Holidays to San Francisco really have it all. “You could live in San Francisco a month and ask no greater entertainment than walking through it” wrote Inez Hayes author of The Californiacs.  In contrast to many modern cities in America, San Francisco is as much a city for discovering on foot as London or Paris.

Perched on 43 hills “everybody’s favourite city” has the most diverse neighbourhoods. Try North Beach settled by the Italians and still home to pasta restaurants and cappuccino bars.  Or stumble upon beatnik and flower power haunts dating back to the 50s and 60s including Haight Ashbury, the spiritual home of 1967's 'Summer of Love'.  Then there's the lively Mission District of San Francisco, favoured by Latin Americans and Japantown with its sushi bars, Japanese baths and karaoke lounges.  And while on holiday in San Francisco, don't miss Chinatown, the largest outside Asia.

When your feet have had enough strap-hang aboard a cable car to vibrant Fisherman’s Wharf and the true heart of the San Francisco, Union Square.