:Kris
Vera-Phillips/flickr
When California struck gold, some 300,000 fortune hunters stormed the state,
many travelling by sea and abandoning their boats. The Old Ship Saloon is built
on the remains of The Arkansas, which ran aground on Alcatraz in 1849. Two
years after being towed in, an enterprising Englishman cut a hole in the hull and
began serving spirits, and it's operated as a saloon, brothel, rooming house, or
shanghai den ever since. The term "shanghaied" originates here: unlucky
patrons downed drug-spiked liquor and woke up on a ship at sea. Today, this
locals' hangout is fairly innocuous, but the Pisco Punch still packs a wallop.The Old Ship Saloon, 298 Pacific Avenue,oldshipsaloon.com.Open Mon-Fri
11.30am-2am
Cable Car Museum
Photograph: HultonArchive/Getty Images
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In 1869, during the American industrial age, Andrew Smith Hallidie witnessed a
carriage accident that killed five horses. He decided something had to be done.
Enter San Francisco's iconic transportation system. Before riding one of the
three lines still in operation, visit the Cable Car Museum, where you can even
watch the engines and winding wheels pulling the cables. Then hop aboard and
regale fellow passengers with all you've learned about grips, tracks and brakes. A
local's tip: instead of waiting in line, walk to the next stop and board en route,
wherever you see the brown and white cable-car sign.
Cable Car Museum, 1201 Mason Street,cablecarmuseum.org.Open daily 1
Apr-30 Sept 10am-6pm and 1 Oct-31 March 10am-5pm, admission free
Cliff House and Sutro Baths
Photograph: Curved
Light USA/Alamy
A daytime excursion to Cliff House is a must. Go for the panoramic ocean views,
martinis, oysters,Crab Louisand the stories. Built in 1863, the Cliff House was
levelled by fire twice, in 1894 and 1907 (just a year after surviving the greatearthquake), and rebuilt and renovated again and again. While there, visit the
Camera Obscura (fashioned after Leonardo da Vinci's 15th-century design), and
explore the ruins of the colossal Sutro Baths, which once accommodated up to
10,000 swimmers.
The Cliff House, 1090 Point Lobos Avenue, +1 415 386 3330,cliffhouse.com.
Open for lunch Mon-Sat 11.30am-3.30pm, Sun 11am-3.30pm, dinner, daily
5pm-9.30pm
The Fairmont Hotel
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Photograph: George
Rose/Getty Images
The1906 earthquakewas one of the worst natural disasters in American history,
reducing much of San Francisco to rubble. But not the Fairmont, which "stood
Parthenon-like at the top of the hill". Suffering only structural damage, the
brand-new hotel opened one year later and has since hosted the first United
Nations meeting, every president sinceWilliam Howard Taft,and Tony Bennett,
who crooned I Left My Heart in San Francisco there. Maybe you will, too, after a
couple ofTonga RoomMai Tais. Not your style? Reserve afternoon tea service
with honey from the hotel's own beehives in The Laurel Court.The Fairmont, 950 Mason Street, +1 415 772 5000,fairmont.com/san-
francisco.Tea service Sat-Sun 1.30pm-3.30pm
Angel Island
Photograph: LeeFoster/Alamy
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More tourists visit Chinatown annually than the Golden Gate bridge, but you'll
find the real story at Angel Island where, from 1910-1940, hundreds of
thousands of Chinese immigrants were detained sometimes for months or
years. What is often referred to as the Ellis Island of the west was built after the
1882 Chinese Exclusion Act was passed, a response to xenophobia and
resentment toward Gold Rush-era immigrants. Now it's a museum preserving
the history, including 100-plus Chinese poems found etched into the walls. The
hilly island also offers spectacular views, beaches, cycling and hiking trails,
Segway tours, campsites, a cafe and a weekend oyster bar.
Angel Island,angelisland.com.Open daily April-October, March Wed-Sun.
Guided tours $7 adults, $5 kids. Self-guided tours also available. Round-trip
ferry ticket from San Francisco $17 adult
City Lights Bookstore
Photograph: Robert
Alexander/Getty Images
Nothing symbolises the 50s beat generation like this historic landmark and localgem, founded in 1953 in North Beach. City Lights gained national recognition
when ownerLawrence Ferlinghettiwas charged with obscenity for
publishingAllen Ginsberg's Howland prevailed. When you're finished
browsing the shop's three levels of books, bring your new acquisition across the
street to Vesuvio and raise a glass to the ghosts of Jack Kerouac and Neal
Cassady, who frequented the legendary watering hole. And while you're in Little
Italy, stop for an afternoon espresso at Caf Trieste, where Frances Ford Coppola
reportedly wrote the Godfather screenplay.
City Lights, 261 Columbus Avenue,citylights.com.Open daily 10am-midnight.
Vesuvio, 255 Columbus Avenue,vesuvio.com.Open daily 6am-2am
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Haight Ashbury and Golden Gate park
Photograph: Kerrick
James/Corbis
If you missed the Summer of Love and your inner flower child wants out, head to
the Upper Haight, where echoes of the bohemian counterculture that drew
hundreds of thousands of hippies in the 1960s shifting the nation's political
climate forever are inescapable. Nurse a pint at Magnolia Gastropub and
Brewery, formerly Magnolia Thunderpussy (named for the burlesque performer
who owned the restaurant in the 60s), which once offered an all-night deliveryservice and erotic desserts. Hit a head shop, buy some fringed velvet pants at a
consignment shop, then cross the street into Golden Gate park, the site of the
first "Human Be-In".
Magnolia Gastropub and Brewery, 1398 Haight Street, +1 415 864
7468,magnoliapub.com.Open Mon-Thurs 11am-midnight, Fri 11am-1am, Sat
10am-1am, Sun 10am-11pm
The Castro Theater and neighbourhood
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Studios/Corbis
The Castro Theater is one of only a few American 1920s-era movie palaces still in
operation. Plan your trip around a sing-along night (think Sound of Music, Little
Mermaid, Grease) and arrive early to catch the live Wurlitzer organ
performance. Then, visit the sidewalk plaque outside the former site ofHarvey
Milk's camera store and campaign centre, the hub of the gay community in the
70s. Finally, have a nightcap at Twin Peaks Tavern, a historic landmark believed
to be the nation's first gay bar with full-length, plate-glass windows, which
allowed patrons to see out and the public to see in.
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