Fodor's San Francisco: with the best of Napa & Sonoma
Whether you want to explore Alcatraz, visit the Golden Gate Bridge, or go wine tasting in Napa and Sonoma, the local Fodor’s travel experts in San Francisco are here to help! Fodor’s San Francisco: with the best of Napa and Sonoma guidebook is packed with maps, carefully curated recommendations, and everything else you need to simplify your trip-planning process and make the most of your time. This new edition has been fully-redesigned with an easy-to-read layout, fresh information, and beautiful color photos. 

Fodor’s San Francisco travel guide includes:

  • AN ILLUSTRATED ULTIMATE EXPERIENCES GUIDE to the top things to see and do
  • MULTIPLE ITINERARIES to effectively organize your days and maximize your time
  • MORE THAN 25 DETAILED MAPS and a NEWLY IMPROVED AND UPDATED FREE PULL-OUT MAP to help you navigate confidently
  • COLOR PHOTOS throughout to spark your wanderlust!
  • HONEST RECOMMENDATIONS FROM LOCALS on the best sights, restaurants, hotels, nightlife, shopping, performing arts, activities, side-trips, and more
  • PHOTO-FILLED “BEST OF” FEATURES on “What to Eat and Drink,” “Best Photo Ops,” “Under the Radar Sights,” and more
  • TRIP-PLANNING TOOLS AND PRACTICAL TIPS including when to go, getting around, beating the crowds, and saving time and money
  • HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL INSIGHTS providing rich context on the local people, politics, art, architecture, cuisine, music, geography and more
  • SPECIAL FEATURES on “San Francisco’s Cable Cars,” “Chinatown,” “Alcatraz,” “Golden Gate Park,” “Wine Tasting in Napa and Sonoma,” and more
  • LOCAL WRITERS to help you find the under-the-radar gems
  • UP-TO-DATE COVERAGE ON: Union Square, Chinatown, Mission Bay, the Mission District, the Castro, SOMA, Civic Center, Nob Hill, Russian Hill, Golden Gate Park, North Beach, Fisherman’s Wharf, Embarcadero, the Haight, Noe Valley, Dogpatch, Pacific Heights, Japantown, the Bay Area, Napa and Sonoma, Oakland, Berkeley, Silicon Valley, Palo Alto, Sausalito, San Jose, Santa Cruz, and more

Planning on visiting the rest of California? Check out Fodor’s Northern California, Fodor’s Southern California, and Fodor’s San Diego 

*Important note for digital editions: The digital edition of this guide does not contain all the images or text included in the physical edition.

ABOUT FODOR'S AUTHORS: Each Fodor's Travel Guide is researched and written by local experts. Fodor’s has been offering expert advice for all tastes and budgets for over 80 years. For more travel inspiration, you can sign up for our travel newsletter at fodors.com/newsletter/signup, or follow us @FodorsTravel on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. We invite you to join our friendly community of travel experts at fodors.com/community to ask any other questions and share your experience with us!

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Fodor's San Francisco: with the best of Napa & Sonoma
Whether you want to explore Alcatraz, visit the Golden Gate Bridge, or go wine tasting in Napa and Sonoma, the local Fodor’s travel experts in San Francisco are here to help! Fodor’s San Francisco: with the best of Napa and Sonoma guidebook is packed with maps, carefully curated recommendations, and everything else you need to simplify your trip-planning process and make the most of your time. This new edition has been fully-redesigned with an easy-to-read layout, fresh information, and beautiful color photos. 

Fodor’s San Francisco travel guide includes:

