Fisherman's Wharf

Fisherman’s Wharf San Francisco

The bustle of the wharf is constant with tourists coming to eat crab and clam chowder ,seek souvenirs reminding me of the wharf area in Boston.

Fresh seafood at the restaurants and the colony of Sea-lions will get fresh with a few barks to entertain you.

You will experience views of landmarks like the Cablecar end, Golden Gate Bridge and Alcatraz as well as Ghirardelli Square the original chocolate factor home which now houses eating places and shopping.

You will find a plethora of things to do at the wharf and with in walking distance.

So many things to do. We did the Wharf, Cablecar, Ghirardelli , Alcatraz , Golden Gate Bridge and the Golden Gate Bridge Park attractions.

Bring some comfortable shoes and be ready to learn and eat along the way.

I’m attaching a couple of the sites we also visited.

San Francisco Cable Car End- at Fisherman’s Wharf While in San Francisco we stayed right on the cable car line close to the turnaround by the wharf.

The cable cars are amazingly well maintained for being close to 150 years old. You can see Alcatraz coming down the hill to the turnaround. The bells and the clack of the car on the rails , watching people enjoy the history was very cool.

The San Francisco cable car turnaround. Cable cars have no reverse causing them to manually be turned around.

A staple adventure in San Francisco !

Ghirardelli Square In our vacation to San Francisco we had the pleasure of staying by the cable car turn a 15 minute walk to Ghirardelli Square.

The site is the original location which is over 170 years old. It now is making chocolate bar again in the location along with the nut roasting that’s been done there for years.

Enjoyed a couple candy bars and ice cream.

A must visit.

Clean well lit facility.

So cool to see it back in operation.

Alcatraz National Park ( know as the Rock )is most recognized as the federal prison who was designed for the notorious criminals like Al Capone, George “Machine Gun” Kelley, and Robert “The Birdman” Stroud.

Alcatraz is located in San Francisco Bay about a mile the mainland.

From 1934 until 1963 it housed criminals. Alcatraz Island is open for public visitors. Alcatraz receives more than one million visitors every year. Take the guided tour to see the old prison cells and learn history of Alcatraz Island.

As a lover of history our trip was fascinating. Seeing the locations and hearing the facts in the tour transport you back to the 1930’s and 1940’s when Alcatraz was one of the most feared places that a criminal could end up serving time.

If you are in San Francisco on vacation or business take a day and visit Alcatraz. Pick up a keepsake too.