Winemaker
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DW and I fly to CA frequently to visit various wine AVAs, historical areas, and parks from the East Coast. We made the mistake of flying into SFO, at wrong time of day which IIRC, was about 12:30 pm. The airport was swamped, lines were long everywhere, it took 2 hours to get my rental car. When we finally got out of the airport, as it is located south of the city on the coastal finger, it was right in the start of rush hour. Very bad experience.
We generally fly into Sacramento now, and can be out of the airport with rental car in about 45 minutes. San Fran is an hour away, but we travel and stay near Fairfield. When we have the need to travel into San Fran, we wait til after rush hour with a car, but never tried the ferry as Skippro mentioned but I'm sure that would work nicely. It is a beautiful city, with very much to do. While I usually travel in the other direction of crowds, traffic, and ignorant folks, I have had pleasurable experiences visiting the city, but not staying there. Have a good time and enjoy yourself!
We generally fly into Sacramento now, and can be out of the airport with rental car in about 45 minutes. San Fran is an hour away, but we travel and stay near Fairfield. When we have the need to travel into San Fran, we wait til after rush hour with a car, but never tried the ferry as Skippro mentioned but I'm sure that would work nicely. It is a beautiful city, with very much to do. While I usually travel in the other direction of crowds, traffic, and ignorant folks, I have had pleasurable experiences visiting the city, but not staying there. Have a good time and enjoy yourself!