Kwenzeka minyaka le: izigidi ezili-16 zabakhenkethi abanomdla, abanamehlo abanzi bafika kwiSango leGolide-uTony Bennett ekroba kwii-iPod zabo, imibono ye-Rice-a-Roni idanisa ezintloko zabo, bebuza izinto ezinje, "Yeyiphi indlela endiphuma ngayo ukuze ndiyifumane eAlcatraz?” Ungaze woyike - la macebiso alandelayo aya kukunceda ukuba uhambe kumanzi e-Bay Area njengesidlo esimuncu, 38 Geary-riding pro.
1. Apho imozulu. Ewe, useCalifornia. Hayi, awukho eLos Angeles-isifundo abaninzi abakhenkethi abangenamashwa bafunde kabuhlungu, emva kokufika edolophini enxibe ibhulukhwe yentenetya ngoJulayi kwaye ekhenkceza i-heinie yakhe xa inkungu ibetha. ukuya kwiyure kunye nobumelwane ukuya ebumelwaneni, ngoko ke umthetho wesithupha uthi: nxiba iileya. Yiza nesikipa sesidlo sasemini kwinduli enelanga yasePotrero; yizisa ipaki yakho ezantsi ukutshona kwelanga eOcean Beach. Kwaye khumbula, ukuba usweleke ngokwenene ngenxa yemozulu epholileyo yasehlotyeni, vele uye ngaphaya kweBhulorho yeSango leGolden, apho inkungu ingafuni ukuya khona, kwaye amaqondo obushushu ashushu ngokulula kwi-10-15 degrees.
2. Apho indawo yokupaka ingumsitho weOlimpiki. Kuxhomekeka kwisimo sakho sengqondo, i-labyrinth yedolophu yaseSan Francisco yezitrato eziya kwicala elinye inokuba yindlela yokukhwela i-Bullitt, okanye isihogo se-Sisyphean esinemoto. Kodwa inye kuphela indlela yokujonga imeko yokupaka: Uyanuka. Indawo yokupaka ezitalatweni naphi na edolophini inokuba ngumngeni, kodwa kwiindawo ezinobunzima bokhenketho ezifana ne-Union Square kunye neFisherman's Wharf, ngumsitho we-Olimpiki. Ukuba unamandla okufumana imitha yokupaka esemthethweni, kuya kukubiza ikota rhoqo ngemizuzu eli-10, kunye nemida enyanzeliswa ngabafazi abasebenzisa iimitha abaxhatshaza bengalindelanga njengamangabangaba alambileyo kwindawo yokumisa i-corndog (ingcebiso ngaphakathi kwengcebiso: Ukudlala ngengabangaba; gcina ukutya kwakho kwe-snack kunye nobomi bakho naphi na phakathi kwamehlo olwandle).
Ukubheja kwakho okugqwesileyo kukupaka indawo yokupaka: I-Stockton-Sutter Garage lixabiso elifanelekileyo kwindawo yedolophu; Igaraji yePier 39 ibonelela ngesaphulelo esiqinisekisiweyo sokupaka kufutshane neFisherman's Wharf. Enye inketho-musa ukuqhuba. Kukho inkcaso yesi sixeko engenakufikelelwa ngohambo lukawonke-wonke olusebenzayo (ibhasi, inqwelo yesitrato, imoto yentambo) nangaliphi na ixesha emini okanye ebusuku. Uhambo lukamasipala olunye, oluthathu, nolusixhenxe lweentsuku ezisixhenxe lunika ukukhwela okungenamkhawulo kwiibhasi kunye neemoto zesitrato (i-$1 eyongezelelweyo yokukhwela iimoto ezinentambo). Ungaphinda uthenge ipasipoti yosuku lonke (i-$ 11), enikezela ngokukhwela okungenamkhawulo kwiimoto zentambo kude kube phakathi kobusuku. Zombini ziyafumaneka kwiZiko leNgcaciso yabaNdwendweli kwizitalato zasePowell kunye neMarike nakwitermini yemoto yentambo.
3. Enkosi ngokungatshayi. Unako ukuhoxisa kwi-Intanethi kuyo yonke indawo ukusuka kwi-ballpark ukuya kwigumbi lakho lokuhlambela ehotele, kodwa ukuba ujonge indawo esemthethweni yokukhanyisa icuba eSan Francisco, ithamsanqa. Cofa iBic yakho kwindawo engalunganga kwaye unokubethwa ngesohlwayo se-100 yeedola. Kwabo bangekawuqali lo mkhwa, lumkiswa kwangaphambili ukuba ukutshaya akuvumelekanga kwiindawo zokutyela, iivenkile, iibhari, nakwizihlalo zamabala e<em>baseball okanye ebhola ekhatywayo. Ayivumelekanga kwiipaki, kwiindawo zikawonke-wonke, kwiindawo ezingaphandle eziphantsi kwesixeko, okanye ngaphakathi kweemitha ezingama-25 kwizakhiwo ezininzi zeeofisi. Ukusukela nge-1 kaJanuwari, ayivumelekanga kwimoto yakho naphi na eCalifornia ukuba unabakhweli abangaphantsi kweminyaka eyi-18.
