A brilliant wit once said that, "to most Americans, even though they have never been there, San Francisco is their favorite town". The existence of that belief is the strongest proof of the glorious vacation experience that awaits the visitor to that "city by the Bay", that "Paris of the West", a "diverse, beautiful and cosmopolitan city" that excites millions of visitors each year. It is truly "the favorite town" of America, and no agrees more than our author. Here is her thoroughly revised 256-page tribute to a massively popular destination.

Author Biography

Erika Lenkert, a native San Franciscan, has authored more than two dozen travel guides to San Francisco and California, including several Frommer's guidebooks. During her twenty-two year career in travel journalism, she has written a restaurant column for San Francisco magazine, was a restaurant critic for the San Francisco Chronicle, and has written feature stories on San Francisco and Wine Country for a wide variety of national magazines ranging from Travel + Leisure and Food & Wine to In Style. Erika resides in Marin County.