Alamo Square

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  • Address
    Hayes & Scott Sts, The Haight
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  • Transport
    bus: 21, 22, 24

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Lonely Planet review

The finest restaurants in town can't provide views as spectacular as the picnic tables atop Alamo Square Park facing Postcard Row on Steiner St, a row of pastel Victorian 'Painted Lady' houses with gingerbread detailing and frosting flourishes that will leave you craving dessert. The city skyline looms in the background, and from the corner of Steiner and Fulton Sts you can glimpse City Hall.

On the crest of the hill, check out the variety of old shoes creatively reused as planters. On foggy days, you may want to wear a parka - as you can guess from the windswept pines, it can get a tad blustery up here.