Tag: “San Cristbal”

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  1. Jetset to San Antonio

    Somewhere in the middle of Texas lies San Antonio, the ultimate place for your jet-set weekend.

  2. San Francisco's Polk Street: A local's guide to glitz and grit

    San Francisco's Polk Street is one of the few remaining commercial strips near downtown that continue to cater almost exclusively to neighborhood locals, and a stroll from end to end is one of the best ways to experience the dichotomy of class within this economically diverse city.

  3. San Cristóbal Doorway

    A short break after running around the San Cristóbal fort in Old San Juan.

  4. Lombard Street

    One of San Francisco's most recognizable streets, it's almost cliché to come here during a visit to the city, but the novelty of such an unusual street is inarguably fun. Most locals never come here, but visitors line up for a block or two west of Hyde Street to drive down the eight or so bends at five miles per hour, while others taking photographs line the sidewalk staircases on either side.

  5. Palace of Fine Arts

    Originally built in 1915 for the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, the Palace itself is antique architecture - the massive columns dwarf human scale. It's very Arcadian or Picturesque - there's a swan-inhabited man-made lake.

    This is what it is now, not what it was then...

    The nearby Exploratorium is a science-based art gallery with exhibits designed by some amazing artists that work with natural phenomena like Ned Kahn and Doug Hollis - great on a rainy weekday if you can swing it....

  6. Caffe Trieste

    Caffe Trieste, in San Francisco's Little Italy, is the coolest coffee shop in the world. Caffe Trieste was opened in 1956 by Giovanni Giotta, or Pappa Gianni as he is known to friends and family.

  7. Pier 39

  8. California Academy of Sciences

  9. Castro District

  10. Green Gulch

    I have been fascinated by this place since I first discovered it a few years ago. It is the most relaxing and peaceful place I've ever seen.

    The monks welcome visitors every Sunday and prepare meals for them grown on their farm without the use of any chemicals.