  • AN ILLUSTRATED ULTIMATE EXPERIENCES GUIDE to the top things to see and do
  • MULTIPLE ITINERARIES to effectively organize your days and maximize your time
  • MORE THAN 25 DETAILED MAPS and a NEWLY IMPROVED AND UPDATED FREE PULL-OUT MAP to help you navigate confidently
  • COLOR PHOTOS throughout to spark your wanderlust!
  • HONEST RECOMMENDATIONS FROM LOCALS on the best sights, restaurants, hotels, nightlife, shopping, performing arts, activities, side-trips, and more
  • PHOTO-FILLED “BEST OF” FEATURES on “What to Eat and Drink,” “Best Photo Ops,” “Under the Radar Sights,” and more
  • TRIP-PLANNING TOOLS AND PRACTICAL TIPS including when to go, getting around, beating the crowds, and saving time and money
  • HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL INSIGHTS providing rich context on the local people, politics, art, architecture, cuisine, music, geography and more
  • SPECIAL FEATURES on “San Francisco’s Cable Cars,” “Chinatown,” “Alcatraz,” “Golden Gate Park,” “Wine Tasting in Napa and Sonoma,” and more
  • LOCAL WRITERS to help you find the under-the-radar gems
  • UP-TO-DATE COVERAGE ON: Union Square, Chinatown, Mission Bay, the Mission District, the Castro, SOMA, Civic Center, Nob Hill, Russian Hill, Golden Gate Park, North Beach, Fisherman’s Wharf, Embarcadero, the Haight, Noe Valley, Dogpatch, Pacific Heights, Japantown, the Bay Area, Napa and Sonoma, Oakland, Berkeley, Silicon Valley, Palo Alto, Sausalito, San Jose, Santa Cruz, and more

Planning on visiting the rest of California? Check out Fodor’s Northern California, Fodor’s Southern California, and Fodor’s San Diego 

*Important note for digital editions: The digital edition of this guide does not contain all the images or text included in the physical edition.

ABOUT FODOR'S AUTHORS: Each Fodor's Travel Guide is researched and written by local experts. Fodor’s has been offering expert advice for all tastes and budgets for over 80 years. For more travel inspiration, you can sign up for our travel newsletter at fodors.com/newsletter/signup, or follow us @FodorsTravel on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. We invite you to join our friendly community of travel experts at fodors.com/community to ask any other questions and share your experience with us!

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Overview

Whether you want to explore Alcatraz, visit the Golden Gate Bridge, or go wine tasting in Napa and Sonoma, the local Fodor’s travel experts in San Francisco are here to help! Fodor’s San Francisco: with the best of Napa and Sonoma guidebook is packed with maps, carefully curated recommendations, and everything else you need to simplify your trip-planning process and make the most of your time. This new edition has been fully-redesigned with an easy-to-read layout, fresh information, and beautiful color photos. 

Fodor’s San Francisco travel guide includes:

  • AN ILLUSTRATED ULTIMATE EXPERIENCES GUIDE to the top things to see and do
  • MULTIPLE ITINERARIES to effectively organize your days and maximize your time
  • MORE THAN 25 DETAILED MAPS and a NEWLY IMPROVED AND UPDATED FREE PULL-OUT MAP to help you navigate confidently
  • COLOR PHOTOS throughout to spark your wanderlust!
  • HONEST RECOMMENDATIONS FROM LOCALS on the best sights, restaurants, hotels, nightlife, shopping, performing arts, activities, side-trips, and more
  • PHOTO-FILLED “BEST OF” FEATURES on “What to Eat and Drink,” “Best Photo Ops,” “Under the Radar Sights,” and more
  • TRIP-PLANNING TOOLS AND PRACTICAL TIPS including when to go, getting around, beating the crowds, and saving time and money
  • HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL INSIGHTS providing rich context on the local people, politics, art, architecture, cuisine, music, geography and more
  • SPECIAL FEATURES on “San Francisco’s Cable Cars,” “Chinatown,” “Alcatraz,” “Golden Gate Park,” “Wine Tasting in Napa and Sonoma,” and more
  • LOCAL WRITERS to help you find the under-the-radar gems
  • UP-TO-DATE COVERAGE ON: Union Square, Chinatown, Mission Bay, the Mission District, the Castro, SOMA, Civic Center, Nob Hill, Russian Hill, Golden Gate Park, North Beach, Fisherman’s Wharf, Embarcadero, the Haight, Noe Valley, Dogpatch, Pacific Heights, Japantown, the Bay Area, Napa and Sonoma, Oakland, Berkeley, Silicon Valley, Palo Alto, Sausalito, San Jose, Santa Cruz, and more

Planning on visiting the rest of California? Check out Fodor’s Northern California, Fodor’s Southern California, and Fodor’s San Diego 

*Important note for digital editions: The digital edition of this guide does not contain all the images or text included in the physical edition.

ABOUT FODOR'S AUTHORS: Each Fodor's Travel Guide is researched and written by local experts. Fodor’s has been offering expert advice for all tastes and budgets for over 80 years. For more travel inspiration, you can sign up for our travel newsletter at fodors.com/newsletter/signup, or follow us @FodorsTravel on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. We invite you to join our friendly community of travel experts at fodors.com/community to ask any other questions and share your experience with us!


