If you love the great outdoors, Crissy Field is a playground for nature-lovers and adventurers. Just a short distance from the Golden Gate Bridge, it offers a terrific viewpoint for the great bridge, Alcatraz Island, Angel Island, and the rugged Marin Headlands.
The summit yields forth breath-taking views in all directions. The hike there is difficult and steep, but definitely worth it.
Founded in 1871, The San Francisco Art Institute is one of San Francisco's oldest art schools. It occupies a great complex in North Beach.
Located in the towns of Otto, Parsia, and Collins, this 2,927-acre park laced with hundreds of adrenaline-producing hiking trails features scenic waterfalls cascading down from cliffs reaching heights of 500 feet. Famous for its natural beauty, it offers the outdoor enthusiast a perfect place to explore and photograph.
Nepenthe literally means "the one that chases away sorrow" and it first appears in Homer's Odyssey... more loosely translated, it is the drug of forgetfulness.
However, the restaurant Nepenthe feels like entering a lair of one of Bond's arch-nemesis villains.