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IconicFerry Building
FreeBrowse nearly 50 food merchants and restaurants inside an 1898 ferry terminal on the waterfront, with bay views.
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San Francisco Bay Ferry
San Francisco Bay Ferry is a sightseeing stop in San Francisco, CA, part of the San Francisco Bay Area guide. Cost: under $25.
Ferry Building · San Francisco, CA
Why you should go…
Passenger ferries connect San Francisco's Ferry Building to Oakland, Alameda, Sausalito, Vallejo, and other Bay Area waterfront towns, doubling as both commuter transit and a scenic way to see the bay. Open-air decks give riders views of the skyline, Alcatraz, and the Bay Bridge on the crossing. It's a low-cost way for visitors to reach waterfront destinations around the bay without a car.
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