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781640978508
Publisher: Fodor's Travel Publications, Inc.
Publication date: 10/21/2025
Series: Full-color Travel Guide
Edition description: 33rd ed.
Pages: 416
Product dimensions: 5.19(w) x 8.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

For over 80 years, Fodor's Travel has been a trusted resource offering expert travel advice for every stage of a traveler's trip. We hire local writers who know their destinations better than anyone else, allowing us to provide the best travel recommendations for all tastes and budgets in over 7,500 worldwide destinations. Our books make it possible for every trip to be a trip of a lifetime.

Table of Contents

1 Experience San Francisco 7

25 Ultimate Experiences 8

What's Where 18

What to Eat and Drink in San Francisco 22

Best Photo Ops in San Francisco 24

Under the Radar 26

What to Watch and Read 28

San Francisco with Kids 30

Top Walking Tours 31

Free and Almost Free 32

2 Travel Smart 37

Know Before You Go 38

Getting Here and Around 40

Essentials 47

Contacts 57

A Waterfront Walk: The Ferry Building to Fisherman's Wharf 58

Great Itineraries 60

3 Union Square and Chinatown 63

Neighborhood Snapshot 64

Union Square 65

Chinatown 79

4 Soma and Civic Center 91

Neighborhood Snapshot 92

SoMa 93

Civic Center 107

Tenderloin 110

Hayes Valley 113

5 Nob Hill and Russian Hill 119

Neighborhood Snapshot 120

Nob Hill 121

Russian Hill 130

Polk Gulch 132

6 North Beach 135

Neighborhood Snapshot 136

7 On the Waterfront 149

Neighborhood Snapshot 150

Fisherman's Wharf 151

Embarcadero 159

Financial District 166

8 The Marina and the Presidio 179

The Golden Gate Bridge 180

Neighborhood Snapshot 182

The Marina 183

Cow Hollow 187

Presidio 193

9 The Western Shoreline 199

Neighborhood Snapshot 200

The Richmond 201

The Sunset 208

Golden Gate Park 209

10 Golden Gate Park 211

11 The Haight, The Castro, and NOE Valley 221

Neighborhood Snapshot 222

The Haight 223

The Castro 229

Noe Valley 234

12 Mission District, Dogpatch, Bernal Heights, and Potrero Hill 237

Neighborhood Snapshot 238

Mission District 239

Dogpatch 256

Bernal Heights 256

Potrero Hill 257

Mission Bay 258

13 Pacific Heights and Japantown 259

San Francisco's Architecture 260

Neighborhood Snapshot 262

Pacific Heights 263

Japantown 273

Western Addition 276

14 The Bay Area 281

Welcome to the Bay Area 282

Planning 285

Berkeley 287

Oakland 296

The Marin Headlands 304

Sausalito 305

Tiburon 309

Mill Valley 312

Muir Beach 318

Stinson Beach 318

Point Reyes National Seashore 319

15 Napa and Sonoma 325

Welcome to Napa and Sonoma 326

Planning 329

Napa 334

Yountville 342

Oakville 348

Rutherford 349

St. Helena 352

Calistoga 357

Sonoma 361

Glen Ellen 368

Kenwood 370

Petaluma 371

Healdsburg 372

Geyserville 378

Forestville 379

Guerneville 381

Sebastopol 382

Santa Rosa 383

Index 386

About Our Writers 399

San Fransico's Cable Cars 33

Chinatown 83

Alcatraz 169

Golden Gate Park 212

Wine Tasting in Napa and Sonoma 330

Maps

Union Square 66-67

Chinatown 80

SoMa, Civic Center, Tenderloin, and Hayes Valley 94-95

Nob Hill, Russian Hill, and Polk Gulch 128-129

North Beach 142

On the Waterfront 152

The Marina, Cow Hollow, and The Presidio 188

The Western Shoreline 202-203

The Haight, the Castro, and Noe Valley 226

Mission, Dogpatch, and Portrero Hill 242-243

Pacific Heights and Japantown 264-265

Berkeley 288

Oakland 298

Marin County 306

Napa Valley 336-337

Sonoma County 362-363

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