San Franciso in 3 days

As I told you we explored the city by foot on day 1. To see all the attractions such as the cable cars, Fishermans wharf, Transamerica Pyramid and so one it was quite easy to make by foot. Well it took us some time but well we had time.

What I really liked was the biketour we did on the next two days.

No Name Bar Sausalito

We rented some bikes (50$ per day) at the ferry building where the ferries leave for Tiburon / Sausalito. First we headed to the Golden Gate bridge alongside the piers. As it was so nice and easy we crossed the bridge and headed to Sausalito. Watch out for pedestrians and cyclists on the bridge. It can get really crowded and the road is quite narrow!
As we entered the town of Sausalito we were quite thirsty so we went to this bar to have a glass. They have live concerts and the barkeeper is a cool guy. So go and check it out.

Then we continued to Tiburon. A small town with lots of huge houses and nice pools. From Tiburon we took the ferry passing Alcatraz back to the pier were we took our bikes.
This route is very easy to make and quite interesting as you pass the bridge, the small towns and beautiful places alongside the sea.

Golden Gate Bridge without fog for 3 days!!!!

On day 3 we continued our bike ride trough the city. First we headed to Golden Gate Park. At the Japanese Tea Garden we bumped into a tour guide that was looking for any participants for a tour around the garden. She explained us how the Golden Gate Park was created and how the Japanese Tea Garden  was built and grew over the years. Thank you for this amazing and free tour!
After we went up the tower of M. H. de young Memorial Museum to enjoy the gorgeous view of the city. 
We followed the road in direction of the ocean and all of a sudden there was fog for the first and only time during our San Francisco stay. It got cold and nasty so we went for lunch. After that the bike lanes to us back to the pier via China Beach and Presidio.

California - getting there and around

rental car - I miss you...

From Switzerland there are non stopp flights to San Francisco and Los Angeles. Swiss in cooperation with United Airlines is flying daily. Then there are lots of flights with connection in New York, Dallas and so on.... But remember that you have to make the immigration at first airport in US so you need at least 3h connecting time.

From San Francisco Airport there is a train running to the city center. Tickets are cheap and you can get them at the train station SFO airport. It takes quite a time to get to the center.

The city of San Francisco is huge and there are so many thing to see and do.  If your hotel is centrally located you can see and do a lot by foot. Busses and metro are quite cheap and run very often. But we did not take them. On the first day we walked for hours and really enjoyed that. There are lots of bike rentals all over the city centre so we decided to rent a bicycle to explore the city and it's surrounding. This was a great idea as there are lots of bikelanes and it is not too steep at least it is not steep everywhere ;-)

To explore the state of California I recomend you to rent a car. I am really not a fan of cars but the USA is such a great country to be explored by car. So the Ford Mustang convertible just fitted us well ;-)

Let's go to San Francisco

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I dream came true! The dream to go to San Francisco! Last autumn we flew over four a 14 days roundtrip. 


I got tickets by United Airlines which serves daily Zurich San Francisco non stopp. We had an enjoyable flight aboard the brand new aircraft. Thank you so much!

But I let me start from the beginning.
14 days in California is not enough but at least for a few things we had plenty of time. Big cities, the pacific ocean, mountains and wine regions. All that and much more is California!