San Francisco Travel Guide for where to go and what to do in the Bay Area

San Franciso Guide® is the original guide to the San Francisco Bay Area, published since 1970, and your best resource for all that San Francisco and Bay Area has to offer. Whether visitor or local, you can find the best attractions, activities, and entertainment, and all you need to plan your adventures here.

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Transportation & Travel


The San Francisco Bay Area is linked together through an extensive network of buses, ferries and light rail systems that will take you to practically any destination of your choice throughout the Bay Area.

For traffic and public transit information, call TravInfo™, free of charge, at 511 (24 hours a day, 7 days a week), anywhere in the 415, 408, 510 and 707 area codes to give you current info about buses, trains, ferries, carpools, road conditions, park and ride, paratransit information, and even how to bike across the bridge. Or click here for the online version: www.511.org.

Click a link below for details on available transportation options.  

TO & FROM SAN FRANCISCO AREA AIRPORTS

By car, Highways 280 and 101 north both lead into San Francisco; ask your hotel for exact directions. Taxis depart from designated taxi zones at the roadway Center Islands, on the Arrivals/Baggage Claim Level of all terminals. Taxi coordinators are stationed there to assist. Approximate taxi fare to San Francisco is $35-$48.

For shuttle service to the airport, advanced reservations are required. Click on the link below for recommendations and discounts. Approximate van fares to SFO: $11-$17 per person. Please contact the service provider directly. BART operates rapid rail service to northern San Mateo County, San Francisco and the East Bay directly from SFO. The SFO BART station is located on the Departures/Ticketing Level (Level 3) of the International Terminal.

For maps of the terminals http://www.flysfo.com/web/page/atsfo/airport-maps/.

San Francisco International Airport (SFO) and Oakland International Airport (OAK) are both convenient to downtown San Francisco.To get to SFO by car, Highways 280 and 101 north both lead into San Francisco. Ask your hotel or search map program for exact directions. At SFO, taxis depart from designated taxi zones at the roadway Center Islands,on the Arrivals/Baggage Claim Level of all terminals. Taxi coordinators are stationed there to assist. Approximate taxi fare to San Francisco is $35-$45. For shuttle service to the airport, advanced reservations are required. Approximate van fares to SFO: $11-$22 per person. Please contact the service provider directly. Driving into San Francisco from OAK, follow the signs to Hwy 880 over the Oakland Bay Bridge into San Francisco. BART operates rapid rail service to northern San Mateo County, San Francisco and the East Bay directly from SFO. The SFO BART station is located on the Departures/Ticketing Level (Level 3) of the International Terminal. For additional questions or trip panning,please call the Bay Area Transit Information Hotline by dialing 511 from within the Bay Area or (510) 817-1717 from outside the Bay Area.

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