The Bay City, then Napa Valley vineyards and the Monterey coast. Day-by-day itinerary: Arrival & Fisherman's Wharf; Alcatraz & cable cars; Golden Gate & neighbourhoods; On to Napa Valley.
Day-by-day itinerary
Day 1 — Arrival & Fisherman's Wharf
13:00 — Arrival in San Francisco — Aéroport SFO
14:30 — Transfer to the city centre — SFO → Union Square
15:30 — Hotel check-in — Union Square
Walk to Pier 39 — Union Square → Pier 39
17:00 — Pier 39 — Pier 39
Walk to dinner — Pier 39 → Fisherman's Wharf
19:30 — Dinner — Fisherman's Wharf
Day 2 — Alcatraz & cable cars
08:00 — Breakfast — Union Square
Ferry to Alcatraz — Union Square → Alcatraz Island
09:00 — Alcatraz Island — Alcatraz Island
Ferry back to the harbour — Alcatraz Island → Fisherman's Wharf
13:00 — Lunch — Fisherman's Wharf
Walk to the cable car — Fisherman's Wharf → Powell-Hyde Cable Car
14:30 — Historic cable car — Powell-Hyde Cable Car
Cable car to Lombard Street — Powell-Hyde Cable Car → Lombard Street
15:30 — Lombard Street — Lombard Street
Walk to Chinatown — Lombard Street → Chinatown
20:00 — Dinner — Chinatown
Day 3 — Golden Gate & neighbourhoods
08:00 — Breakfast — Union Square
Bike to the Golden Gate — Union Square → Golden Gate Bridge
09:00 — Golden Gate Bridge by bike — Golden Gate Bridge
Bike to Sausalito — Golden Gate Bridge → Sausalito
13:00 — Lunch — Sausalito
Ferry back then on to the park — Sausalito → Golden Gate Park
15:00 — Golden Gate Park — Golden Gate Park
Walk to Haight-Ashbury — Golden Gate Park → Haight-Ashbury
17:00 — Haight-Ashbury — Haight-Ashbury
20:00 — Dinner — Haight-Ashbury
Day 4 — On to Napa Valley
09:00 — Rental car to Napa Valley — San Francisco → Napa Valley
11:00 — Check-in at an inn among the vineyards — Napa Valley
13:00 — Wine tasting at a family estate — Napa Valley
14:30 — Lunch among the vines — Napa Valley
Walk to Yountville — Napa Valley → Yountville
16:30 — Stroll through Yountville village — Yountville
20:00 — Gourmet dinner — Yountville
Day 5 — Sonoma & back to the coast
09:30 — Sonoma winery — Sonoma Valley
Drive to Sonoma Plaza — Sonoma Valley → Sonoma Plaza
12:30 — Lunch at the Sonoma Plaza market — Sonoma Plaza
Bike to the vineyards — Sonoma Plaza → Sonoma
14:30 — Bike ride through the vineyards — Sonoma
17:00 — Back to San Francisco — Sonoma → San Francisco
20:00 — Dinner — San Francisco
Day 6 — On to Monterey & Carmel
09:00 — Rental car to Monterey (Highway 1) — San Francisco → Monterey
12:00 — Hotel check-in — Carmel-by-the-Sea
Head to the aquarium — Carmel-by-the-Sea → Aquarium de Monterey Bay
13:30 — Monterey Bay Aquarium — Aquarium de Monterey Bay
Drive to lunch — Aquarium de Monterey Bay → Monterey