Ghirardelli Square

Browse shops and restaurants in the brick buildings of a former chocolate factory near the San Francisco waterfront.

900 North Point St · San Francisco, CA

About Ghirardelli Square

Ghirardelli Square fills a city block at the foot of Russian Hill that Domenico Ghirardelli bought in 1893 for his chocolate company. After the company moved its headquarters to San Leandro, the brick buildings reopened in 1964 as a restaurant and retail complex, an early major example of adaptive reuse in the United States. Today you wander its courtyards between shops and places to eat, and the lower floors of the Clock Tower hold Ghirardelli's main chocolate shop.

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

Sports & Outdoors
Outdoor Adventure
Blazing Saddles Bike Rentals and Tours
$25–$50
Fisherman's Wharf bike rental shop known for sending riders across the Golden Gate Bridge to Sausalito.
Transit: reachable by public transit
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Museums
Family Favorite
Truhlsen-Marmor Museum of the Eye
No admission fee
Free interactive museum in Fisherman's Wharf exploring the science of sight and the history of eye care.
Transit: reachable by public transit
Steps awaySwitch it up: Museums
Shopping
Quirky Fun
International Spy Shop
No admission fee
Fisherman's Wharf shop selling spy gadgets and surveillance gear, with an on-site airsoft range.
Transit: reachable by public transit
0.3 mi awayMore like this
Sightseeing
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Lombard Street
No admission fee
Walk the side stairs or drive down eight brick hairpin turns on a single steep block of Russian Hill.
Transit: reachable by public transit
0.4 mi awaySwitch it up: Sightseeing
Shopping
Iconic
Union Square
No admission fee
Shop the department stores and boutiques around a 2.6-acre downtown plaza, then hop a Powell Street cable car.
Transit: reachable by public transit
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Shopping
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Ferry Building
No admission fee
Browse nearly 50 food merchants and restaurants inside an 1898 ferry terminal on the waterfront, with bay views.
Transit: reachable by public transit
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