San Francisco travel guides & articles
All 15 in-depth pieces we’ve published on San Francisco — newest first.
San Francisco's Victorians: The Houses the 1906 Quake Spared
A walk through the Victorian and Edwardian streets that survived San Francisco's defining disaster — from the postcard row everyone photographs to the interiors, cottages and private follies most visitors never find.
Sunset at Land's End: San Francisco's Wild Coastal Edge Where the City Meets the Pacific
A local's route through San Francisco's Land's End Trail — Sutro Baths ruins, the best cliffside Golden Gate view in the city, a hidden beach down 243 steps, and every honest caveat about who each stop actually suits.
The City in 400 Stairways: San Francisco's Hidden Pedestrian Grid
San Francisco hides a second city built entirely out of steps — here's the walking route that finds it, hill by hill, neighborhood by neighborhood.
Where the Jukebox Still Takes Quarters: San Francisco's Last Real Dive Bars
A room-by-room tour of the Mission, Tenderloin, SOMA, and Polk Gulch dives that never got the mixology-menu treatment - cracked booths, cash-first bartenders, and the last few blocks of San Francisco that haven't been priced out of themselves.
The Park Between Two Seas: Golden Gate Park Beyond the Postcard
A local's honest, neighbourhood-by-neighbourhood walk across San Francisco's greatest green space — from the museum concourse to the windmills at the ocean, with real prices, door realities and the timing that makes or breaks a day.
Karl Comes Home: How the Fog Made San Francisco
A calm, local's map to meeting Karl the Fog — the twelve best places to watch San Francisco's marine layer roll in, and which ones suit couples, families, and big groups.
SOMA (South of Market), San Francisco: the neighbourhood guide
How to read South of Market in order — from the museum block to the tasting-menu strip to the fog rolling off Folsom Street at 3am.
Richmond District, San Francisco: the neighbourhood guide
A local's walk through the fog-lined avenues where San Francisco's best dim sum, a hidden columbarium, and the ruins at the edge of the continent all sit a few bus stops apart.
Pacific Heights, San Francisco: The Neighbourhood Guide
A local's walk through San Francisco's old-money ridge — the parks, the one house you can actually enter, and the stretch of Fillmore Street where the whole neighbourhood eats and drinks.
North Beach, San Francisco: the Neighbourhood Guide
A local's walk through San Francisco's old Italian quarter — where the Beat writers drank, the delis still cure their own meat, and every street eventually leads back to one square of grass.
Mission District, San Francisco: the neighbourhood guide
Murals, mission-style burritos, and the sunniest park in the city — how to actually spend a day in the Mission in 2026.
Marina, San Francisco: the neighbourhood guide
A flat, sunny stretch of reclaimed bay fill that turned a ten-month fair into a neighbourhood — here's where to walk, eat and stay in the Marina, from the Wave Organ to the beer hall inside a decommissioned army post.
Haight-Ashbury, San Francisco: the neighbourhood guide
A block-by-block walk through Haight-Ashbury in 2026 — the corner, the record store, the parks, and the bars that actually earn a stop.
Chinatown, San Francisco: the neighbourhood guide
Ten blocks of the oldest Chinatown in North America, walked properly — from the gate at dawn to a dive bar's baijiu Mai Tai after dark.
Castro, San Francisco: the neighbourhood guide
A block-by-block walk through the Castro in 2026 — the plaza mid-rebuild, the reborn Castro Theatre, and where a local actually eats and drinks between them.