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Destination profile · The essential guide
Immortalized in the Tony Bennett song, “I Left My Heart in San Francisco,” the City by the Bay is a charming destination unlike any other in the country. Known for its steep rolling hills, cool summers, fog and landmarks like the Golden Gate Bridge, cable cars, Alcatraz and Chinatown. San Francisco is also famous for its sour dough bread, cioppino, dim sum and the hard to find Pacific fish, abalone. The Gold Rush of 1849 brought rapid growth making San Francisco the largest city on…