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Best places to see San Francisco's famous hilly streets

Steep curves on San Francisco's famous Lombard Street
Steep curves on San Francisco's famous Lombard Street

One of the most typical images of San Francisco, in you trip along the west coast of the United States, is, without a doubt, the streets with their very steep slopes.

In these streets you also find another of the icons of the Californian city, its historic cable trams.

Butwhere you can see the steep streets of San Francisco?

Its famous slopes extend throughout the district of the Nob Hill.

It is a central district of the city, located between the Downtown (urban center) and the La Marina coastal district.

Nob Hill You can visit it with your rental car, or if you don't have one, or if you prefer, you can ride one of the cable trams that have now become an attraction for tourists, which go from the aforementioned Downtown to Fisherman's Wharf, in La Marina.

In your visit to Nob Hill, you must not lose the Lombard street, very famous for having been the protagonist of many films.

It is the street that has so much unevenness that the descent by car is done through large and steep curves.

Here you can see a video with images of the descent by car through the steep curves of Lombard Street in San Francisco.

About the Author

José Luis Sarralde

Journalist and traveler throughout his life, José Luis Sarralde is the founder of Guías Viajar, where since 2008 he has been capturing his travel experiences around the world, specializing in cultural and scenic destinations in Spain and Europe.

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