Yana faruwa kowace shekara: miliyan 16 masu sha'awar, masu yawon buɗe ido masu buɗe ido sun isa Golden Gate - Tony Bennett yana zazzagewa akan iPods, hangen nesa na Rice-a-Roni na rawa a cikin kawunansu, suna tambayar abubuwa kamar, “Wanne fita zan ɗauka don samun. ku Alcatraz?" Kada ku ji tsoro - shawarwari masu zuwa za su taimake ku kewaya ruwan Bay Area kamar mai cin miya, 38 Geary-riding pro.
1. Inda yanayi. Ee, kuna California. A'a, ba ku cikin Los Angeles - darasi da yawa masu yawon bude ido sun koyi hanya mai wuyar gaske, bayan da ya isa garin sanye da gajeren wando na wasan tennis a watan Yuli kuma ya daskare shi lokacin da hazo ya mamaye. zuwa sa'a da unguwa zuwa unguwa, don haka ka'idar babban yatsa ita ce: sa yadudduka. Ku kawo t-shirt don abincin rana a kan tudun Potrero na rana; kawo wurin shakatawa don faɗuwar rana a bakin tekun Ocean. Kuma ku tuna, idan da gaske kuna mutuwa don wannan yanayin bazara mai kyau, kawai ku hau kan gadar Golden Gate, inda hazo ba ta iya tafiya ba, kuma yanayin zafi yana da sauƙi 10-15 digiri.
2. Inda filin ajiye motoci wani taron Olympic ne. Ya danganta da tsarin tunanin ku, layin tituna na cikin gari na San Francisco na titunan hanya ɗaya na iya zama ko dai irin salon burgewa irin na Bullitt, ko kuma jahannama na Sisyphean mai motsi. Amma akwai hanya ɗaya kawai don duba yanayin parking: Ta yi wari. Yin ajiye motoci a ko'ina cikin gari na iya zama ƙalubale, amma a wurare masu yawan yawon buɗe ido kamar dandalin Union Square da Wharf na Fisherman, taron Olympics ne. Idan kuna da ƙarfin hali don nemo mitar kiliya ta doka, zai biya ku kwata kowane minti 10, tare da iyakance iyaka ta hanyar kuyangi na mita waɗanda ke farautar waɗanda ba su da tabbas kamar yunwar ruwan teku a wurin tsayawar corndog (tip a cikin tukwici: ba mu ba. wasa game da magudanar ruwa; kiyaye abincin ku na ciye-ciye tare da rayuwar ku a ko'ina cikin yanayin ruwan teku).
Mafi kyawun faren ku shine filin ajiye motoci: Garage na Stockton-Sutter yana da ƙima mai kyau a cikin gari; garejin Pier 39 yana ba da ingantaccen filin ajiye motoci kusa da Wharf na Fisherman. Wani zaɓi — kar a tuƙi. Akwai ƙorafi na wannan birni wanda ba za a iya isa gare shi ta hanyar zirga-zirgar jama'a (bas, titin mota, motar USB) kowane lokaci dare ko rana. Fasinjoji na kwana ɗaya-, uku, da bakwai na birni yana ba da tafiye-tafiye marasa iyaka akan bas da motocin titin (ƙarin $1 don hawan motocin kebul). Hakanan zaka iya siyan fasfo na yau da kullun ($ 11), wanda ke ba da tafiye-tafiye marasa iyaka akan motocin kebul har zuwa tsakar dare. Dukansu suna samuwa a Cibiyar Bayanin Baƙi a Powell da Titin Kasuwa da kuma a tashar motar kebul.
3. Na gode da rashin shan taba. Kuna iya haɗa Intanet a ko'ina daga filin wasan ball zuwa gidan wanka na otal, amma idan kuna neman wurin doka don kunna sigari a San Francisco, sa'a. Juya Bic ɗin ku a wurin da bai dace ba kuma ana iya yi muku tarar $100. Ga waɗanda ba su kori al’adar ba, a faɗakar da su cewa ba a yarda da shan taba a gidajen abinci, shaguna, mashaya, da wuraren zama a wuraren wasan ƙwallon baseball ko na ƙwallon ƙafa. Ba a yarda da shi a wuraren shakatawa, wuraren jama'a, wuraren waje mallakar birni, ko tsakanin ƙafa 25 na gine-ginen ofis. Kuma tun daga ranar 1 ga Janairu, ba a ba da izinin shiga motar ku a ko'ina cikin California ba idan kuna da fasinjoji 'yan ƙasa da shekaru 18.
