| Golden Gate Bridge: this is a tourist | | | | up-turned roofs and dragon lamp posts you can |
| attraction that links the Marin County and | | | | see shops selling everything like kites to |
| San Francisco, this bridge endures about | | | | utensils. You should check out the Cantonese |
| 100,000 cars every day. The bridge is over a | | | | wood carvings on Kong Chow Temple and the |
| mile long and it was built to withstand | | | | Fortune Cookie Factory. |
| blowing winds of more than 100 miles per hour | | | | |
| by swinging about 27 feet at its center. To | | | | Alcatraz Island: It was once a maximum |
| see the bridge, the easiest viewpoint is from | | | | security Federal Penitentiary but now a part |
| the Fisherman's Wharf. | | | | of Golden Gate National Recreation Area. The |
| | | | ferry can take you to the island, landing at |
| Fisherman's Wharf: Again one of the top | | | | the only pier which serves the steep-sided |
| tourist destination known for its | | | | island. |
| restaurants, museums and shops. One can spend | | | | |
| some time exploring 'necks of the Woods'. | | | | Lombard Street: It descends form the east |
| Some museums of interest are Treasure Island | | | | side of the Russian Hill and originally too |
| Museum, City of San Francisco Museum and | | | | steep for cars to drive on, banked at a |
| 'Ripley's Believe It or Not' museum. The | | | | natural incline of 27 degrees. During the |
| Underwater World is a superb aquarium build | | | | year of 1920s a section of it was revamped by |
| with 700, 000 gallons of water. Visitors can | | | | adding eight curves. Today this is called as |
| explore the aquatic life through transparent | | | | 'The Crookedest Street in the World'! |
| glass tunnel. | | | | Automobiles can drive downhill at the speed |
| | | | of 8km/h only, while pedestrians can make use |
| Chinatown: Another superb tourist attraction, | | | | of the steps. Beautifully cut hedges with |
| get the bus number 45 from Market and 3rd | | | | flowers will make it pleasant to walk and the |
| Sts. down. Enter from Dragon's Gate (the | | | | view from the summit is astonishing. |
| south entrance) into the Grant Avenue. With | | | | |