DESTINATIONS
SAN FRANCISCO| THE US NOB HILL
WHY GO? Cable cars, colourful Victorian houses and sweeping city views: Nob Hill’s elevated position – both socially and geographically – makes it a classic San Francisco neighbourhood.
WHAT TO DO Ride the vintage Powell and Market cable car, see the French Gothic-style Grace Cathedral and visit the Cable Car Museum. Alternatively, play real-life Snakes and Ladders on Lombard Street (pictured), where eight hairpin bends have earned it the moniker of the ‘crookedest street in the world’. Even if clients are not staying at the Fairmont San Francisco, they should at least enjoy a drink in its legendary Tonga Room, a throwback to the South Seas tiki bars from the 1940s, complete with lagoon and floating bandstand.
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San Francisco’s Japantown is the oldest and largest of the three remaining in the US. Spread
across six blocks in the Western Addition neighbourhood, it has karaoke bars, shabu-shabu
restaurants (a variation on hotpot) and a 30m-high Peace Pagoda sent from Osaka. It also hosts the city’s annual Cherry Blossom Festival each spring.
Culture and sports fans should check out SoMa, which stands for South of Market Street. Take a
stroll through San Francisco’s best museums, including SF Modern Art Museum (SFMOMA) and the Museum of the African Diaspora, while baseball fans can catch a game at Oracle Park, home of the San Francisco Giants.
HAIGHT-ASHBURY WHY GO?
Visit for a flashback to the 60s and the Summer of Love, when San Francisco was the epicentre of America’s counterculture movement. Today Haight- Ashbury is still a bohemian kaleidoscope of vintage stores, psychedelic murals and quirky independent cafes.
WHAT TO DO It’s a great neighbourhood to hang out in. Visit the Grateful Dead house and browse the vintage stores and funky shops such as Amoeba Music, the world’s largest independent record store. Nearby are the famous Painted Ladies, a clutch of rainbow-hued Victorian homes, while at the bottom of Haight is Golden Gate Park.
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