Leave impressive monuments of architecture and tedious trips through museums to other cities. Days in San Francisco (San Francisco or simply Frisco) is better to spend on the bathing in the sun of the same name bay in the process of digesting generous seafood - regardless of whether you are a person, or one of the seals of a subspecies of sea lions, gracefully dangling and hitting the belly with water on the Pier 39.
With its 43 hills and population entirely consisting of eccentrics, freethinkers, crazy inventors and just people with oddities, this city stubbornly refuses to descend from the clouds to earth .Instead, reality rises to the heights of San Francisco's freak: with all these parrots plowing the tops of the trees, restaurants with inventive cuisine of maestro cooks and wandering poets who do not pronounce any unrhammed word .In a word, crazy San Francisco is not for the faint-hearted, but it costs all the money spent, nerves and megabytes of digicam .
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How to get here
Near San Francisco is located just three international airports - the eponymous with the city, the largest; Oakland Airport and San Jose. There are no direct flights for September 2011 from Russia, you will have to fly with a dock in Washington, New York or in large European cities.
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Climate
Clear +15 ° C in the afternoon +10 ° C at night ° С water |
Partly cloudy, light rain +13 ° С in the afternoon +10 ° C at night ° С water |
Clear +14 ° C in the afternoon +9 ° C at night ° С water |
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Those who come to San Francisco, waiting for an endless summer and bikinis in abundance, it is worthwhile to think again .It's not Los Angeles, located just below the south .This is San Francisco, and its residents will laugh when you complain, banging your teeth, that "this is K-k-california ...?" ».Remember that there is often a fog that brings coolness and goosebumps .One clever man even once wrote: "The coldest winter I've ever experienced - the summer of San Francisco" .The average summer temperature in the city is +21 ° C .Slightly above +16 ° C is kept from the beginning of May to the end of October .In order to protect yourself, it is worth keeping an eye on the current weather forecast .
Transport
Public transport San Francisco is a network of 100 bus routes, trolleybuses, ground and underground high-speed trams Muni Metro (the so-called MUNI system, which also includes the famous historic cable trams) .Tickets can be bought on board buses, trams and underground stations Muni, they are valid for 90 minutes on all modes of transport except cable trains and intercity BART .Penalty for fare $ 75 .Opening hours of Muni Metro - from 5 am to midnight .Lines L and N run around the clock .The fare is 1, 5 dollars .
The fare for a taxi is $ 3, $ 5 per landing and then 2, 25 per mile.
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Money in San Francisco
The cost of living in San Francisco is high, but it is completely justified: everyone gets here what they are looking for - an inventive new kitchen, quality cultural events, excellent art or spirits .In addition, much in San Francisco can be obtained and completely free of charge: the natural beauty of the city, street festivals, walks in the parks, the opening of galleries or idle conversation .Other pleasures are damn cheap, like, for example, Vietnamese noodles, a ticket on the subway line N to the beach or the so-called "happy holidays" in the dive-bars Mission .With some ingenuity, in San Francisco you can spend a fantastic and inexpensive vacation .
Hostels and B & Bs are the best accommodation facilities for those who want to save money .Rent a car will cost about $ 40 per day without insurance, plus bezin .Parking - $ 4 for a couple of hours (if you can find a free parking space, of course), penalties for improper parking - $ 30, but they will chase you for a long time, even if you left the car for a couple of minutes .Night parking will cost $ 35 if the tourist does not bother to agree in advance with the hotel .For comparison: the average fare for a taxi will be $ 12, and a ticket for Muni - $ 1, 50 .However, without a car, you can not do with those who want to go on excursions along the coast or to the Wine Country .
Fun, sightseeing and sightseeing San Francisco
San Francisco is world famous due to the Golden Gate, one of the longest suspension bridges in the world. There it is worth to visit the Museum of Modern Art SFMOMA, Union Square, the local Chinatown with many amusing souvenir shops and a million Asian eateries.
Fisherman's Wharf - a cluster of stupid attractions and the starting point for cruises along the bay. From there to the west to the very "Golden Gate" stretch kilometers of parks and beaches, and behind the bridge the Napa and Sonoma valleys start - the origin of the best wines in the country.
Here are wineries that are definitely worth a visit: Beringer, The Hess Collection and Rubicon. Also known are Alcatraz prison prison, Mount Tamalpas mountain with a magnificent panorama of the city and the bay, the Var-Memori opera house and the Cable Car Museum.
Angel Island is a former WW II filtration camp, and nowadays it is a popular place for hiking and picnics. And also the famous High-Ashbury (or Hight) region, which is considered the birthplace of the hippy movement.
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