4. Ukufaka amanqaku kwitafile ephezulu. Indawo yokutyela yokutsiba yaseSan Francisco itsala ukutya okuvela kwihlabathi liphela, kodwa konke oko kunqula kunokuthetha uluhlu olude lokulinda isidlo kwiindawo zangoku “ezinje ngeSpruce, SPQR, kunye neSlanted Door. Ukuba ukwishedyuli engqongqo kwaye ufuna ukwenza okungaphezulu kokutya kwamehlo akho kwenye yezakhiwo ezishushu zesixeko, cinga ngesidlo sasemini. Iindawo zokutyela ezininzi eziphezulu zivulwa phakathi evekini ngesidlo sasemini (kubandakanywa nezi zikhankanywe ngasentla), xa ugcino-ndawo kulula kakhulu ukufikelela ngalo. Enye inketho kukuhlala kwebar. Iindawo zokutyela ezifana ne-Postrio, i-Absinthe, kunye ne-Citizen Cake zigcina izihlalo kwi-bar evulekileyo yokuhamba, kwaye uya kufumana iminikelo efanayo njengemenyu yokutya.
5. Iimoto zeekhebhula, akukho zihlwele. Uninzi lwabantu abafikayo (kunye nabemi abaninzi balapha) bacinga ukuba ekuphela kwendlela yokukhwela intambo yemoto kukuma kumgca we-epic eGhirardelli Square okanye ePowell Street. Abantu bangaphakathi bayazi ukuba xa uhamba iibhloko ezimbalwa, uya kuzifumana umile wedwa kuyo nayiphi na enye yeentambo zemoto ezimisa ngaphezulu kwindlela. Imigca yePowell-Hyde kunye nePowell-Mason yomibini iqala eMarket Street kufutshane neUnion Square kwaye iphele eFisherman's Wharf. Kodwa ukuba usukelo lwakho kukuva isandi, isandi, isandi sentsimbi njengoko uxhoma iibhodi ezibalekayo, isimbo soSuku lukaDoris, ukhwele umkhwelo kumgca wesitalato saseCalifornia, apho ungafane udibane nokulinda — nokuba sele ufikile. iyure yokungxama.
6. I-Alcatraz ixabisa uhambo. Intolongo yaseMelika edume kakubi ikwayeyona ndawo inomtsalane eCalifornia, kwaye kufuneka ibonwe kuyo nayiphi na indwendwe lokuqala. Nangona ukhenketho lunikezelwa rhoqo imini yonke, iiferi zizalisa ngokukhawuleza, ngoko yenza ukubhuka kwangaphambili (ungayenza kwi-intanethi nge-www.alcatrazcruises.com, okanye uye kwi-Pier 33 into yokuqala ekuseni). Ukuze ufumane ukoyikeka okungakumbi, qwalasela ukhenketho lwasebusuku, olusuka eFisherman's Wharf ngo-4:30 pm; kwaye uqiniseke ukuba uza kukhenketha kwi-cellhouse audio tour ($ 8), ibali elinika umdla elibonisa iintsomi ze "The Rock" ezixelwe ngoonogada bangaphambili kunye namabanjwa.
7. Musa ukuyibiza ngokuba yiFrisco, kunye nezinye iingcebiso eziluncedo. Ukuhenda nangona kusenokuba njalo, xhathisa umnqweno wokuyibiza “iFrisco” okanye “iSan Fran” okanye ngokusisiseko nayiphi na imoniker eshunquliweyo. Linye kuphela igama elimfutshane elamkelekileyo leSan Francisco kwaye lelo “siXeko”-isihloko esingaze sisilele ukungena phantsi kweLos Angelenos.
Nalu olunye ulwimi lwasekuhlaleni kunye nolwazi lokukunceda uhambe:
• Akukho lwandle eNorth Beach – laa nxalenye yebhayi yazaliswa kudala ngomhlaba kunye neenqanawa zeGold Rush.
• I-Monster Park asiyopaki eyoyikisayo yabantwana okanye indawo apho babambela khona iindibano zeelori, kodwa ligama lebala lebhola lebhola lesixeko.
