San Francisco city located on the extreme corner of San Francisco Peninsula is surrounded by the Pacific Ocean to the west, the San Francisco bay from the eastern side and golden gate from the north. San Francisco is assumed as the second most densely populated city of the United States.

San Francisco is popular among tourists world over for its chilly summer fog, exotic mountains and mixture of Victorian and Modern architecture. It has famous historical milestones like Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz Island, the cable cars, Coit Tower, and Chinatown within its vicinity.

The 3000 year old city came under the Spanish control when on November 2, 1769 a Spanish exploration party headed by Don Gaspar de Portolà reached there. This was followed by foundation of Spanish Fort on March 28, 1776 and a mission, subsequently. The San Francisco city gained freedom from Spain in 1821. Due to its location of being surrounded by sea from three sides San Francisco displays mild wet winters, however, warm dry summers.

San Francisco reflects high standard of living as inhabited by a large number of educated internet community formed by cyber professionals. The city has also an international character due to a large number of immigrated populations from Asia and Latin America. The Chinese New Year Parade is one of the largest cultural events in San Francisco.

The coffeehouse culture proliferated from the advent of writers and artists into the city has made it centre of liberal activism as Democrats, Greens and other political thoughts have become the integral part of the city culture.

In art and culture there are many places, which are revered for restoring tradition of art in San Francisco city. San Francisco's War Memorial and Performing Arts Center houses one of the best performing art companies in the United States. There are many museums in San Francisco which have persevered century long American tradition and culture. The Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) one can find pieces of 20th century and contemporary pieces. The Palace of the Legion of Honor has collection of European art and craft. Exploratorium is the famous science museum for teaching in hand science experiments. The California Academy of Sciences is a natural history museum, in San Francisco Zoo there are nearly 250 animal species for visitors to view.

San Francisco city that is located in Bay area has three important international air ports; San Francisco International Airport (SFO), Oakland International Airport (OAK) and San Jose International Airport (SJC) which provides easy access to San Francisco city. For train transport one use services of Amtrak US national train system that has station at Jack London Square, Oakland.

 


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