I-Cable Car Tour yaseSan Francisco

Izithuthi zekhebula zeSan Francisco zihamba ezindaweni eziningi ezaziwayo: Fisherman's Wharf, Ghirardelli Square, Chinatown, North Beach, Union Square. Bangakwazi futhi ukukuthatha ohambweni lokutholakala kwezinye izindawo zomuzi.

Lolu hambo emigqeni emibili ingenziwa ngosuku futhi kuzokuthatha ezindaweni ezintathu ezihlukene kakhulu edolobheni: Posh Nob Hill, ePacific Heights kanye nasezindaweni zamanzi.

Okuhlangenwe nakho

Lalela.

Izinsimbi ze-clang, izimoto ziyabubula njengoba zikhuphuka futhi zihla emagqumeni. Amakholi ahlabelela. Ngaphezu kwakho konke, uzwa izivakashi zixoxa futhi abantu bexoxa ngokuphila kwabo. NjengabaSan Franciscans ngokujwayelekile, abantu abathintekayo bayinhlangano ehlukahlukene. Ngelinye ilanga lokugibela, ngabona intshebe ende (isigamu esingaphansi kwesifuba sakhe), impumu eboshiwe, i-Little Richard ifuna, kanye ne-ponytail ende ende ngaphansi kwe-beret eluhlaza.

Uma unesibindi, hamba ngaphandle. Yima ebhodini eligijima bese ufaka esinye sezibhamu ngaphandle kwemoto. Kungumzwelo osengozini, othakazelisayo, kodwa qaphela ezinye izimoto zekhebula eziseduze. Badlula kakhulu futhi kulula ukulimala, njengoba omunye wabahlobo bami efunda ngendlela enzima.

Izinzuzo

Ngaphambi kokuba uqale lolu hambo, funda ukugibela izimoto zekhebula nokuthi ungagwema kanjani ukukhokhela ithikithi elisha njalo uma uqala, funda umqondisi wezimoto zekhebula zaseSan Francisco .

Umgwaqo we-Powell-Hyde: Umsakazo weCheth Car Car noRussia Hill

Kusuka e-Powell Street ukuguqulwa eMark Street eduze ne-Union Square, thatha iPowwell-Hyde Line.

Imigqa emibili iphuma kule ndawo efanayo, ngakho-ke kudingeka uhlole igama ekupheleni kwemoto. Kumele sithi uPowell-Hyde ( unesibonakaliso esibomvu).

Imoto yekhebula ikhuphuka, idlula i-Union Square neNob Hill bese iphendukela kwesobunxele i-Jackson Street. I-block ngemuva kokuphenduka, e-Mason Street, i- Cable Car Museum .

Hamba uphinde ungene ngaphakathi ukuze ubukele izithungu ezilawula izingodo ezintathu eziqhubekayo zekhebula. Bheka phansi emishini ebenza bajabule ukuthi konke kusebenza futhi kwenza. Ngaphandle kwabantu abaya emnyuziyamu, indawo engomakhelwane inokuthula.

Buyela emuva emotweni yekhebula ekhuphuka Jackson. Hamba ePacific Avenue eRussia Hill ukuyohlola indawo. Imoto yekhebula idlula kule ndawo enokuthula efana ne-intruder, ibhinca futhi ixakeke ngomthwalo wayo wezivakashi.

Kunezinketho eziningi zokudla kwesidlo sakusihlwa ku-Hyde Street, futhi indlela elula yokukhomba indawo enhle ukubona ukuthi ligcwele kangakanani. Uma unekamelo ngemuva kwalokho, yeka esikhungweni sokuqala se-Swensen sika-Hyde phakathi kwe-Union Street ne-Warner Place ye-dessert.

Qhubeka nge-Hyde ebheke ngasemanzini , uhamba uma unako. Thatha uhlangothi oluya kuFilibert Street ukuze ujabulele umbono obanzi weTelgraph Hill neSan Francisco Bay. I-Hyde Street crests phakathi kukaFilibert noGreenwich bese yehla ngokuzithoba ngaseLombard Street.

ELombard Street , i-pandemonium ivame ukuphuma. Isigaba esisodwa se-Lombard esibizwa ngokuthi "umgwaqo ogwadule" sidonsa imihlambi yezivakashi. Ziyonke indawo - zihamba phezulu futhi zihamba phansi, zithatha izithombe futhi zakha ingozi yomgwaqo.

Esikhathini esiphezulu se-touristy gotta-tick-off-yonke-the-izibuko mania, ezinye zazo zize zishaye itekisi noma zibize i-Uber nje ukuba zizenze phansi emgwaqweni.

Ipaki ehamba ngeHyde e-Greenwich iyona okuphambene nendawo yesehlakalo se-Lombard Street. Amabhentshi amema ukuba uhlale emthunzini. Ehlangothini olusentshonalanga yegquma kukhona imibono emihle yeGold Gate Gate, Palace of Fine Arts kanye ne-Presidio.

Phinda ugibele imoto yekhebula eLombard , lapho uhambo lwe-coaster oluqala khona luqala njengoba amathrekhi agxila ngokuya phansi ekupheleni komugqa lapho ungahlola khona iGhirardelli Square, iMaritime Museum, neFisherman's Wharf .

I-California Line: Nob Hill

Uma ushiya i-Fisherman's Wharf, ungabuyeli ku-Hyde Street, lapho imigqa ihlala khona isikhathi eside. Esikhundleni salokho, hamba ku-Taylor naseBra (lapho imigqa ifushane khona) futhi uthathe imoto yekhebula emuva ku- Union Square .

Hamba eCalifornia (lapho imigqa yemoto yekhebula iwela khona) futhi uhambe ngasentshonalanga kuya kumahhotela amakhulu. Abantu - ngisho nezingane - njalo kubonakala sengathi bayiseHum Hill eNob . Cishe ngo-1900, leli gquma lalihlotshiswe ngamakhaya amahle kakhulu eSan Francisco, eyakhiwe ngemali etholakala e-Gold Rush nasemigwaqweni. I-Huntington Mansion kuphela enkulu, eyisibhakabhaka kuphela eyasinda ngomlilo we-1906. Eduze, uzothola i-Mark Hopkins Hotel, ogama lakhe le-Top of Mark kanye ne-bar linikeza imibono emihle yedolobha.

E- Huntington Park , ngisho nezihlahla zihlelekile, kodwa kunomsebenzi omningi. Abadwebi abadwebayo futhi izingane zidlala ezungeze imithombo yasendulo. Eceleni nepaki yi- Grace Cathedral , inkundla yamathambo e-Gothic enezicabha zethusi ze-Florentine. Ngaphakathi kukhona ama-frescoes omlando waseCalifornia, kokubili ezomhlaba nezenkolo. Ngaphakathi nangaphandle kukhona ama-labyrinths amabili athandekayo, aphelele ukuhamba okucabangayo.

Buyela emuva emotweni yekhebula laseCalifornia bese uhamba e- Polk Street ukuze ubuke endaweni yaseSan Francisco. Lapha uzothola i-Swan Oyster Depot, evuliwe ngo-1912 futhi isaphila. Ngaphandle kweCalifornia, eduze neLeavenworth, yi-Zeki's Bar, indawo yokungena.

Ukuze ubuyele lapho uqale khona, thatha imoto yekhebula leCalifornia Line emuva lapho ufike kuso ekuqaleni kweNob Hill, bese uhamba waya eNyuvesi Square noma uthathe enye imoto yekhebula emuva kokushintshwa kwePowell Street.