• ICioppino (chu-peen-o) sisityu esinebrothy etyiwayo kwaselwandle esenziwe ngoononkala baseDungeness kunye nezinye iishellfish ekucingelwa ukuba zayilwa eFisherman's Wharf.
• I-SoMa sisishunqulelo sendawo ekuMazantsi eSitalato iMarket.
• IJunipero Serra ibizwa ngokuba yiHoo-nip-a-ro Serra; siSitalato saseGough, njengakukhohlokhohlo; kunye neGhirardelli kuthethwa ngo "g" onzima, njengokuba uhamba.
Kwaye ukuba ufuna ngokwenene ukulingana nabantu basekhaya, musa:
• Lahla ibhotile yakho yamanzi emgqomeni (akukhange kuthintelwe nje ukuba isixeko sithintele amanzi asele ebhotileni asele efakwe ebhotileni enye kwii-ofisi zorhulumente wasekhaya nakwii-arhente, kodwa ukurisayikilishwa kuyinkolo kwezi ndawo).
• Sela i-Starbucks (i-Peet's yindlu yekofu yokuqala yedolophu yasekhaya).
• Thenga unonkala wakho kwindawo yokuma eFisherman's Wharf (ungawufumana ngexabiso eliphantsi kwaye uhlaziyeke ngokulala phezulu kwikhawuntara eSwan's Oyster Depot ePolk Street).
8. F Line Streetcars. Uyakwazi ukukhupha iimali ezinkulu zebhasi yeGreyline, okanye ungatsibela kwenye yezitalato zaseSan Francisco zakudala ze-F-Line, kwaye nge-1.50 yeedola uthathe ukhenketho olukhulu lwedolophu kunye neFisherman's Wharf ngololiwe. Iinqanawa eziyimbali nezinemibala ehla zinyuka zisihla ngeSitrato seMarike ekuqaleni zazivela kwiindawo ezinjengeHamburg, iBlackpool, iMilan, iPhilly, neParis. Iimoto zibuyiselwe ngothando kwaye nganye isenophawu kunye neenkcukacha zoyilo lwesixeko sayo sokuzalwa. Ifana nesifundo kwimbali yohambo olukhulu.
9. Ukukhangela ezona mbono zigqwesileyo. Kukho iindawo ezininzi ezintle onokuthi uthathe kuzo kwisibhakabhaka saseSan Francisco, kodwa ukuba uye kwabalungileyo, ufumana iimbono ngaphandle kweqela lekhamera. Kumantla nje eTwin Peaks, iNduli yeTank yindawo efihlakeleyo yokujonga iGolden Gate Bridge, edolophini nakwiBay. Qala encotsheni yesitalato iStanyan, yiya ngasekhohlo eBelgrave Park, kwaye unyuke indlela emdaka. Emva koko ulungele ukuphefumla.
Kwicala elingasentshona ledolophu, iGrand View Park yindawo enomtsalane yokubethwa ngumoya nengafane ityelelwe, gcina umjikelo onesiphendu kuqeqesho. Ifakwe phezulu kwizinyuko eziphakamileyo kwi-14th Avenue kunye neSitrato saseNoriega, le paki iqhayisa ngembonakalo yokumisa iPasifiki kunye neBay.
10. Ukufikelela ngokulula kwilizwe lewayini. Imimandla eyaziwayo yehlabathi yeNapa kunye ne-Sonoma yewayini ilele nje iyure emantla eSan Francisco, kodwa ukuba ucwangcisa imvakwemini yokungcamla iwayini-kwaye unokukhumbula kuphela ezine zokuqala kwezintlanu ze-S kwi “Bona, Ukunuka, Sip, Swirl, and Spit”—usenokufuna ukucinga ngomqhubi omiselweyo. Inani labaqhubi basekhaya (iBeau Wine Tours; SFO Limousine; California Wine Tours) babonelela ngokhenketho lwe-limousine kwilizwe lewayini; uninzi luya kukulanda kwihotele yakho yaseSan Francisco, okanye kwisikhululo senqanawa eVallejo ekufutshane.
Ukuze ungenzi tyala, qwalasela uhambo lokuhamba kunye neWine Country Trekking, ebonelela ngeentsuku ezininzi zokutyelela kwi-inn-to-inn kunye ne-winery-to-winery yohambo lokuhamba e-Sonoma. Uhambo lubandakanya iindawo zokumisa endleleni yokubona indawo, iwayini yabucala kunye nesonka samasi, kunye nesidlo sasemini kunye nesidlo sangokuhlwa.
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