The Embarcadero San Francisco

Embarcadero Blvd, San Francisco , California, United States
  • Traveler Rating 4.50
    29 reviews 73 travel blogs 24 photos

    Attraction Type:

    Neighborhood, Street, Wharf/pier/boardwalk, Scenic/historic walking area

    Popularity

    27of 600 attractions in San Francisco

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  • 1

    Flying to San Francisco and provisioning

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    After pushing our bags from the hotel to the new check in counter, we were amazed at the crowds at 6:00 am. Fortunately we were able to take advantage of the first class check-in. While waiting to get checked in I noticed that the baggage belt wasn’t being used, so I asked the check in person why that was, she told me that it didn’ …

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  • 1

    Day 26: Take me out to the Ball Game

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    ... is from Iceland." 'That explains why you don't have jackets then....' he laughed.... 'First ball game?' he inquired "Well, yes, the first one here in San Francisco. It should be a lot of fun." 'You're going to have great fun. This is one of the nicest ...

  • 2

    back to north america

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    ... down the street which I felt was a little over-rated.  I guess I was expecting more action considering the hype the San Francisco Chinatown gets...I find the Vancouver Chinatown to be more vibrant. Ended up walking back to Union Square and do ...

  • 3

    Day 8: Alcatraz, wharf and the Giants

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    ... I went to Flamers and had a grilled salmon with avocado sandwich, yum!  Gave half to Pat and Danny. Next we headed to the Embarcadero and did one more Monk shot!  We walked out a pier and watched some people fish.  Then we walked the ...

  • 4

    The City by the Bay

    Reluctant to leave Hawaii we boarded a plane (well we boarded one plane then were made to switch to another) for the mainland and San Francisco. After the relative luxury of Hawaii we checked into the hotel / hostel for a kip. The morning after we hit ...

  • 5

    San Francisco.............................

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    ... visit, and this is generally the sentiments of both Kash and I which is why we seemed to gravitate back to San Francisco on several occasions over the next few weeks. On Sunday we walked a full loop of the city from our Hotel on Sutter Street down ...

  • 6

    Blue Sky Thinking

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    ... home to the Silicon Valley, Google and all things technological, so here goes...blog entry no. 1. I landed in San Francisco on Monday afternoon about 1.45pm. The landing strip is right by the sea and at one stage I actually thought we were going to ...

  • 7

    Escape from Alcatraz

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    ... Oakland Bridge, seeing the sun just going down over the Golden Gate Bridge and the rest of the city was an amazing welcome to San Francisco. With all the travelling of the last couple of days, time jumps and lack of sleep, I decided to turn in for the ...

  • 8

    Day 6, April 22, San Francisco, Informal

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    ... and during World War II. It was originally a terminus for rail service from the north and west with ferry connections to San Francisco, until the Golden Gate Bridge was opened in 1937. It is packed tightly to the bay by steep hills and is now bears a ...

  • 9

    San Francisco - hot, clear and mist-free!

    ... night.  We then headed back to Union Square, home to Macy's, Tiffany's and the Levi flagship store (San Francisco being the headquarters of Levi Strauss).  We then travelled up through Chinatown and saw where the largest population of Chinese ...

  • 10

    Prisons, Independence Day and the right bridge!!

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    ... and get to Alcatraz so i got up really early. 7:00am to be precise packed up got breakfast and then headed out to the embarcadero for a stroll, got my tickets and got on the boat. Got chatting to these two american dads. Americans are hillarious, i ...