Walking San Francisco: 30 savvy tours exploring the CityÆs distinctive enclaves, colorful history, and back alley intrigues - Softcover

Downs, Tom

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0899974198 ISBN 13: 9780899974194

Publisher: Wilderness Press, 2007

Synopsis

In Walking San Francisco, Tom Downs has created an exceptional guide to exploring the best of the City on the ground,” from North Beach to Lands End, Bernal Heights to Golden Gate Park. Take one of these specially designed walking tours, and you’ll not only get great exercise but also soak up the history, culture, and vibe of the City by the Bay. It’s like having a savvy tour guide at your side, showing you where to find great mojitos, and pointing out a rare worker-owned strip joint. Two special tours sample the best bars in North Beach and the Mission District. Locals and visitors alike will appreciate insider tips and entertaining asides in the 30 walking trips. Each tour contains a clear neighborhood map and critical public transportation and parking information. Route summaries make each walk easy to follow, and a Points of Interest” section outlines each walk’s highlights.

About this title

About the Author:

Tom Downs grew up in the suburbs south of San Francisco and always felt the pull of the big city. From a very early age, skyscrapers, big-league baseball, Italian restaurants, darkly lit saloons, grand parks, museums, cramped little taquerías, the whistles of hotel doormen, the bells of trolleys, the smell of fish, the babble of languages, and the constant hush and hum of traffic and people held our author in thrall. As an adult, Tom divided a decade between Los Angeles and New York before finally moving to San Francisco. Researching this book gave him the excuse to dissect the city in a methodical manner. Tom has authored guidebooks to such far-flung lands as New Orleans; the Mississippi Delta; the west of Ireland; Hanoi, Vietnam; and also our beloved San Francisco. He lived in the Mission District and in Chinatown before migrating to Oakland with his wife and kids, who are all card sharks.

Review:

"Travel guru Tom Downs offers a splendid...guide..." -- Inside Bay Area, December 2007

About this edition

• Publisher: Wilderness Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0899974198
• ISBN 13: 9780899974194
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 232