| Golden Gate Bridge | | | | Golden Gate Park |
| Construction on San Francisco's most famous | | | | Spend a sunny day lounging on the grass along JFK |
| landmark began in 1933 and cost 35 million dollars by | | | | Drive, have a good read in the Shakespeare Garden, |
| the time it opened. The bridge neither collapsed in an | | | | stroll around Stow Lake, or check out the M.H. De |
| earthquake nor proved to be a white elephant. What it | | | | Young Museum's spectacular new home and you will |
| did was change the Bay area's economic life, | | | | understand the allure. |
| encouraging the development of regions north of San | | | | The Park is made up of hundreds of gardens and |
| Francisco, and providing a symbol of hope when | | | | attractions linked by wooded paths and roads. And |
| widespread unemployment afflicted the nation. Though | | | | has infinite hidden treasures, beyond its immediate |
| it is often windy and cold, walking even a short | | | | appeal, so make your first stop the McLaren Lodge |
| distance onto the span is one of the best ways to | | | | and Park Headquarters (415/831-2700) for a detailed |
| experience the immense scale of the structure. | | | | overview of information. The best gardens among a |
| To cross on foot, as millions do every year, you can | | | | few, are the Rose Garden, Rhododendron Dell, the |
| either park in the lot at the base of the bridge on the | | | | Strybing Arboretum, the Conservatory of Flowers, and |
| city side or venture out from Marin's Vista Point, at the | | | | at the western edge in spring, the thousands of tulips |
| bridge's northern end, which affords one of the most | | | | and daffodils around the Dutch Windmill. |
| famous urban vistas in the world. ($5 toll cash when | | | | The park also contains recreational facilities such as |
| driving south. Bridge-bound Golden Gate Transit buses | | | | tennis courts; playing fields for soccer, polo and |
| (415/923-2000) depart hourly during the day for Marin | | | | baseball; a golf course; fly-casting pools; and riding |
| County.) | | | | stables. |