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35 lines
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# San Francisco — Places to See
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*Candidate menu of sights. The chosen, day-by-day version lives in the SF day plans (Sep 20–21) in [`itinerary.md`](itinerary.md).*
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> **Getting around:** car for the Marin side (no transit there); BART + cable cars / F-line streetcar for the downtown core (parking is brutal). Base is Daly City, ~20–30 min south.
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## Marin side (car only)
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- **Marin Headlands / Battery Spencer** — the classic Golden Gate Bridge panorama; go early before fog
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## North Waterfront
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- **Golden Gate Bridge** — Welcome Center + Fort Point underneath
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- **Lombard Street** — the crooked block
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- **Fisherman's Wharf / Pier 39** — sea lions
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- **Ghirardelli Square** — chocolate + waterfront dining
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- **Coit Tower** — city + bay views from Telegraph Hill
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- **Alcatraz** — ferry from Pier 33, ~2.5–3 hrs round trip. *Book weeks ahead — sells out*
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## Downtown / Central
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- **Ferry Building** — marketplace, food (big farmers market Tue/Sat)
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- **Cable cars** — California St or Powell lines
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- **Union Square** — shopping core
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- **Chinatown** — Dragon Gate, largest outside Asia
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- **North Beach** — Little Italy, cafés
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## West / Parks
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- **Alamo Square** — the Painted Ladies
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- **Golden Gate Park** — de Young Museum, Japanese Tea Garden. *de Young closed Mondays*
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- **Lands End** — coastal trail, Sutro Baths ruins
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- **Twin Peaks** — panoramic city viewpoint
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- **Ocean Beach** — Pacific coast, sunsets
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