How to see Lombard, the Street of Curves in San Francisco

One of the most emblematic places in the city of San Francisco is the famous Lombard street, which becomes one of the most curious places you can see in your trip along the west coast of the United States.

Protagonist of numerous films, Lombard It is a street with such an unevenness that in order for cars to circulate, the road makes continuous zig-zag.

The lower part of this section is an essential meeting point for tourists who We visited San Francisco, which we crowded together to take the relevant photos.

Lombard is a long street that extends through the northern part of San Francisco, from the Presidio park to Coit Tower,

Where are the curves on Lombard Street in San Francisco?

But its famous stretch in zig-zag, the object of your future visit, is located in the Russian Hill, very close to the upper section of the Columbus Avenue.

To overcome the high slope of this hill, with a 27 degree inclination, in 1922 it was decided to design the 400 meters of road, incorporating pronounced and inclined curves, which were combined with garden areas.

Possibly in your visit to San Francisco you will have rental car.

In that case you should not pass up the opportunity to go up to the top of the hill to live the experience of driving down this famous stretch of the road. Lombard street.

Of course, you should do it at a very slow speed due to the difficulties it presents for driving and, possibly, because of the long line of cars that will coincide with you to go down it.

I can tell you that it is going to be a very curious experience, and you will not be able to say that you have been in San Francisco If you haven't gotten out in your car in the curves of Lombard Street.

Be sure to watch the video included in this post with the experience of going down that street.

Map: how to get to Lombard Street

Here you have the location of the Lombard street in the San Francisco map, and specifically, of the curved area Russian hill.