I just came back from a trip to San Francisco. Before going
on my trip, I tried google search to understand how easy or hard it is to find
parking in San Francisco. The impression I got from my google search was that
it was reasonable to expect $25 to $30 USD daily parking. This should be
considered a good deal. Based on this finding, I bought a San Francisco City
Pass to use the city’s bus system to get to the different attractions. The city
pass came with a 7 day bus pass.
What I discovered when I went there was parking prices were
reasonable, it was not as horrible as some of the postings I came across on
google.
Wanted to share some of the places that you can park at:
- If you need to get to Pier 39 or downtown close
to Fisherman Wharf – Parking at Pier 27 was a good deal. On weekdays it was $15
USD, and you had in and out privileges. On the weekend it was $20 USD and you
had in and out privileges. I found this lot to be very safe.
- Golden Gate Park – Parking at the park is free.
Just be careful to lock up your valuables in the trunk. I had a bag in my back
seat and someone broke into my car!
- Palace of Fine Arts and Crissy Field are near
each other. There is free lot parking and street parking near both.
- Sausalito – This is a fine city across the
Golden Gate Bridge from SF. This city also has free street parking with time
limits.
- A lot of the other areas in the city has free
street parking. Just need to be considerate of the signs.
The traffic in the city was manageable. I am from Toronto,
Canada. So my baseline is against another city. The street signs were easy to understand and
it was easy to drive around the city.
Just one more note to add. I visited SF around January (off season).
It is a lovely city !