TRAVEL GUIDE
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Portland – San Francisco
- 3 days trip -
Schedule:
12/03/2013
Departure Portland: 7:00 am
Arrival San Francisco: 8:45 am
12/04/2013
San Francisco day
12/05/2013
Departure San Francisco: 9:10 pm
Arrival Portland: 10:55 pm
Attractions
and activities:
1. California Academy of Sciences
The California Academy of Sciences is one of the
largest museums of natural history in the world. The
academy was founded in 1853 but the museum was
completely rebuilt in 2008, being among the newest
natural history museums in the United States.
The main venues of the museum include a
Planetarium (the largest completely digital
planetarium dome in the world), Rainforests of the
World and Steinhart Aquarium (exhibits of coral reef,
tidepool, and swamp habitats).
2. Exploratorium
The Exploratorium is a museum in San Francisco
whose stated mission is to change the way the world
learns. It has been described by the New York Times
as the most important science museum to have
opened since the mid-20th century.
Since the museum's founding in 1969 over 1,000
participatory
exhibits
have
been
created,
approximately 600 of which are on the floor at any
given time. The exhibit-building workshop space is
contained within the museum and is open to view. In
addition to the public exhibition space, the
Exploratorium has been engaged in the professional
development of teachers, science education reform,
and the promotion of museums as informal education
centers since its founding.
3. Aquarium of the Bay
Aquarium of the Bay is a public aquarium focused on
local aquatic animals from the San Francisco Bay and
neighboring waters.
The Aquarium has over 50 sharks from species such
as sevengill sharks, leopard sharks, soupfins, spiny
dogfish, brown smoothhounds and angel sharks. The
Aquarium also has skates, bat rays and thousands of
other animals including eels, flatfish, rockfish,
Wrasse, Gobies, Kelpfish, Pricklebacks, Ronquil,
Sculpin and Sturgeons.
4. Take a Cruise of the Bay
Departing from Pier 43 in the heart of Fisherman's
Wharf, you'll sail past the San Francisco skyline and
view the lively neighborhood of North Beach and San
Francisco Maritime National Par.
All cruise vessels offer indoor and outdoor seating,
restrooms, and seasonal snack bar service.
Don't miss incredible photo opportunities!
5. Golden Gate Bridge
The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge
spanning the Golden Gate strait, the mile-wide three
mile long channel between San Francisco Bay and the
Pacific Ocean. The structure links the U.S. city of San
Francisco, on the northern tip of the San Francisco
Peninsula, to Marin County.
It is one of the most internationally recognized
symbols of San Francisco, California, and the United
States. It has been declared one of the Wonders of
the Modern World by the American Society of Civil
Engineers.
6. Golden Gate Park
Golden Gate Park is a large urban park consisting of
1,017 acres (411.6 ha) of public grounds. It is similar
in shape but 20 percent larger than Central Park in
New York, to which it is often compared.
It is over three miles long east to west, and about half
a mile north to south. With 13 million visitors
annually, Golden Gate is the fifth most-visited city
park in the United States.
7. Alcatraz
Alcatraz Island is located in the San Francisco Bay,
1.5 miles (2.4 km) offshore from San Francisco,
California, United States. Often referred to as "The
Rock", the small island was developed with facilities
for a lighthouse, a military fortification, a military
prison (1868), and a federal prison from 1933 until
1963.
It is home to the abandoned prison, the site of the
oldest operating lighthouse on the West Coast of the
United States, early military fortifications, and natural
features such as rock pools and a seabird colony.
Native Americans kept well away from the island,
calling it "Evil Island" and believing it to be cursed.
The first Spaniard to document the island was Juan
Manuel de Ayala in 1775. The name comes from the
archaic Spanish alcatraz (in English: "pelican").
The California Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis
californicus) is not known to nest on the island today.
The Spanish put a few small buildings on the island,
little else.
Photos:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kycheng/4995097745/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thomasebunton/9399988259/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pmarkham/5086193725/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24_sparks/10254683925/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/aerobe/10243872073/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergeysus/10271883894/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jjvelasco/10245578494/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7327243@N05/7363720748/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennis_matheson/3442324455/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/84872771@N00/134415903/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/werkmens/3815223116/
Texts:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Academy_of_Sciences
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploratorium
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquarium_of_the_Bay
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Gate_Bridge
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Gate_Park
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcatraz