San Francisco Shopping
If your idea of a vacation is shopping, then you may never want to leave San Francisco. Malls, like the Great Mall of the Bay Area with its 200 stores, restaurants and theaters, and shopping centers like Broadway Plaza with Nordstrom, Macy's, David M. Brian and over 90 specialty shops provide a setting for a fairly typical American shopping experience. But that is just the beginning. Ghirardelli Square, once a chocolate factory, now a historic landmark, is home to an exceptional collection of over 50 specialty shops and galleries. Award-winning restaurants and breathtaking bay views add to Ghirardelli Square's charm.

Union Square and the San Francisco Shopping Centre offer great shops in a delightful setting. Of course, neighborhoods like Castro, Haight-Ashbury and Mission all have their own style and browsing through the shops you find there is more than an adventure in commerce. Prefer to get out of the city? The Village at Corte Madera is a quieter park-like setting just seven miles north of downtown San Francisco's hustle and bustle.