San Francisco Travel - A Golden Vacation Destination

San Francisco: Open Your Golden Gate!!! If you decide to take a family summer vacation to San Francisco, here are some suggestions for accommodations and activities that are sure to please you and your family.

Plan to stay at the Westin St. Francis, located in the heart of Union Square.  Here, you will have access to shopping, the theatre district, restaurants, and museums.  The hotel has been touted as the best family hotel in San Francisco.  This is not surprising as its accommodations are truly exceptional and you have a choice of family or deluxe rooms.  Amenities include: refrigerators, cribs, rollaway beds, a children’s breakfast, lunch and dinner menu at the hotel’s restaurant. 

What is so unique to this particular hotel is that upon arrival, your children will receive gifts such as hats, shampoo, and crayons, which is part of this hotel’s personality.  With friendly and helpful staff, the hotel also offers a barber and beauty shop, concierge, dry cleaning services, fitness center, and room service.

There are three restaurants at this hotel that offer incredible cuisine from traditional to casual dining.  They even have a Westin Kid’s Club for children 12 and under, as well as specialized meals that are high in protein and low in salt.  Whether it’s formal meals or ala carte, you and your family will be delighted with the variety of meals available at this hotel.

Among the many activities you and your family can engage in while in San Francisco are the following tours:  A ferry ride around Alcatraz Island (while all the way Tony Bennett sings his famous “I Left My Heart in San Francisco”), Yosemite and giant Sequoias Minivan tour, Monterey, Carmel and the 17-Mile Drive tour including Monterey Bay Aquarium, take a cable car tour of San Francisco, walk or drive down the most crooked street in the world – Lombard Street, visit Coit Tower, or rent a car and take a side trip to the lovely quaint town of Salsalito, just across the Golden Gate Bridge.

Plan on spending lunch or dinner at Fisherman’s Wharf where Ghirardelli Square is home to over 50 restaurants, shops, plazas, and incredible views of the bay.  Take your kids to the Ghirardelli Soda Fountain and Chocolate Shop for their world-renowned hot fudge sundaes.  Don’t forget to buy a box of their world-famous chocolate as well.
 
Your family will never run out of things to do in San Francisco.  With is rolling hills and beautiful landscape, this is one vacation that will steal your heart!