A quick visit to Sausalito
I would lie if I said I’d heard of Sausalito long ago. It was not until a few days before my San Francisco visit when I first overheard the name (this time it was good to listen to others’ conversation) and saw it also on San Francisco official travel guide. When I was falling in love with San Francisco, each person I talked to there tried to convince me to spend some time in Sausalito.
Simple as that, I was sold.
luxury yachts decked in Sausalito
I took a City Sightseeing bus crossing the Golden Gate bridge that took me to Sausalito. It is such a lovely little town with amazing waterfront overlooking San Francisco skyline. I mean, if you are lucky enough to visit on a very few sunny and not foggy days. The morning I visited was foggy, then it cleared up in the afternoon and my second time it was foggy again and San Francisco was just not there.
welcome to Sausalito
San Francisco and Bay Bridge from Sausalito
This town of just 7,100 inhabitants gets visited but 1.4 million tourists on average per year. Famous people such as Sharon Stone, Metallica guys or Carlos Santana own a house in Sausalito. Sausalito is popular for rich people also for another reason – they deck their yachts there in the port (just FYI, it costs at least $1,500 to do so per month).
Sausalito port
luxury yachts decked in Sausalito
The first few minutes only were needed for me to realize why everyone has been speaking so highly about the town. The Gabrielson Memorial Park and the seafront with many flowers were just some of the highlights.
Gabrielson Memorial Park Sausalito
Memorial Park waterfront
Asian tourists
a seagull
cute :)
love this pic
more flowers along the Sausalito waterfront
a bee visiting Sausalito too
smelling the flowers
Sausalito is the location of the song (Sittin’ on) the Dock of the Bay by the soul singer Otis Redding and guitarist Steve Cropper that put it on the map.
The picturesque main street is very touristy but yet so worth it. Many cafes, exquisite restaurants offering fish and other seafood, souvenir shops with handcrafted gifts, art galleries, the famous ”Hamburgers” place and a simple walk along the seashore observing the sea gulls, ferries and San Francisco on the horizon. I guess it’s enough for Sausalito to make it to your bucket list.
Sausalito waterfront
one of the famous seafood restaurants
nicely decorated houses and shops on the main street
beautiful Sausalito waterfront
a stunning hand-made handbag
the fountain in the little park
an elephant statue in downtown park
I bought hand-made opal silver earrings with a ring there in Sausalito but unfortunately lost one of them on the ferry the following day on my way to the Napa Valley Wine Train. Still both of these places carved a beautiful memory in my heart.
I liked this charming place so much I paid another quick visit to Sausalito a few days after from Napa after we relaxed at Stinson beach.
My visit to Sausalito was made due to SF City Sightseeing bus and San Francisco travel.
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Comment@ Vid | Bruised Passports:
I completely agree! I don’t even have a bucket list any more, not possible to keep up with it :D
Vid | Bruised Passports
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Wow! I had never heard of Sausalito before I read this post – looks like a city worth visiting. That’s the problem, isn’t it? Every day you wake up and learn that there is a new place in this world you HAVE to visit. But then, that’s the fun part too :)
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Comment@ The Guy:
Haha rightly said about the neighbours :)
The Guy
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I love that Otis Reading song! :-)
Lovely pictures make it seem so appealing. Mind you I suppose with San Fran being such a lovely place it has to keep up with the neighbours :-)