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Chinatown
One of the city's densest and most vibrant neighborhoods, Chinatown pulses with the energy of locals and visitors. Produce stalls, herb shops, and Chinese-trinket stores spill out onto the sidewalk, and...
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Golden Gate Park
Covering 1,500 square mi of greenery, with sports fields, windmills, museums, gardens, and a few buffalo thrown in for good measure, Golden Gate Park may be world famous, but first and foremost it's San...
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SoMa
Anchored by SFMOMA and Yerba Buena Gardens, SoMa is a still-gritty neighborhood of high-rise live-work lofts and office buildings, a handful of destination restaurants, and a concentration of dance clubs...
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The Marina
With fine-wine shops, trendy boutiques, fashionable cafés and restaurants, and pricey waterfront homes, the Marina is San Francisco's yuppiest neighborhood. Shoppers come from all over town to browse...
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Russian Hill
Essentially a tony residential neighborhood of spiffy pieds-à-terre, Victorian flats, Edwardian cottages, and boxlike condos, Russian Hill also has some of the city's loveliest stairway walks, hidden...
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The Presidio
Locals come to the Presidio, the wooded shoreline park just west of the Marina, for a quick in-town getaway, the spirit-lift only an amble on the sand in the shadow of the Golden Gate Bridge can provide...
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Nob Hill
Topped with some of the city's most elegant hotels, Gothic Grace Cathedral, and private blue-blood clubs, Nob Hill is old-money San Francisco. If city history interests you, you'll want to take in the...
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North Beach
On sunny days, the city's small Italian neighborhood and its European vibe make even locals feel as if they're on holiday. In the morning, fresh foccacia beckons, and there are few better ways to laze...
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On the Waterfront
The neighborhoods that lie along San Francisco's waterfront have fabulous views and utterly different personalities. Kitschy, overpriced Fisherman's Wharf struggles to maintain the last shreds of its existence...
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The Mission
Named for Mission Dolores, the 1791 building that's the city's oldest standing structure, this eclectic, easily navigable neighborhood is one of the liveliest. During the day, working-class Latino families...
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Western Shoreline
The city's windswept Pacific shore stretches for miles. Here you'll also find Lincoln Park, with breathtaking clifftop views of the beloved Lands End trail and the art-filled Palace of the Legion of Honor...
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Civic Center
Dominated by city government buildings and monumental performing arts venues, Civic Center might be expected to play a large role in the day-to-day life of San Franciscans. The truth is, though, that unless...
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Japantown
Few visitors make it to Japantown, northwest of Civic Center. Though a tight-knit Japanese-American population thrives here, there is little of interest to outsiders. The fortresslike Japan Center, with...
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Pacific Heights
Pacific Heights defines San Francisco's most expensive and dramatic real estate. Grand Victorians line the streets, mansions and town houses are often priced in the millions, and there are magnificent...
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The Castro
World famous as the gay Mecca, the Castro draws gays and lesbians from all over the world, as well as visitors who just plain want something to tell the folks back home. Even with its rainbow-flag-waving...
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The Haight
Ah, the summer of love. Centered on the famed Haight-Ashbury intersection, the Haight continues to draw visitors with visions of 1960s tie-dye, hippies, and hallucinogens. You can find all those things...
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Union Square
Home to more hotel beds than any other neighborhood in the city, Union Square is by default where most visitors lay their heads in San Francisco. Stretching from Market Street in the south to California...
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Noe Valley
Though by no means a must on any first-time visitor's itinerary, for locals Noe Valley is one of the city's most desirable places to live. Church Street and 24th Street, the neighborhood's main thoroughfares...
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