Start: Market St. & Powell St.
Finish: Market St. & Ellis St.
Length: About 1/2 mile 2 hours for shopping and fun

Start at Powell and Market, where you'll see the famous Cable Car Turnaround. Across the street is the San Francisco Shopping Center and Nordstrom's. The spiral escalators here are a destination in themselves.

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Start: Market St. & Castro St.
Finish: 18th Street & Dolores St.
Length: About 1/2 mile 2 hours for shopping and fun

Start at the largest flagpole in the city where a rainbow flag flies above Harvey Milk Plaza. At the corner of Castro St. and Market, look for Twin Peaks (401 Castro). This bar emerged as the country’s first ground-floor gay bar with expansive, clear glass windows. Down the block you'll see Timothy Pflueger’s landmark Castro Theatre (429 Castro).

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North beach

Start: Powell St. & Columbus Ave. (At Washington Square Park)
Finish: Filbert St. & Columbus Ave.
Length: 1 mile 1 hour for shopping and fun (a beautiful place to spend the day)

On the northern edge of the park, you'll see Saints Peter and Paul Church, which offers services in Chinese, Italian and English. Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio had their wedding photos taken here, although they were not permitted to wed inside the church itself.

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