Current travel situation in San Francisco, going in February!!
San Francisco has many new landmarks and memorable attractions. If you're planning to visit San Francisco in February, check out this itinerary!
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🚗The article includes travel routes, detailed attractions, and notes. Leave a comment if you want to know more about the surrounding area or city tours.
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✅Highlights:
🔥Alcatraz Island: San Francisco's top attraction, accessible by ferry
🔥Golden Gate Bridge: Famous for its unique architectural style and art deco elements
🔥Lombard Street: The world's most crooked street
🔥Fisherman's Wharf: Home to many restaurants and shops, and a great place to see sea lions
🔥Twin Peaks: 360-degree views of the city
🔥Golden Gate Park: Home to hills, woods, gardens, the Japanese Tea Garden, and the Conservatory of Flowers
🔥Ghirardelli Square: Home to chocolate desserts, boutiques, art galleries, and restaurants
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👉San Francisco city attractions
Union Square→Chinatown→Lombard Street→Cable Car Museum
Fisherman's Wharf→Alcatraz Island→Palace of Fine Arts→Golden Gate Bridge
Castro Street→Haight-Ashbury→Painted Ladies→Japantown
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👉8-day itinerary for San Francisco and surrounding areas
D1: San Francisco
D2: Carmel→17-Mile Drive→Highway 1→Los Angeles
D3: Los Angeles
D4: Los Angeles→Las Vegas→Kanab
D5: Antelope Canyon→Horseshoe Bend→Glen Canyon Dam→Zion National Park→Las Vegas
D6: Las Vegas
D7: Las Vegas→Sequoia National Park
D8: Silicon Valley
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⭐️Main airport: San Francisco International Airport (SFO), about 15 miles from downtown, 25 minutes by car
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🚗Transportation
1⃣Public transportation: Buses cover most of the city, and you can take a cable car
2⃣Sightseeing buses: Double-decker buses with similar routes and attraction introductions
2⃣Self-driving: Not recommended due to limited parking and steep hills, car rental is safer
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🌟Weather: San Francisco is mostly cloudy in February, with temperatures between 4°C and 17°C. There is a large temperature difference between day and night, and it is often breezy.
🌟Clothing: Wear soft, breathable, and sweat-absorbent cotton or thermal underwear; a sweater or sweatshirt; and a light jacket, windbreaker, or vest. Wear a thick vest or light down vest in the morning and evening, and a long-sleeved T-shirt and light jacket at noon.
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💢Notes:
👉Some areas of San Francisco are not safe, so avoid traveling alone at night
👉The weather is changeable in February, so check the weather forecast before traveling and bring rain gear and warm clothes
👉Fisherman's Wharf is mainly a port, and there is not much to see. You will need to walk a long way to see the sea lions
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Alcatraz Island is a small island located in San Francisco Bay, about 1.25 miles (2 kilometers) offshore from San Francisco, California. It is most famous for the federal penitentiary that operated there from 1934 to 1963.
Knowing that Alcatraz was a movie left a deep impression on me, but I always felt that the movie was fictional. I was just driving to San Francisco, and my car drove up a rugged steep slope and stopped at a traffic light. Suddenly, I saw an isolated island in the sea, exactly like in the movie. It was very shocking.
I hastily booked a night tour on the official website that day! When I went at night, it definitely felt more like a prison. When you first get off the boat, you have to follow the guide well so you can borrow the audio guide well :)
Tickets are issued quickly, the price is a little more expensive than buying on site, the handling fee is too high, San Francisco is basically sunny, the travel experience is good, including Chinese audio guide, the prison at that time is well preserved, making people feel like they are there
The Alcatraz Bay, once the highest-prohibited prison in the United States, is a fortress only two kilometers from San Francisco, which began as a fortress in 1850. The prison was built in 1910 and used until 1963. Now the island is a museum.
First of all, it's better to buy tickets online three days in advance. You can choose the time and date of the boat ride. Old people and children have preferential prices. After payment is successful, the order will be sent to the mailbox. An hour in advance on the day of the trip, you can change your ticket at the window with the electronic order sent to you. If you buy the ticket on the spot, you may not be able to buy it. Then you can board the ship half an hour in advance. When you get off the island, don't rush. There is a time sign on the dock for the return boat. There is a Chinese guide map in the pavilion. You can buy it by yourself for $1. Then you can follow the road map. The focus of the tour is the largest prison on the island. You can choose Chinese headphones when you enter the shower room. When you go upstairs and play them at the beginning of the prison, you can hear that the whole prison is an explanation. You can follow the explanation and visit the prison. The explanation includes the history of the prison, the Humanities and many real escape stories. It is quite legendary and worth savoring. Also, don't miss the flavor of the island. Scene, you can see the whole city of San Francisco and the Golden Gate Bridge, and you can also experience the real scenes in the movie "Brave for Damage Island".
Devil Island used to be a military base, but later changed to a prison. Never had such close contact with such similar institutions. It was full of curiosity. It was an isolated island. It needed to go by boat. There was no Chinese tour group and it was quiet.