Golden Gate Park

Park San Francisco, California

Golden Gate Park, located in San Francisco (California), is a large rectangular city park of 1017 acres, 174 acres more than Central Park in New York, with which it is often compared. With 13 million annual visitors, Golden Gate Park is the third most visited urban park in the United States after Central Park in New York and Lincoln Park in Chicago. Opened in the 1870s, Golden Gate Park measures 5 km long, 0.8 wide, a total area of 4.5 square km and has 10 km of bicycle paths and more than a million trees. It also includes several buildings and gardens, including: the De Young Memorial Museum, the Conservatory of Flowers, the Japanese Tea Garden, and the California Academy of Sciences.

In this park there's a moltitude of choices to spend your time: in the nortwest corner you will find the cultural heart, as well as the impressive American bison cattle; on the northern side there's the Young Museum and its world-class Classical art exposition, don't lose the chance to get on the elevator and reach the top floor of the massive asymmetrical museum's tower (tower's entrance is completely free) and enjoy the amazing view of the city and its bay on the Pacific. In front of the museum you will find the California Academy of Sciences with its planetarium and aquarium, a rainforest and a natural history museum. Just nearby you can walk into the Japanese Tea Garden, exceptionally beautiful during springtime. These are just a fraction of the many amenities Golden Gate Park has to offer, things that you can easily discover by bike; in case you decide to rent one, you can go along Stanyan Street and Haight Street and find your perfect match.