What to do with a 9 and 11 y/o for a tour of SF
Dear BPN Community,
A distant cousin from London will be visiting us soon with her 9 and 11 y/o daughters and we have planned one day to show them around SF, Easter Sunday. There are 6 of us so we would either need 2 cars or would take BART from North Berkeley. I thought it would be fun to take the cable car to Ghiradelli Square, get ice cream, walk to Fisherman's Wharf, but then I'd love to show them GG Park and drive by the ocean. That would require driving and we'd be in 2 cars which is awkward. Of course the Tea Garden would be fun but I think that would be too much. Don't know whether it being Easter will affect these plans in any way.
I'm a native San Franciscan but I'd so appreciate your advice about this from those who are more in sync with this age group.
thanks so much!
Parent Replies
Public transportation + Uber XL might be an answer, if you don't want to deal with 2 cars.
When we have family from overseas, we actually rented a mini van for the day and drove that into the city. We went to Muir Woods and then went to SF to hang out, have dinner, etc.
You can BART/public transit to Exploratorium, which is really fun for this age group. (Adults love it, too!). You could easily make it a full day by going to Exploratorium, take the street car to Pier 49, get ice cream, check out Musee Mechanique, do a bit of touristy stuff, take the cable car to Union Sq. where you can BART back. Hop on/Hop off bus is actually pretty neat for first time tourists.
Alcatraz tour is really interesting and the view is amazing.