Things To Do

San Francisco Botanical Garden

San Francisco Botanical Garden is located in Golden Gate Park, near the corner of Ninth Avenue and Lincoln Way. For your convenience, there are two entrances, the Main Gate near Ninth Avenue, just inside the Park, and the Friend (North) Gate on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, just steps from the Japanese Tea Garden, de Young Museum, and California Academy of Sciences. Note: Use the Main Gate for early entry. Friend (North) Gate opens at 9am

Conservatory of Flowers

Japanese Tea Garden

San Francisco Zoo

California Academy of Sciences

An Aquarium, a planetarium, a rain forest and 40,000 animals under one roof.

Children's Creativity Museum

The Walt Disney Family Museum

Balmy Alley

16th Avenue Tiled Steps

A series of tiled steps put together by more than 300 local people, with sun, stars and bright colors as you climb.

Asian Art Museum

Pick up an Explorer Pack at the Asian Art Museum. Available from the family activity table in South Court, there are props and playthings to introduce young visitors to line, shape, color, and texture. Check out the daily events for extra activities such as storytelling.

Bay Area Discovery Museum

San Francisco Fire Department Museum

Learn about the city’s fire of 1906 at the San Francisco Fire Department Museum, along with historic fire engines. Admission is free.

Golden Gate Park Carousel

Take a spin on the historic carousel in the Koret’s Children’s Quarter of the Golden Gate Park. The merry-go-round was originally built in 1914.

Yerba Buena Ice Skating and Bowling Center

Strap on some skates at the Yerba Buena Ice Skating rink, open year-round – or the seasonal Union Square and Embarcadero Center rinks open in the run-up to Christmas.

Magowan's Infinite Mirror Maze

Get lost (for a bit) in Magowan’s Infinite Mirror Maze on Pier 39.