Golden Gate Park, San Francisco

Golden Gate Park glory

🕒 Mid morning, Lunchtime

Explore the attractions of the iconic Golden Gate Park, combining beautiful nature with amazing comtemporary art

Golden Gate Park glory

Your tour of the park will start at the splendid Conservatory of Flowers, a traditional Victorian glasshouse and veritable cornucopia of plants and blooms. After your colorful visit, take a short walk to a different type of colorful institution, the de Young Museum. Enjoy the amazing American art, all held in a building which is an aesthetic masterpiece.

Your tour continues next door at the world famous Japanese Tea Garden. Wander the gardens and soak up the vibrant colors and manicured grounds. Continue your discovery of San Francisco's best nature attractions, by visiting the nearby San Francisco Botanical Garden, viewing trees, shrubs and flowers from all over the world.

From the garden, take a pleasant walk along Stow Lake and, when you are ready, hail a robotaxi to whisk you all the way to the most north westerly corner of the park to see the iconic Dutch Windmill, one of the most well-known symbols of the San Francisco.

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Conservatory of Flowers

Conservatory of Flowers

The Conservatory of Flowers houses some 1,700 species of aquatic and tropical plants, many of them rare

Stay for 30 minutes

Map for Conservatory of Flowers
de Young Museum

de Young Museum

The de Young Museum displays American art from the 17th century to the modern day. Explore contemporary art, photography, international textiles and costumes, and all manner of art from Africa, Oceania and the Americas

Stay for 1 hour 30 minutes

Map for de Young Museum
Japanese Tea Garden

Japanese Tea Garden

The Japanese Tea Garden was created for the 1894 California Midwinter International Exposition and is a lush, harmonious landscape paying homage to the traditional Japanese art of the garden

Stay for 45 minutes

Map for Japanese Tea Garden
San Francisco Botanical Garden

San Francisco Botanical Garden

The San Francisco Botanical Garden grows and conserves more than 8,000 varieties of plants in 55 acres of landscaped gardens and open spaces

Stay for 1 hour 30 minutes

Map for San Francisco Botanical Garden
Stow Lake

Stow Lake

A charming oasis inside the Golden Gate Park popular with tourists

Stay for 30 minutes

Map for Stow Lake

Robotaxi

Hail a taxi and head to Dutch Windmill

Travel for 30 minutes

Dutch Windmill

Dutch Windmill

The Dutch Windmill was built in 1902 to pump groundwater for irrigating the park’s lawns and gardens, helping to transform the dunes that once covered the area

Stay for 20 minutes

Map for Dutch Windmill

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