San Francisco, the cultural and financial center of Northern California, is one of the most vibrant and popular tourist destinations in the world. From the glitzy cable cars to the iconic Golden Gate Bridge, the bustling Fisherman’s Wharf to the serene Golden Gate Park, San Francisco has many attractions that attract millions of tourists each year.

It’s anniversaries galore!

This year, several of the city’s top attractions are celebrating major milestones. The Ferry Building, a hub for artisanal foods and local produce, turns 125 this July. And the cable cars, beloved symbols of the city’s transportation history, are celebrating 150 years this August. The Powell-Mason and Powell-Hyde lines provide scenic routes through the hilly areas of the city and pass Lombard Street and Ghirardelli Square, and the California Street Line, which runs from the Financial District to Van Ness Avenue, provides commuters with stunning views. The hills, city skyline and bay have continued to enthrall with us for over a century.

dinosaur returns

Another popular attraction for tourists this season is the dinosaur exhibit at the California Academy of Sciences. It houses a diverse collection of dinosaur fossils, from long-necked and long-tailed sauropods, to the giant skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus rex to a life-size Mamenchisaurus model that stands 60 feet long. Sauropods were known to be super-sized herbivores, some growing to the length of nearly four city buses, that roamed the Earth for some 140 million years.

In addition to fossils, the exhibit also provides interactive displays and multimedia presentations for visitors to learn about their anatomy – highlighting their heart rate, respiration, metabolic and reproductive systems, behavior and development – as well as playful interactive sessions Is. One of the highlights of the exhibit is the fossil preparation lab where visitors can watch scientists working on actual fossils and learn about the process of uncovering and studying these ancient remains.

The Dinosaur Exhibit is going to be held from May 26, 2023 to January 21, 2024 at 55 Music Concourse Drive Golden Gate Park.

rising sound of san francisco

The music scene in San Francisco is livelier than ever. Busking is now legalized in Golden Gate Park, allowing street performers to showcase their talents. New spots like Keys Jazz Bistro in North Beach join icons like the Fillmore and Warfield. To add to the fun, Music City San Francisco is setting up an $11.6 million incubator to foster musical talent. Currently, it includes 36 budget-friendly rooms and the San Francisco Music Hall of Fame, with a collection of more than 90 multimedia photo installations honoring SF veterans.

This summer, Music City is set to unveil three transformed floors featuring four dynamic music venues, a music education program for emerging artists, a bar and restaurant and 23 stage/rehearsal rooms that support both live streaming and recording provide facilities.

Music City San Francisco is located at 1353 Bush Street near Polk Gulch.

Restored Japanese Pagoda

The 128-year-old Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park is the oldest Japanese Garden in the United States and one of its most recognizable features is a five-story pagoda with traditional Japanese architectural details. The pagoda is one of the few surviving structures from the 1915 World’s Fair. It was reopened to the public last fall during a two-year restoration period, during which its roofs were reclad with 100-year-old salvaged redwoods. In addition, it now houses a replica of the original spire, carefully constructed using recycled Douglas fir flagpoles. Traditional bells and giboshi (an ornamental urn specially made in Niigata, Japan) now grace the pagoda for the first time in decades.

The pagoda-restoration is the first part of a $2 million-dollar project that also includes a redesigned landscape and renovation of the wooden long bridge, which is expected to be completed by the end of 2023. However, the Japanese Tea Garden will remain open during the renovation.

Japanese Tea Garden 75 Hagiwara Tea Garden is located in Golden Gate Park.

Dazzling Dahlias in dazzling colors!

Where springtime blooms are a given everywhere, after record winter rains, SFO blooms well into summer. Next to the Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park, Dahlia Dell is a riot of color, with more than 700 named varieties of the dahlia, which has been the official flower of SFO since 1926, and will be in bloom through July, August, and September, giving the garden Popular spot for a picnic and a leisurely stroll.

Dahlia Dell is located at 100 John F. Kennedy Drive in Golden Gate Park.

Picturesque Plantasticus!

Plantasticus! The Exploratorium celebrates the origins of plants and how they connect us to our roots and the planet. Developed by Vincent Medina and Louis Trevino of Berkeley’s Cafe Ohlone with collaborators from Latinx and Indigenous communities, the exhibit is a multilingual experience that invites visitors to touch, smell, and zoom past the world of plants. Open until September 10, it offers visitors the opportunity to gain insight on indigenous plants and also relax in a patio of plants created by Los Angeles-based artist Andy Zouch.

Medina and Trevino created exhibits that take visitors through the traditional Ohlone practice of making cordage, or twine rope, from the dogbane plant and explore how Native American Ohlone living in the SFO Bay Area used Sokute, Bay Laurel for the ceremony. How to collect , culinary, and medicinal purposes.

The Plantasticus! The exhibition is being held at Pier 15 The Embarcadero.

Disclaimer: This article has been prepared by Mediawire Team on behalf of San Francisco Travel.