• Explore Market Street, a major thoroughfare in San Francisco that cuts across the city for three miles, from the waterfront to the hills of Twin Peaks.

• Travel to the Civic Center and its many Beaux-Arts-style government buildings and performing arts venues. Admire the landmark City Hall, which was built in 1915, and its gold-leafed dome.

• Visit the Asian Art Museum, which is home to one of the most comprehensive Asian art collections in the world, and features works of art that are 6,000 years old.