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Sep 21 (Mon) — San Francisco

Stay: Airbnb — Daly City

Plan

Menu: sf_sights.md. This is the agreed route; keep the afternoon cutoff so the Golden Gate sunset is not rushed.

  • 08:30 PDT Leave the Airbnb; park at Daly City BART and take BART to Embarcadero
  • 09:15 PDT Breakfast downtown at the Ferry Building Marketplace
  • 10:00 PDT Continue to Union Square
  • 10:30 PDT Apple Union Square — store opens at 10:00; allow about 30 minutes
  • 11:00 PDT Union Square and a California Street cable-car ride toward Chinatown
  • 11:30 PDT Chinatown — Dragon Gate and Grant Avenue on foot
  • 12:30 PDT North Beach — lunch and a short neighbourhood walk
  • 13:30 PDT North Waterfront — Coit Tower viewpoint if time permits, Pier 39 sea lions, Lombard Street, and Ghirardelli Square
  • 14:30 PDT Take the F-line toward Embarcadero, then BART back to Daly City
  • 15:45 PDT Collect the car and begin the western viewpoints route
  • 16:15 PDT Twin Peaks — 15-minute panorama stop at Christmas Tree Point
  • 16:50 PDT Painted Ladies — short stop at Alamo Square
  • 17:25 PDT Lands End — Sutro Baths and a short coastal walk
  • 18:20 PDT Golden Gate Bridge Welcome Center — brief walk onto the bridge
  • 18:40 PDT Cross to Marin and continue to Battery Spencer; allow time for parking
  • 19:10 PDT Sunset at Battery Spencer; stay through blue hour, about 19:35 PDT
  • 20:15 PDT Dinner, then return to Daly City

Notes

  • Golden Gate Bridge and Battery Spencer were skipped on Sep 20 and moved here
  • Leave the waterfront by 14:30 PDT. If the route slips, drop Coit Tower or Painted Ladies before cutting Golden Gate time
  • Alcatraz and the Mission/Castro do not fit this route
  • Monday: some museums (incl. the de Young and Computer History Museum) are closed

Addresses

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Airbnb — Daly City 798 Hillside Blvd, Daly City, CA 94014 · side gate, 1st floor · door code 0339 ✔️ · wifi stanley_downstairs_2.4GHz / stanleyswifi · assigned spot right of garage driveway · host Stanley +1 415-425-9339 37.69314, -122.46185
Ferry Building Marketplace 1 Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA 94111 search
Apple Union Square 300 Post St, San Francisco, CA 94108 search
Twin Peaks Christmas Tree Point search
Painted Ladies Alamo Square search
Lands End Lands End Lookout lot search
Golden Gate Bridge Welcome Center SF side, Welcome Center lot 37.80778, -122.47485
Battery Spencer Conzelman Rd, Marin Headlands 37.82802, -122.48208
Alcatraz ferry Pier 33, The Embarcadero search