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Originally Posted by Jume
Thanks for the great sightseeing tips for us who are coming there for the first time. Would you mind giving some more information on what's the best and cheapest transport to see sights 1. to 5.? Can it be done with a rent-a-bike in one day? You can as well PM me so we don't mess the WWDC topic.
Thanks,
Jume
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You can see everything I listed with a rental car in one day. Marin headland and Twin Peaks are on top of the hills, biking will be exhausting.
There are car rental agencies in downtown, close to Moscone. This is what I would do.
1. Twin Peaks (early morning)
2. Turn north for Golden Gate Bridge, but exit before the bridge to Marina district. Easy parking. Take a walk.
3. Lunch somewhere
4. Back to the bridge. You still should walk the bridge, so park your car at vista point and walk. If you cannot find the parking at the regular tourist parking spot, there is another bigger dirt parking lot just a little bit away from the bridge. It is free and you can always find parking. Walk the bridge (or half of it)
5. Get back to your car, drive past the bridge, get off at the first exit, turn left and drive uphill. You will see a row of parked cars and that's where you want to stop. Parking is difficult here so you may have to wait. Once parked, walk with everyone else.
6. Back to the car. Drive down and continue north to the boat houses. It is not really a tourist spot, just something interesting to see.
Here, you have two choices. Either drive back to the city for dinner, then get on bay bridge toward east, or continue north, take San Rafael bridge to East bay, spend some time at east bay, then drive through Bay Bridge.
Treasury Island is in the middle of the bay bridge. You should visit when it is close to sunset. Parking is easy. Wait for the sky to go orange, pink, then purple and the city lights to go on. I promise that's the best view of San Francisco you can see.
You cannot ride bikes on bay bridge, so it is impossible to get to treasury island by bike. Twin Peaks and Marin Headland are top of the hills so biking is again difficult. Only Marina district (Fort Mason) is ideal for biking. The route posted by wdn is a good biking route, and it includes a ferry ride so it is worth it(it is nice to see the bay from the water).
My route definitely need a car (and clear weather). Why don't some of you get together and carpool?
Or, one day with biking with wdn's route, and another with car for Twin Peaks/Marin Headland/Treasury Island.
