From the Mission, you can either walk (about one hour), grab an uber or hop on the Bart (from the 16th street station to Embarcadero station) to get to the Ferry Building which is located in the heart of San Francisco’s financial district. This impressive building was opened to the public in 1898 and used to be the transportation focal point for anyone who arrived by ferry to San Francisco. When the usage of ferries decreased extensively (after the construction of San Francisco’s bridges), the Ferry Building was turned into an office building. Finally, after a 4-year restoration process, it was reopened to the public in 2003 and nowadays the Ferry Building Marketplace is a hub for food and wine lovers. Stroll around this indoor market and admire the beautiful architecture, browse the unique stores in the compound where you’ll find a variety of artisan food products and great joints to have a bite to eat. Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday you can visit the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market – one of the best farmers’ markets in the state.
Insider Tip: Do yourself a favor and check out the Humphry Slocombe branch at the indoor market – I had one of the best ice creams I’d ever tasted there. They combine high-quality ingredients with really unique and fun flavors.
Just outside the market, there’s a great vantage point to take some pictures of the Oakland Bay Bridge, I was there during sunset and I had the most beautiful color scheme of pinkish-purple colors.
Ferry Plaza Farmers Market opening hours: Tue./Thu.: 10 am – 2 pm, Sat. 8 am – 10 pm.
Check the opening hours and address for the Ferry Building Marketplace here
San Fran is such a beautiful city. It’s one of the cities I really could so easily live in. Great tips.
Thanks so much, Lisa. Yes, we can totally imagine ourselves living there too!
I would love to go to San Fran and snap all these lovely pictures. Had to pause to take in all these angles! Thanks for the inspiration.
Our pleasure Pashmina! It’s a great city, especially for foodies and photography lovers 🙂
I grew up about 20 minutes south of SF and spent many days wandering Haight Ashbury and having birthdays at Pier39. Since I’ve moved back after traveling I haven’t really explored it that much. This makes me want to break out my camera this weekend and get back into the city!
Such a great compliment Katie, thank you so much! Somehow, you kind of forget about your own backyard and need to see it through someone else’s eyes to be inspired.
Holy….you covered so much incredible ground here, and your photos are spectacular (about to follow you everywhere, such pretty colors) – but the thing that’s sticking with me the very most is the flavor list at Humphry Slocombe lol! I want to go there so bad!!!
Thanks so much, Claire, so great to hear you like our photography style! We have a feeling we’ll get along just great, Food is always on our mind. I am still dreaming about that ice cream 🙂
This is awesome!! You just completely planned my next trip to San Fran!! I’ve been a few times and have done the Chinatown + Golden Gate before but I missed alot of the others you highlighted. Looks like all amazing places to practice my photo skills.
It’s such a great city for photographers. So glad you’ve liked it, and happy we could have helped 🙂 hope you’ll have more time than I had there!
I’ve been to San Francisco but that was a while ago, I’d love to go again and explore all the street art you have in this article. Thanks for sharing!
Sure thing Elisabeth. There are fantastic murals. Glad we could help.