Ferry Building

Ferry Building is a shop in San Francisco, CA, part of the San Francisco Bay Area guide. Cost: free.

One Ferry Building · San Francisco, CA

Why you should go…

The Ferry Building opened in 1898, designed by A. Page Brown, and still serves as a ferry terminal. Its 245-foot clock tower carries four dials, each 22 feet across. Inside, the ground-floor marketplace holds nearly 50 local food merchants, restaurants and eateries, from a tea house to a mushroom shop and a seafood market. The Ferry Plaza Farmers Market sets up on the plaza outside with California growers and food makers.

#food hall
#farmers market
#historic landmark
#waterfront
#local shops

What's around here?

The closest stops to Ferry Building, ordered by straight-line distance. A few more like it, plus some different kinds of fun so you can build a full day.

Sightseeing
Local Gem
San Francisco Bay Ferry
Under $25
Passenger ferries linking San Francisco's Ferry Building to Oakland, Alameda, Sausalito, and other bay towns.
Right next doorSwitch it up: Sightseeing
Museums
Local Gem
San Francisco Railway Museum
Free
A small nonprofit museum on the Embarcadero celebrating San Francisco's cable cars and vintage streetcars.
Steps awaySwitch it up: Museums
Tours
Date Night
City Cruises San Francisco
$50+
Hornblower dining and sightseeing cruises on San Francisco Bay, with dining cruises leaving Pier 3 on the Embarcadero.
Steps awaySwitch it up: Tours
Shopping
Iconic
Union Square
Free
Shop the department stores and boutiques around a 2.6-acre downtown plaza, then hop a Powell Street cable car.
0.9 mi awayMore like this
Shopping
Quirky Fun
International Spy Shop
Free
Fisherman's Wharf shop selling spy gadgets and surveillance gear, with an on-site airsoft range.
1.5 mi awayMore like this
Shopping
Iconic
Ghirardelli Square
Free
Browse shops and restaurants in the brick buildings of a former chocolate factory near the San Francisco waterfront.
1.7 mi awayMore like this