Originally Posted by airdiva1
I think that we are going to end up doing Chinatown, Twin Peaks, check out Lombard Street, Golden Gate Bridge, and then just wander around downtown. We don't have time for much else as our flight only gets into SFO around 4:30 on Saturday and leaves at 6am on Sunday. Plus we are taking another couple with us and they are pretty short on funds at the moment, so I thought these things would be cool and light on the wallet. Now I just have to figure out how to get around and get to these places...
Hmmm, in such a short time frame (and without a car), it really seems like you are trying to do too much in too many different areas.
Something more doable, might be taking BART into the city to the Union Sq./Powell St. stop and then taking the Hyde/Powell cable car. It's the most scenic and it will drop you off at the top of Lombard Street. Along the way, the Hyde/Powell line skirts the outer edge of Chinatown.
There's also the Powell/Mason line which also skirts Chinatown and will take you down into North Beach which is SF's Little Italy.
Both of those lines, btw, terminate at the Wharf. The Hyde line will drop you off at Ghiradelli square. The Mason line, further east. Personally, I avoid the Wharf unless going with someone to Alcatraz.