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Boat tours offer striking views of San Fransisco from the water. For a sightseeing tour of the bay , go aboard one of the of the trim ships of the Red and White Fleet , leaving Pier 43 1/2 near Fisherman’s wharf , or the Blue and Gold Fleet leaving from Pier 39′2 west marina. Their routes extend from the Golden gate Bridge . past the “rock” ( Alcatraz) and Treasure Island, under the Bay Bridge and along the waterfront.

From shipboard you will be able to see the city of San Fransisco as a dramatic rim around the bay. North lie the gentle hills of Marin County, and to the east Oakland and Berkeley spread out along the shore and up to the hills. It gets chilly on the bay so make sure to take along warm clothing.

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Aquatic Park is now part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Its ship-shaped National Maritime Museum houses an extensive collection of ship models, nautical artifacts, photographs and paintings. The most pleasant way to reach the museum is by the Powell and Hyde Street cable car; the turntable is just south of the museum.

Most of the National Maritime Museum’s historic ships and located at the Hyde Street Pier

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The ships include the three masted schooner C.A. Thayer , steam driven Wapama, ferry boat Eureka,  scow shcooner Alma , and steam tug Hercules .

Restaurants elsewhere along the north waterfront are not easily categorized - however if you are looking for Italian , Japanese , Mexican or American food you can find it here.

About 2 blocks east along the wharf is the the berth of the Balclutha , a regal three masted sailing ship. Refurbished and restored , she looks like what she once was - a Scottish built , square rigged boat that plied the seas between the 1880′2 and 1920’s and logged 17 Cape Horn doublings. Though presentently berthed at pier 43, the Balclutha is part of the fleet of the National Maritime museum at the foot of Polk Street in Aquatic Park.

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Fisherman’s Wharf - (Jones and Jefferson Streets) is world-famous combination of tourist attractions, side-walk seafood stalls, steaming cauldrons and seafood restaurants.

Jefferson Street is one vast open air fish market where you will see oceans of steaming crabs and mountains of sourdough bread. Try a “walkway” seafood cocktail sold in disposable containers. Beyond the seafood concession counters , activity centers around the fishing boats coming in with their catches. At the foot of Jones and Leavenworth fisherman hoist crates of fish to the pier.

At the seafood restaurants , specialties include fresh crab ( during the season, early November to mid June or July) cracked and served cold with lemon and mayonaise. crab Louis, the classic wharf salad served with naise, San Fransisco sourdough bread, cioppino, the heroic shellfish stew that you eat with your fingers.

For thousands who come to the city, a San Fransisco visit calls for a meal or meals at Fisherman’s Wharf. The view is one of the attractions. If you get a window table , then below you are the bobbing fishing boats. In the distance loom the tall orange red towers of the Golden Gate Bridge and beyond them purple Martin hills.

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