Low-key ways to spend a Saturday and Sunday in San Francisco, the way people who live here do it.
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Grab a coffee and sit on the lawn above the tunnels. Best views of the Golden Gate, food trucks on weekends, and it is free.
Presidio Tunnel Tops
Go Saturday morning for the farmers market out front, then eat your way through the stalls inside and walk the Embarcadero.
Ferry Building
The Mission is full of murals. Start at Balmy Alley, then Clarion Alley, and finish with a burrito on 24th Street.
Balmy Alley
JFK Promenade is car-free, so rent bikes or walk from the Conservatory of Flowers out toward the ocean.
Golden Gate Park
Browse City Lights, get a cappuccino at an outdoor cafe, then pizza at Tony's. Walk it off up to Coit Tower.
North Beach
End the day with a cocktail on the 21st floor of the Beacon Grand, the old Sir Francis Drake. Go around sunset for the view.
Starlite
Wander Chinatown on a Sunday morning: dim sum, then Ross Alley to watch fortune cookies get folded by hand.
Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Factory
The spot often credited with the first Mission-style burrito. Get one to go and eat it in Dolores Park.
La Cumbre Taqueria SF
Hands-on science museum on Pier 15. Skip the weekend kid crowds and go to After Dark on Thursday nights, which is 18+ only.
Exploratorium
Take the ferry over from the city, hike or bike the loop around the island, and tour the old Immigration Station. Easy day trip that still feels like an escape.
Angel Island State Park
Bring a picnic to the hill across from the Painted Ladies on Steiner. The east-facing slope has the postcard view of the houses with downtown behind them.
