Tag Archives: San Francisco

Coit Tower and Telegraph Hill

Taking the H-O/H-O in San Francisco doesn’t just limit you to within the city.  You can also cross the bay to Lime Point for some magnificent views of San Francisco Bay and the Golden Gate Bridge.

Golden Gate in Mist

Heading back across the bridge and into town, make sure you hike around for some great street views:

Street Colors

San Francisco

Make sure you climb Telegraph Hill.  There’s more to see than just Coit Tower and the views from atop it.  There’s also Pioneer Park at the base of the tower.  Here’s a statue of a guy you may have heard about:

Christopher Columbus at Pioneer Park

On the way up the hill you’ll also find some great shots of Coit Tower as well:

Coit Tower from below

Coit Tower

Take the elevator to the top, but you’ll still have a bit of a climb to get to the observation deck:

Lucky 13 at Coit Tower

Here you’ll find views such as these:

San Francisco skyline

Cruise Ship Terminal and Alcatraz Island

The harbor

San Francisco skyline

On April 30 of this year Ursula and I did a rather enjoyable West Coast cruise that started in Los Angeles with stops in San Francisco; Astoria, Oregon; Victoria, British Columbia; and finishing up in Vancouver, Canada on May 6.  Starting today and over the next two weeks I’ll be presenting images of San Francisco, saving of course my favorite images for the next two Fun Photo Fridays.  So, sit back and enjoy, starting with our arrival into San Francisco:

Crown Princess

Down the street from the cruise terminal is Pier 39, but we only stopped there long enough to capture this shot:

Pier 39

We hopped aboard a H-O/H-O (Hop-On, Hop-Off) bus and headed for a dim sum lunch in Chinatown:

You Know You’re in Chinatown When . . .

Chinatown

After lunch we continued around town:

Old vs. New

Colorful Mural

A short time later we started the long trek up Telegraph Hill:

Saints Peter and Paul Church

You know what that means.  Magnificent views from Coit Tower:

Transamerica Pyramid

View from Coit Tower

Crown Princess in port