Best Places to Visit in San Francisco
Whether you're visiting San Francisco for the first time or discovering something new, these are the 15 places worth your time, from iconic landmarks to hidden corners that most visitors walk right past. With Questo's self-guided walking tours, you can explore many of them with GPS-guided clues and puzzles.
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Explore the top landmarks, attractions, and hidden gems in San Francisco
Grateful Dead House
710 Ashbury Street is one of the most legendary addresses in rock music history. This purple Victorian house was the communal home of the…
Haight Ashbury
Haight-Ashbury is the San Francisco neighbourhood that gave birth to the 1960s counterculture, the Summer of Love, and some of the most…
Golden Gate Park
Golden Gate Park stretches 1,017 acres from the Haight-Ashbury neighbourhood to the Pacific Ocean, making it one of the largest urban parks…
Jimi Hendrix's House
At the corner of Haight and Ashbury streets, a red house at 1524A Haight Street carries one of San Francisco's most debated historical…
The Panhandle
The Panhandle is one of San Francisco's oldest parks, born from an engineering experiment and a fight against urban sprawl. In 1870, the…
Cervantes Monument
Just east of the de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park stands a bronze tribute to one of literature's greatest creations. The Miguel de…
Golden Gate Rose Garden
San Francisco went without a municipal rose garden until January 8, 1961, when the Golden Gate Rose Garden was finally dedicated in Golden…
de Young Museum
The de Young Museum has been reborn from disaster more than once. It first opened in 1895 in an Egyptian Revival building constructed for…
Japanese Tea Garden
The Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park is the oldest public Japanese garden in the United States. It began life as a temporary exhibit…
Bush Street & Grant Avenue
The Dragon Gate at the intersection of Bush Street and Grant Avenue marks the southern entrance to San Francisco's Chinatown, the oldest…
Old St. Mary’s Cathedral
Old St. Mary's Cathedral on California Street at Grant Avenue is a Gold Rush-era survivor with a story that reads like a novel. Completed…
Portsmouth Square
Portsmouth Square is where San Francisco began. Originally called Plaza de Yerba Buena in the early Mexican settlement, it was renamed…
The Embarcadero and Ferry Building
The San Francisco Ferry Building is one of those rare landmarks that has died and been reborn. Completed in 1898 in Beaux-Arts style by…
Wells Fargo Museum
The Wells Fargo Museum in San Francisco chronicles one of the most colorful chapters in American frontier history through the story of the…
San Francisco French Quarter
Most people associate San Francisco with Chinatown or the Italian North Beach, but the city also had a thriving French Quarter that earned…