What are the places to tour in San Francisco?

June 21st, 2010

Got tried of hot summer? Then take a trip down to the beautiful city of San Francisco. You can find many tours here but this tour doesn’t take to you to all places. We, Sanfranshuttletours provide with the best tours in San Francisco. The five important places to see are Golden Gate Bridge, Muir woods, Fisherman’s wharf, Alcatraz tour and wine country tour. You can save your time and money by taking our Muir and city tour together. The departure and arrival of our tours is from Ferry building. The route of this tour is Golden Gate Bridge, Wine country, Alcatraz, Fisherman wharf and Muir woods. The benfit of our tour is you have a tour guide who will be explaining the history and facts in each places.

One of the best places to visit in San Francisco is the Golden Gate Bridge. But what is the specialty about this bridge? This bridge was constructed for linking the two sides of the bay. It connects the city of San Francisco and Marin country. It is known as the second largest bridge. The major fact of this bridge is it can withstand earthquake or tsunami. The view from the bridge is just marvelous.

The best part of this tour is by visiting Muir woods. Most of the tours only visit this place for 10 to 15 minutes but we stop at this place for one and a half an hours. You can walk round the redwoods and enjoy sitting under these woods. The trees here are 45 times taller than you. Then we will be moving towards the Muir beach. Many tours don’t include this in their tour. You can overlook Pacific Ocean from this beach.

Next we move on to Wine country. You can find many vineyards in Napa valley. Some of the places we stop at Napa valley are Domaine Chandon, Andretti winery, V. Sattui winery and Black Stallion winery. They grow different types of grapes suitable for wines. Some of the famous wine you find here are Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier. On our request they provide free wine tasting for the adults.

After wine country we will hire a Bay cruise. We get to see Alcatraz island which is a prison for military people. In this tour we will be seeing is island from the cruise. We offer a separate island tour where you get to see the inside and surrounding of the Alcatraz Island. Next is the fisherman’s wharf where you get to see sea lions and seals. This is also famous for shopping. The Golden Gate Bridge is seen beautifully from here. You can also watch the bridge from Marin headlands which comes while moving towards Muir woods.

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Explore the marvelous combination of art and architecture at de Young museum

June 16th, 2010

If you wish to enjoy the priceless collections of American art from 17th through the 20th centuries, and art of the native Americas, Africa, and the Pacific, then the most appropriate place would be the new de Young Museum at San Francisco. For the convenience of the increasing number of tourists, the museum has been transformed into a state -of-the-art facility that incorporates art, architecture and the natural landscape in one multi-faceted destination. While you are on a San Francisco city tour, you surely don’t want to miss the opportunity to admire the beauty of art.

De Young MuseumDuring the San Francisco city tour, most of the shuttles would halt at M.H. de Young Memorial Museum which has been renovated in a marvelous and architecturally controversial new building at Golden Gate Park in fall 2005. The new architectural innovation by Pierre de Meuron and Jacques Herzog is obviously a new experience and seamless joy to explore. The reopened building stands at the same location at the east end of Golden Gate Park, of its predecessor which has been destroyed during the earthquake. For art enthusiasts, there is a basement gallery exclusively for special exhibits. Two floors of the museum are for permanent exhibits and there is a 144 foot high tower with an observation deck. One of the most attractive features of the tower is that it twists as it rises so at the top it parallels the north-south streets of San Francisco.

It is no wonder that the de Young museum has been a wide range of attention owing to its stunning and brilliant work of modern architecture. The museum has been described as the cultural crown of San Francisco and hence it has become a hot spot during San Francisco city tours. The architecture of the museum is so innovative and classic as it appears to have been in the place forever yet it is so modern in the outlook. Many times it seems to be surprise to admit that the museum stand out as a favorite tourist destination in spite of other wonderful attractions in the city. This indicates that the place is absolutely worth a watch. The de Young museum adds to the stunning beauty of Golden Gate Park which is an all time tourist destination. The museum undoubtedly gives a statement on San Francisco’s place in the cultural world.

At sanfranshuttletours, you would get a wonderful chance to visit the museum and if you wish you can also hop around an unusual sculpture garden accompanying the museum.

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