With user-friendly fold-out maps and insider tips, this hip little city guide walks you through the best San Francisco has to offer. From Fisherman's Wharf and Alcatraz to Chinatown, Haight-Ashbury, the Castro, and beyond, here's all you need to know about what to see and do, and where to eat, drink, shop, and stay in the gem of a city known for natural beauty and cosmopolitan flair.

Local author Marlene Goldman is a freelance travel writer and journalist.

228 pages, plus 10 fold-out maps, including a San Francisco transportation map.

4-1/4'' wide x 5-3/4'' high; elastic band place holder. Concealed wire-o binding; book lies flat for ease of use. "Black Book" travel guide format doesn't look "touristy."