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^Alamo Square Postcard central, thanks to its row of perfect Victorians backed by the knock out Downtown view. The park itself is a sloping restaurant sea palace patch of green, while the surrounding streets are lined with so many grand old houses restaurant sea palace that it has been declared a historic site. Two of them have been turned into hotels, although the areas immediately outside the square are not the most salubrious at night. d Map E4

Oakland Gertrude Stein s famous dictum about her home town, that there is no there there, is being challenged these days by a very proactive new mayor, Jerry Brown (see p39). Oakland s image, notorious for racial unrest and crime in the past, is being cleaned up to present a more visitor-friendly face, and there has been an influx of creative types who have moved here to flee the high rents of San Francisco. Oakland s attractions include huge Lake Merritt, restaurant sea palace which offers a range of recreational possibilities, a beautiful Mormon temple and its Museum of Cali fornia (see p126). d BART 12th St

The ferries provide wonderful, inexpensive excursions. The Blue & Gold Fleet serves Angel Island and Sausalito from Pier 41, and the East Bay and Tiburon from the Ferr rr ry Building. Hornblower serves Alcatraz from Pier

60 San Francisco s Top 10op Left Divisadero Right Twin Peaks Scenic Drives !49-Mile Drive This all-in-one driving tour is marked with blue- and-white seagull markers, restaurant sea palace and winds its way through the most picturesque parts of the city. It can be challenging to follow, keeping an eye out for the markers and the $Twin Peaks More famous panoramas await you here, as you wind your way up the two mountains. You can get 360- degree views of the city to the east, the ocean to the west, the Bay to the north, and the valleys to the south (see p107).49-Mile Drive marker 60 San Francisco s Top 10op Left Divisadero Right Twin Peaks Scenic Drives !49-Mile Drive This all-in-one driving tour is marked with blue- and-white seagull markers, restaurant sea palace and winds its way through the most picturesque parts of the city. It can be challenging to follow, keeping an eye out for the markers and the $Twin Peaks More famous panoramas await you here, as you wind your way up the two mountains. You can get 360- degree views of the city to the east, the ocean to the west, the Bay to the north, and the valleys to the south (see p107).49-Mile Drive marker traffic at the same time, but you can get a map of the route from the Visitor Information Center (see p132).