Sausalito Travel Guide
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Welcome to Sausalito!
Located just north of the Golden Gate Bridge, Sausalito, California is a vibrant and eclectic community only 10 minutes from downtown San Francisco. Its proximity to San Francisco Bay bestows it with a Mediterranean climate—an influence that is also found in its restaurants and cultural attractions. Sausalito has a rich and varied history, which includes its use as a center for bootlegging during Prohibition and as a shipbuilding center in World War II. The war left industrialized Sausalito with abandoned ship yards, later lending to the creation of large houseboat communities for which it is still famous for. Sausalito is also known as an arts enclave with many galleries and open artists' studio tours, and the Sausalito Art Festival is arguably the best of its kind in the country. Other attractions include the Bay Model Visitor Center, which provides a bird's-eye view of the harbor with a 1.5-acre working model of the San Francisco Bay, and the Bay Area Discovery Museum, an interactive kid-friendly facility.
Despite its world-class attractions, restaurants and boutiques, Sausalito retains a waterfront village personality with a relatively small population of friendly locals. Sausalito is most famous for its scenic atmosphere and relaxed pace, both being conducive to long walks on the harbor or sipping a cocktail at a waterfront restaurant and watching the sun go down. But Sausalito is anything but sleepy. Hiking, biking, sailing and kayaking are all popular activities here. And entertainment is found around every corner with festivals and concerts occurring year round.
Tourist Attractions
This center works toward the protection of marine mammals by rescuing those in need.
Hotels & Motels
This hillside retreat was built in 1885 as a Victorian-style mansion and has since expanded by creating rooms that cascade down around the mansion.
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