San Francisco Pocket Precincts (a Pocket Guide To The City's Best Cultural Hangouts, Shops, Bars And Eateries)

By (author) Trezise, Sam
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A handy pocket-sized guide to the best food, drink and sights to see in San Francisco, plus day trips further afield

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San Francisco combines iconic history with the modern Golden City that tech built. Discover the downtown area with its stalwart diners and dive bars, take a cable car across the city''s undulating streets, or let the effects of Silicon Valley and tech giants like Google sink in while you shop in some of the best designer shops and vintage stores to be found anywhere in the US.

In a compact, light paperback format perfect for slipping into your back pocket, San Francisco Pocket Precincts is your curated guide to the city’s most interesting cultural, shopping, eating and drinking experiences.

Divided into separate precincts, each section lists the best shops, restaurants, bars and sights to see in the area. The precincts covered are: Embarcadero, FIDI & North Beach; Fisherman’s Wharf, Russian Hill, Telegraph Hill & North Beach; Haight & Golden Gate Park; Hayes Valley & NOPA; Nob Hill, Chinatown & Polk Street; Presidio, Outer Sunset & Lands End; South Beach, SOMA & Civic Center; Mission & Castro. 

As well as detailed reviews and maps for major attractions through to hidden gems, this guide includes a selection of ''field trips'' encouraging you to venture further afield to the outer Bay Areas, Santa Cruz and the coast, the Napa Valley wine region and Yosemite National Park.
Biographical note
Sam Trezise started his guidebook journey as the director and co-founder of Insider Guides in Australia (http://insiderguides.com.au). A graphic designer by trade, Sam has worked with various publications, agencies, banks, local councils and universities in both concept development and content creation capacities. He is the author of Adelaide Pocket Precincts and is responsible for all of the research, writing, design, illustrations and mapping for the Half-full Adventure Map series, also published by Hardie Grant Travel.