Visiting San Francisco mid August

[Anonymous]

We are taking our 70 year old mom to San Francisco in mid August. We will be your typical east coast tourist. We are looking for a centrally located house to rent(air bnb), where by we can walk to most of the attractions. Would you please recommend a neighborhood, safe, visually appealing, won't have to major homeless interaction that we could stay in while there? Thank you in advance for your help.

[Anonymous]

Depending on what you consider the attractions to be, you are probably going to do much better with a hotel. If you want to go to Coit Tower, Fisherman's Wharf, the cable cars, Chinatown, etc.--I'd look for a hotel in the Cow Hollow/Marina/North Beach areas. Avoid the Tenderloin and Union Square areas to avoid major interactions with transient residents. Probably avoid Nob Hill too simply because so many people list Tenderloin area rentals as "Nob Hill."

San Francisco has very strict AirBnB regulation so there are not very many of them, and they tend not to be in the tourist districts. They are likely to be much farther from the attractions and not as central to transit (but it really depends--if you see specific places you're interested in, you could post the neighborhoods for more feedback).

If you consider the attractions to include places like Muir Woods, Point Reyes, UC Berkeley, etc.--you might consider an AirBnB outside of San Francisco, which are cheaper and easier to find, but not as central to San Francisco activities.

[Anonymous]

Make sure to bring warm clothes and a jacket. Really.

[Anonymous]

Can your mom walk around well? I would suggest the Castro or Fisherman's Wharf. Both are pretty flat, and Castro is close to Muni and lots of bus lines.

Stay away from SoMa, Civic Center/Tenderloin and downtown if you want to avoid the extra crazy homeless people.

Sadly, there are homeless people in every neighborhood.

[Anonymous]

Thank you so much for the detailed response this gives me a lot to work.

Mom can walk.

Will now stay near airport and drive into the city early and park.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thank you so much for the detailed response this gives me a lot to work.

Mom can walk.

Will now stay near airport and drive into the city early and park.

There is a transit center (Millbrae) right near the airport that makes it easy to take BART in to the city. I don't know where you are planning to go in SF though.

[Anonymous]

Bundle up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thank you so much for the detailed response this gives me a lot to work.

Mom can walk.

Will now stay near airport and drive into the city early and park.

There is a transit center (Millbrae) right near the airport that makes it easy to take BART in to the city. I don't know where you are planning to go in SF though.

Are you thinking of San Bruno?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bundle up.

Very true. Layers are your friend. Can be a 15 degree difference from one block to the next or one side of the street to the other. I can always spot the tourists - they are wearing brand new sneakers, shorts, and then a jacket or sweatshirt from Fisherman's Wharf because they thought California = hot weather and didn't realize San Francisco is a different place.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thank you so much for the detailed response this gives me a lot to work.

Mom can walk.

Will now stay near airport and drive into the city early and park.

There is a transit center (Millbrae) right near the airport that makes it easy to take BART in to the city. I don't know where you are planning to go in SF though.

Are you thinking of San Bruno?

No, Millbrae is one stop past San Bruno on the same BART line. The Millbrae Transit Center is the closest place to pick up BART near most airport hotels, and some run shuttles there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are taking our 70 year old mom to San Francisco in mid August. We will be your typical east coast tourist. We are looking for a centrally located house to rent(air bnb), where by we can walk to most of the attractions. Would you please recommend a neighborhood, safe, visually appealing, won't have to major homeless interaction that we could stay in while there? Thank you in advance for your help.

HA. good luck.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are taking our 70 year old mom to San Francisco in mid August. We will be your typical east coast tourist. We are looking for a centrally located house to rent(air bnb), where by we can walk to most of the attractions. Would you please recommend a neighborhood, safe, visually appealing, won't have to major homeless interaction that we could stay in while there? Thank you in advance for your help.

HA. good luck.

The airport hotels are actually a pretty good bet for this. They wouldn't be my pick for much else but they definitely don't have large homeless populations in the vicinity!