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