I just started booking tickets to San Fran for next year as a surprise Birthday gift for my husband. I've got tickets there, will book the return soon. We've never been and I'm pretty excited now. Any hotel/B&B suggestions?? I'm going to San Francisco next year!! :D
STAY AT THE W! We stayed in the city on Sunday night because we had a 6am flight, and the W was probably the coolest hotel I've stayed at. The rooms are amazing, and it doesn't feel like a generic hotel. It's super modern and funky, but still practical and fun. The customer service was awesome, and the restaurant downstairs had an amazing bar. I can't recommend it enough.
It's centrally located too, so you'll be able to get anywhere pretty quickly. We always do one tourist thing in the city, and we did the double decker bus tour. It had a bunch of stops, so you could get on and off whenever you wanted and explore, and a new bus would come every 30 minutes. It went all over the piers, Chinatown, Union Square, pretty much every tourist spot. It was $28 I believe, but you got the tour plus saved the money from parking and cabs. We spent $33 on parking alone just for lunch and the time of the tour (and we never got off). :confused:
Alcatraz is a good tour, and my husband really liked the Blue Gold Fleet tour. It was a boat that went under the Golden Gate Bridge and around Alcatraz, but bring a jacket because it's super cold. Actually, bring a jacket no matter what because the bay is always chilly. If you want to tour the city, they also have segway tours, bike rentals, and these go-carts that you can take out on the streets to get around.
If I could recommend one place for dinner, I would go to The Stinking Rose. You have to like garlic, but it's AMAZING. I expected it all to taste the same and super garlicy, but it really doesn't. Everything we have ever had was fabulous, and the vibe is so cool. It's my favorite place in the city to eat for sure.