San Francisco - Nob Hill & Russian Hill (PDF Chapter)
This is the Nob Hill & Russian Hill chapter from Lonely Planet’s San Francisco guidebook.
Summit San Francisco’s twin downtown hills and you’ll discover everyone’s heads are in the clouds – billionaires and penniless poets, rock stars and rock-star chefs, urban hikers and spiritual seekers. Just follow your own bliss and watch the Bay Bridge lights twinkle.
- see San Francisco as the Mexican muralist maestro did – a fascinating work in progress – at the Diego Rivera Gallery
- maps
- see North Beach unfurl below you like a magic carpet from Vallejo Street Steps, hovering between the Bay Bridge and downtown skyscrapers
- transport
- leap off the Powell-Hyde cable car to photograph Lombard Street’s famous switch-backs
- restaurants & accommodation
Coverage includes: Sights, Eating, Drinking & Nightlife, Shopping.
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