This chapter contains the Understand San Francisco, San Francisco Today, History, Local Cuisine & Drinks, Literary San Francisco, Visual Arts, San Francisco Music, San Francisco Architecture, Hills & Fog, Survival Guide, Transportation and Directory A-Z from Lonely Planet’s San Francisco guidebook.

All the info you need on everything from history, architecture and music to public transport, money, the internet…you name it. Get tips for women travellers and travellers with disabilities, as well as a handy language guide and glossary.

• going green, living online, going for broke and waiting to get hitched: San Francisco has a full agenda
• learn about SF’s pink ladies, wildflower roofs, copper camoufl age and other architectural developments
• San Francisco comes as a visual shock: murals, graffiti and political protests fl ow from the streets into galleries
• all the info need about SF’s peculiar microclimates

Coverage includes: Understand San Francisco, San Francisco Today, History, Local Cuisine & Drinks, Literary San Francisco, Visual Arts, San Francisco Music, San Francisco Architecture, Hills & Fog, Survival Guide, Transportation and Directory A-Z.