Chinatown down to Yerba Buena
A day in San Francisco — 4 stops, about 1.4 km on foot.
A downtown day that starts in Chinatown's markets and works south through the shopping blocks to an early tasting menu and modern art. About 1.4 km of walking in total, all flat city blocks. Suits anyone pairing street-level browsing with a booked dinner.
The route, in order
Chinatown San Francisco
Start here while the markets and produce stalls are busiest and the streets still belong to the neighbourhood rather than to tour groups.
Union Square
A few blocks south the signage and scale change abruptly: department stores, theatre marquees and a plaza built for sitting and watching.
O' by Claude Le Tohic
Opens 17:30
Book the earliest seating, at 17:30, so the long tasting menu doesn't swallow the rest of the evening.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
A short walk on to the museum afterwards, with several floors of galleries to work through at whatever pace the meal left you.