Vacation homes in Bay Area

Hanging onto a cable car as it crests another impossible hill offers the quintessential San Francisco moment. At Fisherman's Wharf, sea lions bark for attention while sourdough bread bowls steam with clam chowder. The Golden Gate Bridge appears and disappears through the fog, playing hide-and-seek with photographers. Alcatraz tours sell out weeks in advance – book early to explore America's most famous former prison. Oracle Park offers baseball with a bay view, while Chase Center hosts the Warriors with tech-industry celebrities courtside. Art lovers can lose hours in SFMOMA before discovering smaller treasures at the Oakland Museum of California. For a perfect afternoon, grab dim sum in Chinatown then catch a show at the ornate Paramount Theatre.