Here multistory offices and fast-casual restaurants crowd in around historic edifices such as the Flood Building, which survived the 1906 earthquake. San Francisco’s official downtown neighborhood is the Financial District, the busy business center. These are the neighborhoods where you’ll find the heart of San Francisco. From the docks of the San Francisco Bay in the east to the breakers along the city’s Pacific coast in the west, you’ll find Michelin-starred restaurants standing shoulder to shoulder with decades-old noodle shops and chic storefronts below elegant 1920s-era apartments. But San Francisco has always been a city of change with 250 years of practice blending history and tradition. These shifts present a challenge to a proudly free-thinking place with a long, quirky history. The tech boom in Silicon Valley has reverberated up in the City by the Bay: Sleek high-rises have altered the skyline, swanky hotels are transforming formerly seedy areas, and everything from taxis to takeout has gone digital. (The secret? Those famous hills add much-needed surface area.) And yet, upwards of 40 distinct neighborhoods cram into this relatively small space. Bound on three sides by water, it measures only about seven miles by seven miles-you could easily walk across it in a day. Of course, you’ll want to ride a cable car and view the Golden Gate Bridge when you visit the City by the Bay, but to learn why people keep leaving their hearts here, hit the hills and explore this multifaceted place.įor a city with such a big personality, San Francisco is surprisingly small.
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