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San Francisco
San Francisco is a hard city to not fall in love with. With an astonishing physical setting and a jumble of architectural styles from an assortment of eras, the former "California Gold Rush" capital captivates like few others. Surrounded on three sides by glorious water, this peninsular hill-laden marvel would be a candidate for National Park status if they'd never built a city here in the first place. In fact, much of what surrounds the man-made structures is part of the National Park system. Spacey modern skyscrapers and turn of the century relics intermingle effortlessly, salted generously with Victorian and Edwardian homes to add color. Ethnicity is at the forefront with the nation's most colorful Chinatown, a sprawling Hispanic neighborhood, and a taste of Italy right in the city center. So, you know there's food to be eaten in them there hills. But what you notice as you wander up and down the forty-five degree inclines, aside from a confluence of spectacular views, is the utter silence of this gem of a town. There are no honking horns and people seem to speak in whispers. Perhaps they're trying to keep a secret about the place they live in. Can you blame them? Because when cities dream, they dream they're San Francisco. Things to do when visiting San Francisco:
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Few cities enchant their guests like San Francisco. Many of its residents were once visitors who came to see the sights and then, smitten, returned to look for a job and a place to live. However you define a good life -- or the great vacation, you can find it here, abandoning yourself to the wonderful food and wine, the arts, shopping, caffe-sitting, people-watching, and the outdoors. The venues for these activites range from Fisherman's Wharf to Baker Beach and are invariably surrounded by a sublime marriage of man-made and natural beauty that is unique to the city.