We booked for a 10:30 am tour, boarded our ferry at 10:30 and had a great time on Alcatraz! Highly recomment this but reserve in advance. When we got there (Friday) the first available tour was Monday! ...
Again. Cheaper to rent a car and explore on your own. The hop on hop off was only NCL excursion that was worth the money. Getting your own car is better. ...
Big city with world-famous sites abounding. We separately booked a tour of Alcatraz and then walked around Pier 39 and Fisherman's Wharf - All within a very reasonable walking distance of the ship. Lots of other sights via public transit if one has the time. ...
Pier 39 was as expected. Next time we'll do Alcatraz. Had to ride the cable cars of course. Stayed a night at the Stratford in Union square. Good value for the location, very small room. But the unknown gem we stumbled on was the ferry out to Angel island and over to Sausalito. Wonderful way to get around. FYI Uber can't find Muir Woods and there's no internet there. Prearrange a can of take a ...
I grew up in the bay area and was saddened to see all of the homeless on the streets of San Francisco as we were being driven to the cruise terminal. We even saw a queen size mattress with two homeless people sleeping on it at the train station. Having been to the bay area all of my life, this was especially heartbreaking. Two friends that had never been to San Francisco had some very negative ...
Other than the bums, the feces and hypodermic needles on the street, the extra city-mandated fees added to dining checks at overpriced restaurants, SF was ok. ...
