San Francisco with Teen

[Anonymous]

Does anyone have suggestions of places to visit and things to do with teen? We’re tagging along with my spouse for a conference so we’ll be there for 5 days.

[Anonymous]

Coit Tower if you can handle lots of stairs. Amazing views if you have a clear day.

[Anonymous]

Muir woods and Sausalito for a day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Coit Tower if you can handle lots of stairs. Amazing views if you have a clear day.

lombard street
cable car - fantastic view of the bay on the way down, not to mention it feels like a mini roller coaster
golden gate bridge
alcatraz -- definite
fisherman's wharf

[Anonymous]

Chinatown food tour run by Stretchy Pants.

Try to get the behind the scenes tour at Alcatraz.

[Anonymous]

https://www.stretchy-pants.com/chinatown-food-tour/

Meant to include the Stretchy Pants link.

[Anonymous]

There is no need to ever waste time with an Alcatraz visit unless you're particularly into old prisons.

Golden Gate Park is huge and you can easily spend a day there and at Ocean Beach. The museums within the park are great, as are the mini parks within the park.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is no need to ever waste time with an Alcatraz visit unless you're particularly into old prisons.

Golden Gate Park is huge and you can easily spend a day there and at Ocean Beach. The museums within the park are great, as are the mini parks within the park.

a teen would enjoy alcatraz; a teen wouldn't enjoy museums as much unless they are really into old art, which most teens aren't. You are looking at this through an old person's eyes, not a teen's eyes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Muir woods and Sausalito for a day.

Definitely this!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is no need to ever waste time with an Alcatraz visit unless you're particularly into old prisons.

Golden Gate Park is huge and you can easily spend a day there and at Ocean Beach. The museums within the park are great, as are the mini parks within the park.

Took my then teenage nephew there years ago. Not into old prisons or prisons generally. He found it really interesting. Nothing wrong with a nice boat ride either. My kid who is now a teen recently said she wants to go there if we travel to SF.

[Anonymous]

The main art museum is nice if there is a desirable exhibition.

If there are still wild sea lion colonies at the pier, that is fun to observe.

[Anonymous]

PP. When I was a kid, I loved history so I got interested in "old art" around 5th grade.

[Anonymous]

Practice hopscotch here 1st then they will be prepared to avoid the city sidewalk poop piles.

[Anonymous]

Alcatraz was my teen DD’s favorite part of our San Francisco visit. She still raves about it 2 years later.

[Anonymous]

We hiked all the way from Fort Mason to Sausalito via the Golden Gate Bridge and took the ferry back after a nice lunch and ice cream. It was my favorite part. Kids loved Chinatown most.