4. Buga babban teburi. Wurin cin abinci na San Francisco na hopping yana jawo masu abinci daga ko'ina cikin duniya, amma duk wannan ado na iya nufin jerin jiran dogon lokaci don abincin dare a wuraren "shi" na yanzu kamar Spruce, SPQR, da Ƙofar Slanted. Idan kun kasance a kan m jadawalin kuma kana so ka yi fiye da liyafar idanunka a daya daga cikin birnin zafi Properties, tunani game da abincin rana. Yawancin manyan gidajen cin abinci suna buɗewa a cikin mako don abincin rana (ciki har da waɗanda aka ambata a sama), lokacin da ajiyar kuɗi ya fi sauƙi don zuwa. Wani zaɓi shine wurin zama na mashaya. Gidajen abinci irin su Postrio, Absinthe, da Citizen Cake suna ajiye wuraren zama a mashaya a buɗe don shiga, kuma za ku sami yawancin kyauta iri ɗaya kamar menu na abincin dare.
5. Motocin kebul, babu cunkoso. Yawancin sababbin (har ma da yawancin mazauna) suna tunanin cewa hanyar da za ta hau motar kebul ita ce ta tsaya a cikin layi mai ban mamaki a Ghirardelli Square ko a kan titin Powell. Masu ciki sun san cewa idan kuna tafiya ƴan shinge, yawanci za ku sami kanku tsaye a tsaye a kowane ɗayan motar kebul ɗin ta tsaya ci gaba da hanya. Layukan Powell-Hyde da Powell-Mason duka suna farawa ne a Titin Kasuwa kusa da Dandalin Union kuma suna ƙarewa a Wharf na Fisherman. Amma idan burin ku shine kawai ku ji karar dangi, dangi, kararrawa yayin da kuke rataye allunan gudu, salon Doris Day, kama kan titin California Street, inda ba za ku gamu da jira ba - ko da a lokacin. rush hour.
6. Alcatraz ya cancanci tafiya. Babban gidan yari na Amurka kuma yana ɗaya daga cikin abubuwan jan hankali da aka fi ziyarta a California, kuma dole ne a gani ga kowane baƙo na farko. Ko da yake ana ba da tafiye-tafiye akai-akai a ko'ina cikin yini, jiragen ruwa suna cika da sauri, don haka yi ajiyar wuri kafin lokaci (zaku iya yin ta kan layi ta hanyar www.alcatrazcruises.com, ko je zuwa Pier 33 abu na farko da safe). Don ƙarin raɗaɗi, la'akari da yawon shakatawa na dare, wanda ya tashi daga Wurin Kifi a 4:30 na yamma; da kuma tabbatar da cewa za a yi balaguron sauti na gidan waya ($8), labari mai ban sha'awa wanda ya ƙunshi tatsuniyoyi na "The Rock" wanda tsoffin masu gadi da fursunoni suka faɗa.
7. Kar a kira shi Frisco, da sauran alamun taimako. Jarraba ko da yake yana iya zama, yi tsayayya da buƙatar kiran shi "Frisco" ko "San Fran" ko kuma duk wani abu mai ban sha'awa mai ban sha'awa. Akwai ainihin sunan gajeriyar gajeriyar hanya guda ɗaya kawai don San Francisco kuma shine "Birnin" - taken da bai taɓa kasa shiga cikin fata na Los Angelenos ba.
Ga wasu ƙarin harshe na gida da ilimi don taimaka muku kewayawa:
• Babu wani rairayin bakin teku a Arewacin Tekun - wannan ɓangaren bakin teku ya cika da ƙasa da tarkacen jiragen ruwa na Gold Rush.
• Monster Park ba wurin shakatawa ba ne mai ban tsoro ga yara ko wurin da suke gudanar da taron manyan motoci, amma sunan filin wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na birni.
