Super Bowl 50: Not the Only Game in Town - A Few Destinations for Visitors

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Aaron Bialick
Tuesday, February 2, 2016

With fans in town for San Francisco’s Super Bowl 50 events, we want to extend a warm welcome to all visitors exploring our beautiful city.

Today we’ll provide a brief look at how to explore a few of our city’s most popular destinations from downtown near Super Bowl City. For info on how to get to SF’s Super Bowl 50 events, check out this blog post and our SB50 webpage. For Super Bowl 50 event information, please visit sfbaysuperbowl.com.

Chinatown

Passengers disembark a California Street Cable Car at Chinatown's Grant Street.

San Francisco's Chinatown, just west of the Financial District, is one of the largest outside of Asia and the oldest in North America.

Get there on the California Cable Car Line, the 1 California bus route from Drumm and Clay Streets, or the 8, 30, and 45 bus routes from 3rd and Market streets.

Fisherman's Wharf and Pier 39

Cincinnati Streetcar 1057 stops at Pier 39 on the Embarcadero.

The bay meets the city at this historic port and hot spot for fine dining, cable car rides, Ghiradelli Square and ferry rides to Alcatraz.

Get there via the F Market & Wharves Historic streetcars on the Embarcadero in front of the Ferry Building.

Lombard Street

Lombard Street, the crooked street, from a distance surrounded by houses, with a cable car at the top of the hill.

Head to the top of San Francisco’s “crooked” block of Lombard Street, at Hyde Street, for a beautiful view of the bay on a windy, flower-lined brick road.

Get there via the Powell/Hyde Cable Car Line, which runs from the cable car turnaround at Market and Powell streets through Union Square.

Golden Gate Park Museums and the Haight-Ashbury Neighborhood

A cyclist and a Muni bus pass in front of the California Academy of Sciences.

Experience fine art at the de Young Museum and natural history at the California Academy of Sciences, which flank the beautiful Music Concourse in San Francisco's grandest park. Just east of the park is the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood, known for its eclectic shops and famous as the cradle of the hippie movement.

Get there via the N Judah Metro Line from Embarcadero Station, the 5 Fulton, 6 Haight-Parnassus, or the 7 Haight bus routes. You can also bike there via the popular Wiggle route.

The Castro

Intersection of Castro and Market streets with Muni overhead catenary wires above, the "Twin Peaks Tavern" sign and the rainbow flag.

The (often) sunny Castro district sits just east of Twin Peaks and directly over one of Muni's nine subway stations. It's the historic heart of SF's LGBTQ identity and is filled with fantasic restaurants and great shopping.

Get there via the K Ingleside, L Taraval or M Ocean View Metro lines to Castro Station or by bus. This busy intersection is served by the F Market & Wharves shuttle buses, running on Market Street between Super Bowl City and Castro Street, and the 24 Divisadero.

The Mission District

A white Muni bus sits at the curb on a crowded city street with pedestrians strolling past and colorful signs above the stores.

The Mission is a red-hot neighborhood brimming with diverse street life, rich cuisine and exciting nightlife.

Get there via from Embarcadero Station via BART or the J Church Metro Line, as well as the 14 Mission and 12 Folsom routes.

While this is just the tip of the San Francisco iceberg, we hope this helps folks in town for Super Bowl 50 or otherwise get a glimpse of the variety our city has to offer. And when you’re taking Muni to these destinations, don’t forget to make your trip easier with the MuniMobile app!