Characteristic means of communication are at the center of cable trams. The first tram lines formed in 1873, replacing riding. Currently, there are three lines, with a length of 16 km. Convenient, fast and above all a means of public transport is the so-called metro. BART trains, przemierzający route with a length of 120 km with a speed of up to 130 km / h.
The city is located on the northern tip of a peninsula, the San Francisco Bay from the Pacific separated, and has around 750,000 inhabitants. At more than 40 mounds erected radiates San Francisco, unlike any other city in the world, a unique and lovable character. With the name "San Francisco" are pictures of the Cable Cars and the two Bay Golden Gate Bridge and San Francisco-Oakland combined. The expansion area is approximately 125km ². The best travel times suggest that the months of September and October, when there is little fog.
The city was born as a Spanish mission station and a postal station in the U.S. Army. 1848 witnessed by a gold rush an upswing. Today the residents call it simply "The City"
he Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) houses 20th century and contemporary works of art. It moved to its iconic building in the South of Market neighborhood in 1995 and now attracts more than 600,000 visitors annually. The Palace of the Legion of Honor holds primarily classic European works of art, while the city's De Young Museum and Asian Art Museum have significant anthropological and non-European holdings.
The Palace of Fine Arts, built originally for the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition, today houses the Exploratorium, a popular science museum dedicated to teaching through hands-on interaction. The California Academy of Sciences is a natural history museum which also hosts the Morrison Planetarium and Steinhart Aquarium. The San Francisco Zoo maintains more than 250 animal species, many of which are designated as endangered.
Ocean Beach runs along the Pacific Ocean shoreline, but is not suitable for swimming because the waters off the coast are cold and have deadly rip currents. Fort Funston, a former coastal fort on the Southwestern shore is popular with both dog owners and hang gliders. Baker Beach occupies a picturesque setting just west of the Golden Gate Bridge. The biggest and best-known park is Golden Gate Park, stretching from the center of the city to the Pacific Ocean. Once covered only in grass and sand dunes, the park is planted with thousands of non-native trees and plants and is rich with attractions including the Conservatory of Flowers, the Japanese Tea Garden, and Strybing Arboretum. The Presidio, a former military base, and its Crissy Field section, restored to its natural salt marsh condition, are part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, which includes Alcatraz, and other regional parks. Buena Vista Park is the city's oldest, established in 1867. Lake Merced is a fresh-water lake surrounded by parkland.
The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city in California and the 14th most populous city in the United States, with a 2007 estimated population of 764,976. One of the most densely populated major American cities, San Francisco is part of the much larger San Francisco Bay Area, which is home to approximately 7.2 million people. The city is located on the tip of the San Francisco Peninsula, with the Pacific Ocean to the west, San Francisco Bay to the east, and the Golden Gate to the north.
