San Francisco's Best Parks
Golden Gate Park is a great place to relax, take a walk and take a break from the hustle and bustle of the city. Throughout the day, you can enjoy popular attractions, museums, gardens, unique art objects, admiring wild animals, birds, lakes with islands, trees and flowers.
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Every year more than 13 million travelers, guests and residents of the city fall in love with the Golden Gate Park, founded in the 19th century.
The 400-hectare park stretches from downtown San Francisco to the Pacific coast, including:
- California Academy of Sciences;
- De Young Museum;
- Conservatory of Flowers;
- gardens, groves and meadows;
- park and beach chalet;
- carousel and playgrounds;
- windmills;
- Buffalo bison ride;
- music zone;
- boat park.
At the California Academy of Sciences, you can see life in all its possible forms — in water, in earth and space by visiting:
- 01. aquarium;
- 02. Museum of Natural History;
- 03. planetarium;
- 04. 3D theater;
- 05. lectures in a special hall.
One of the most innovative eco-friendly natural history museums on the planet, it promises its guests the sensation of prehistoric and astronomical travel, living examples of unique animals and plants, rare minerals and stones. A ticket to the Academy of Sciences automatically gives you the opportunity to admire marine life, land animals, all kinds of creatures and landscapes from around the planet at the Steinhart Aquarium.
The De Young Museum, opened in 1921, houses an ever-growing collection of US art from over 300 years, as well as contemporary paintings, sculptures and samples of costumes and textiles from around the world. The modern building of the museum, opened in 2005, will inspire everyone with a harmonious combination of natural landscape, architecture and art.
The Flower Conservatory is one of the oldest wooden conservatories in America. It includes 5 galleries with 2000 plant species that attract and frighten with their attractiveness.
Natural and floral locations of the park
Walking through each of the gardens, groves and meadows of the Golden Gate Park can be compared to a trip around the world or through world history. Golden Gate Park Gardens are a frequent choice of couples for wedding ceremonies. American Butler will help you organize your event.
Japanese Tea Garden, intoxicates with the aromas of oriental flowers, the freshness of waterfalls and admires with regal statues and lanterns. To take a sip of real Japan and spend a few minutes in meditation, you should definitely visit this place.
The Botanical Garden will allow you to see several collections of garden exhibits at once: from "Mediterranean" and "Mountain Tropic" to special collections such as "Garden of Coniferous Dwarfs" and "Perfume Garden".
An endless line of delightful meadows stretches, each of which will give hours of relaxation and fun with children, minutes of solitude or a date with loved ones.
The Garden of Shakespeare's Flowers welcomes guests with an intricate gate, a brick path, cozy benches, a sundial and a scattering of flowers and plants that the great author mentioned in his works. In the Rose Garden, one can suffocate with the delight, aroma and variety of these delicate flowers, most of which have received awards. If on the way you met a real Dutch windmill, surrounded by thousands of tulips dancing in the wind, this is the Tulip Garden of Queen Wilhelmina, who donated an old mill to the city of San Francisco back in 1902.
George Washington's bicentennial grove, lures many visitors with an abundance of greenery and shady trees for picnics, meetings, dinners and even concerts. The Grove of Heroes does not let you forget about the indigenous people of the West who gave their lives during the First and Second World Wars.
Ten Lakes of the Golden Gate Park are attractive locations for recreation, sports and various events, taking place throughout the year. The Mallard Lake ducks welcome families with children with joyful quacks, while the Spreckels Yacht Club hosts frequent events and contests. On the shores of Lake Stow, you can rent a catamaran, rowing or motor boat.
What else to see in Golden Gate Park
For a snack, a cup of coffee or a feast after long walks in the park? The beach and park chalet of Golden Gate Park will shelter, warm, amaze with a variety of dishes and entertain with acquaintance with the main historical events of San Francisco, a three-dimensional model of the park and live music, and you can encounter the Wild West by watching a herd of real American buffaloes.
Children in the park will not be bored. In addition to the charm of nature itself, young guests will be pleased with 2 playgrounds. Fulton Playground, equipped with many slides, swings and climbing facilities. And on the territory of the Koret children's quarter, fun always reigns, and the enthusiastic voices of children are heard, circling on a real carousel, built already in 1912. Toddlers enthusiastically crawl through pipes, find their way to buried treasures, take an imaginary journey in a submarine and choose a swing for every taste.
In the heart of the Golden Gate Park music zone — the temple of music, music festivals and concerts of popular performers are held.
Thousands of locations for recreation, hundreds of attractions, a huge territory full of incredible beauty and diversity — this is Golden Gate Park.
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