San Francisco Hotel Reservations

San Francisco Hotel Reservations # 1 attraction : Alcatraz Island

If you think San Francisco attraction, San Francisco Hotel Reservation has two words for you: Alcatraz Island. Not visiting Alcatraz Island is like visiting skipping on the Eiffel Tower in Paris or the Liberty Statue in New York. If you are touring San Fran, Alcatraz is definitely a must, because of its history and the charm of the old prison itself. Also called The Rock, the island has served for many purposes. First it was a lighthouse, then a military fortification, then turned in to a military prison to a federal prison. The island was unused between 1963 and 1972, and then became a national recreation area. The old prison has been the center of many TV shows, movies, comics, cartoons, books, and even video games! If you are looking in visiting Alcatraz, a ferry will bring your from Pier 33 to Alcatraz.

Alcatraz

San Francisco Hotel Reservations # 2 attraction : Chinatown
San Francisco Hotel Reservation highly recommends you visiting Chinatown. San Francisco has the biggest Chinatown outside of Asia! San Francisco Chinatown is also the oldest Chinatown in North America. Because of its rich history and culture, many tourists stop by San Francisco hotel reservations to learn more about SF Chinatown. If you plan on visiting San Fran huge Chinatown, make sure you visit San Francisco Hotel Reservations to learn more about Chinatown tours, hotels rooms and much more. San Fran Chinatown also have a lot of events of interests. Among the, the Chinese New Year and the Moon Festival.

Chinese New Year is very festive and have been celebrated on the course of two weeks for 5000 years in mainland China and is probably the biggest event for the Chinese community. In San Francisco, Chinese New Year was first celebrated in the 1860′s during the Gold Rush day. During the duration of the Chinese New Year, San Francisco Hotel Reservations also recommend you to attend the the Chinese New Year Flower Fair, the Chinatown Community Street Fair and of course, the Chinese New Year Parade, which is among the top ten parades in the world!

Chinese New Year Parade in SF

The San Francisco Moon Festival originated from the farmers holding a special festival at the end of summer to thank the bounty of the lands in China. The Moon Festival is held on the 15th of the 8th month of the lunar calendar, when the moon is full and coincide very closely to the fall equinox. Moon cakes and shows are the big highlights of that festival.

San Francisco Hotel Reservations # 3 attraction : Exploratorium
One of San Francisco Hotel Reservations most favorite choice is the Exploratorium, which is certainly a PG-rated tourist attraction, as it attracts people of all age. This museum is filled with interactive science and art exhibits and will keep the interest of boys and girls, men an women of every group of age. The museum goes as far as being part of a national center for teach development and every year, it global network with teachers, associations and other museums becomes even larger. The Exploratorium creates a new concept that tries to reach to every one and nurture curiosity in the world.

San Francisco Hotel Reservations choose Exploratorium becoming being one of the best museum in the world, it was even voted best museum by museum leaders at an international meeting in 2005! Over half a million visitors come to the museum every year, and more than 27 million people visit its website every year! The museum innovates in the approach of exploring science, art and human perception.

Kids like adults will enjoy the imaginative and creative way of Exploratorium to approach science, human perception and arts, from which you will find over 650 “please touch” exhibits.

Exploratorium

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