City tour in San Francisco, California
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by After a long walk from downtown of SF to the North Beach on Fisherman's Wharf, we decided to take a city tour. From the plenty of opportunities we choose the most friendly one: the Mr. Toad's Tour, with an exciting american Vintage touring car (1929 Model). The guide was very nice telling funny stories about the city.
We started by visiting the North Beach which has many attractions:the famous Coit Tower, the "Little Italy" of San Francisco with lot of italian restaurants, the Lombard Street, and views of the Transamerica Building.
After leaving Italy, we went to see a little of China the world largest China Town. Continued with...Things about San Francisco you may be interested in
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Tracing the history of San Francisco entails going back more than 400 years. However, before that time the land was inhabited by the Ohlone people.The race between England and Spain It was the explorations of Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo during the middle 1500’s that would establish the interests of the Spaniards in the Californian region. However, in 1579, English privateer Sir Francis Drake landed off the present-day Point Reyes and unceremoniously claimed the land for Queen Victoria naming it Nova Albion. The area is now known as Drake’s Bay, however, Francis Drake’s “discovery” failed to amount to anything favorable for England.... Read more »
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