• Cioppino (chu-peen-o) stew ne mai cin abincin teku wanda aka yi da kaguwar Dungeness da sauran kifin da ake zargin an ƙirƙira a Wurin Kifi.
• SoMa gajarta ce ta yankin Kudu da Titin Kasuwa.
• Junipero Serra ana kiranta Hoo-nip-a-ro Serra; Titin Gough ne, kamar a cikin tari; kuma Ghirardelli an ce da "g," kamar yadda yake tafiya.
Kuma idan da gaske kuna son dacewa da mutanen gida, kar:
• Ki jefar da kwalbar ruwan ku a cikin shara (ba wai birnin ya haramta shan kwalabe guda daya a ofisoshin kananan hukumomi da hukumomi ba, amma sake amfani da su a zahiri addini ne a wadannan sassa).
• Sha Starbucks (Peet's shine asalin gidan kofi na garinsu).
• Sayi kaguwar ka daga tsayawar Fisherman's Wharf (zaka iya samun sa mai rahusa da sabo ta hanyar yin ciki har zuwa kan tebur a Swan's Oyster Depot akan titin Polk).
8. F Line Streetcars. Kuna iya fitar da manyan kuɗaɗe don bas ɗin Grayline, ko kuna iya yin tsalle kan ɗayan manyan motocin F-Line na San Francisco, kuma don $1.50 kuyi babban balaguron balaguro na cikin gari da Fisherman's Wharf ta dogo. Jirgin ruwa mai tarihi da launuka masu ban sha'awa waɗanda ke tafiya sama da ƙasa Titin Kasuwa asalin yabo ne daga wurare kamar Hamburg, Blackpool, Milan, Philly, da Paris. An gyara motocin cikin ƙauna kuma kowannensu yana ɗauke da alamomi da cikakkun bayanai na ƙirar garinsu. Yana kama da darasi mai jujjuyawa a cikin tarihin zirga-zirgar jama'a.
9. Don neman mafi kyawun ra'ayi. Akwai wurare masu ban sha'awa da yawa waɗanda za ku iya ɗauka a cikin sararin sama na San Francisco, amma idan kun tafi daidai, kuna samun ra'ayoyi ba tare da ɗimbin ɗimbin kyamara ba. Kusan arewacin Twin Peaks, Tank Hill wuri ne na sirri don ra'ayoyi na gadar Golden Gate, cikin gari da Bay. Fara daga saman titin Stanyan, tafi hagu a Belgrave Park, kuma ku hau hanyar datti. Sannan a shirya don yin haki.
A gefen yammacin garin, Grand View Park wani ƙulli ne mai ban sha'awa wanda ba a cika ziyarta ba, sai dai ga ɓataccen ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na horo. An ajiye shi a saman saitin matakai masu tsayi a titin 14th Avenue da Noriega Street, wurin shakatawa yana nuna alamun tsayawa na duka Pacific da Bay.
10. Ƙasar giya mai sauƙin shiga. Shahararrun wuraren ruwan inabi Napa da Sonoma na duniya suna kwance awa ɗaya kawai a arewacin San Francisco, amma idan kuna shirin cin abincin rana na ɗanɗano ruwan inabi - kuma zaku iya tunawa da huɗun farko na biyar na S a cikin “Duba, Kamshi, Sip, Swirl, and Spit" - kuna iya yin tunani game da direban da aka zaɓa. Yawancin masu aiki na gida (Beau Wine Tours; SFO Limousine; California Wine Tours) suna ba da yawon shakatawa na limousine na ƙasar giya; Yawancin za su ɗauke ku daga otal ɗin ku na San Francisco, ko tashar jirgin ruwa a kusa da Vallejo.
Don ba da laifi ba tare da laifi ba, yi la'akari da balaguron tafiya tare da Wine Country Trekking, wanda ke ba da masaukin kwana-da-gida da yawon shakatawa na winery-to-winery a cikin Sonoma. Tafiya sun haɗa da tasha a kan hanya don yawon buɗe ido, giya mai zaman kansa da ɗanɗanon cuku, da abincin rana da abincin dare.
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