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Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Lombard Street San Francisco

Lombard Street, one of the interesting places of attraction in San Francisco attraction list. The San Francisco Lombard Street is located in east West Street and it is famous for its steep, one block section that consists of tight hairpin turns.

Though Lombard Street is billed as the crookedest street in the world, it’s not even the most crooked or steepest street in San Francisco. It is the most photogenic of all and San Francisco tourist, especially in the spring and summer when the flowers are in full bloom.

The San Francisco sightseeing of cars maneuvering down the winding road has become a popular tourist attraction and some tourists even drive down the street themselves, braving the frequent traffic jams and bumper to bumper traffic.

People who are interested to visit San Francisco Lombard Street can Travel to San Francisco with their families for vacations. The street begins at Presidio Boulevard inside The Presidio and runs east through the Cow Hollow neighborhood and starts again at Montgomery Street and finally terminates at The Embarcadero as a collector road.

It is best known for the one way section on Russian Hill between Hyde and Leavenworth Streets, in which the roadway has eight sharp turns (or switchbacks) that have earned the street the distinction of being "the crookedest street in world."

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