San Francisco is a city famous for the Golden Gate Bridge, cable cars and Chinatown. The California Gold Rush of 1848 propelled the city into a period of rapid growth and today ‘San Fran’ is a popular international tourist destination with people flocking to visit Alcatraz, Conservatory of Flowers and to experience the eclectic mix of historic, Victorian and modern architecture.
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San Francisco is renowned as the restaurant capital of the USA, serving the best food in the world from fresh, local ingredients. There are two cuisines that tend to dominate in this city: try Asian in the city’s Chinatown district and Mexican in the Mission neighbourhood.
The city-owned Municipal Railway (Muni) operates both a combined light rail and subway system (the Muni Metro) and a bus network. The iconic streetcars run on surface streets in outlying neighborhoods but underground in the downtown area. The Transbay Terminal serves as the terminus for long-range bus service (such as Greyhound) and as a hub for regional bus systems. A small fleet of commuter and tourist ferries operate from the Ferry Building and Pier 39 to points in Marin County, Oakland, and north to Vallejo in Solano Count. San Francisco International Airport is located 13 miles south of the city in San Mateo County.
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