| Golden Gate Bridge: this is a tourist attraction that links | | | | Grant Avenue. With up-turned roofs and dragon lamp |
| the Marin County and San Francisco, this bridge | | | | posts you can see shops selling everything like kites to |
| endures about 100,000 cars every day. The bridge is | | | | utensils. You should check out the Cantonese wood |
| over a mile long and it was built to withstand blowing | | | | carvings on Kong Chow Temple and the Fortune |
| winds of more than 100 miles per hour by swinging | | | | Cookie Factory. |
| about 27 feet at its center. To see the bridge, the | | | | Alcatraz Island: It was once a maximum security |
| easiest viewpoint is from the Fisherman's Wharf. | | | | Federal Penitentiary but now a part of Golden Gate |
| Fisherman's Wharf: Again one of the top tourist | | | | National Recreation Area. The ferry can take you to |
| destination known for its restaurants, museums and | | | | the island, landing at the only pier which serves the |
| shops. One can spend some time exploring ‘necks | | | | steep-sided island. |
| of the Woods’. Some museums of interest are | | | | Lombard Street: It descends form the east side of the |
| Treasure Island Museum, City of San Francisco | | | | Russian Hill and originally too steep for cars to drive on, |
| Museum and ‘Ripley's Believe It or Not’ | | | | banked at a natural incline of 27 degrees. During the |
| museum. The Underwater World is a superb aquarium | | | | year of 1920s a section of it was revamped by adding |
| build with 700, 000 gallons of water. Visitors can | | | | eight curves. Today this is called as ‘The |
| explore the aquatic life through transparent glass | | | | Crookedest Street in the World’! Automobiles can |
| tunnel. | | | | drive downhill at the speed of 8km/h only, while |
| Chinatown: Another superb tourist attraction, get the | | | | pedestrians can make use of the steps. Beautifully cut |
| bus number 45 from Market and 3rd Sts. down. Enter | | | | hedges with flowers will make it pleasant to walk and |
| from Dragon's Gate (the south entrance) into the | | | | the view from the summit is astonishing. |