26 Oct, 2009
San Francisco Quotes, Facts, and Top Attractions List
Posted by: Beach Reporter In: beaches| california| travel
Maybe there’s someone out there who doesn’t love San Francisco, but he or she is hard to find. It’s quite easy to hop aboard a plane from Burbank, San Diego, Los Angeles, Ontario, Orange County, Long Beach or even Sacramento and enjoy a weekend getaway attending an event, doing some shopping, riding a boat, taking a food tour, or some other activity.
Here are some tidbits about the city that tourists can’t get enough of:
(San Francisco) is a golden handcuff with the key thrown away. -John Steinbeck
San Francisco has only one drawback–’tis hard to leave. -Rudyard Kipling
I prefer a wet San Francisco to a dry Manhattan. -Larry Gerald
San Francisco is one of California’s favorite destinations. Travel & Leisure and other magazines routinely rank it among favorites, and it wins awards in people’s polls.
Top attractions in San Francisco by the head count are:
1) Fisherman’s Wharf and Pier 39.
2) Chinatown
3) Golden Gate Bridge
4) Union Square
5) Cable Car Ride
Miles of shoreline = 29.5, Miles of waterfront = 7.5
Number of Cable Cars = 39, Number of cable car riders yearly = 10 million (approx.), Miles of cable car track 8.8 miles, Speed cars travel = 9 mph
Hills in San Francisco = 43, Major hills include Twin Peaks at 910′ and 903′, Nob at 376′, Russian at 294′ and Telegraph at 248′
Islands in San Francisco Bay = 14, Included are Alcatraz, the Farallones–a group of seven islands, Treasure Island, Yerba Buena, Angel Island and Red Rock
Founded on Sept. 17, 1776
