Insight Guide San Francisco

this book helped out so much... would have been lost without, this guide turned out to be a life saver... maps help so much!

This is a great compact guide for short-and-sweet information on the SF essentials. It has a well-edited selection of restaurants, attractions, hotels, shops, and other fun things to do in an easy A-Z format (A is for Alcatraz, L is for Literature, M is for Museums, S is for Sports,for example). I especially liked that the guide was thin and light (definitely not one of those massive 400-pagers), and that it had an easy contemporary style and lots of color photos which made it enjoyable to read.