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San Francisco’s best dive bars

A real American drinking den should be dark, slightly seedy and full of local characters. Nowhere does the dive bar better than San Francisco, says Dale Shaw

A night with an old master

Jonathan Jones: From Berlin to New York, you can escape to a hotel room adorned with famous works of art – but the best hotels are those that inspired masterpieces themselves

Blog of the Month: Not For Tourists

This month's top online tip features secret New York bars with in-house hot dogs, comedy sports in Chicago and cult LA record stores

The Been there guest blogspot: San Francisco

Esme Vos, editor of mapplr.com, gives us the inside guide to eating in the Bay Area

TwiTrip to San Francisco – the verdict

When Anna Pickard asked Twitterers to help her discover her new hometown, she not only got a great day out but a store of ideas for the future

There’s no need for high anxiety at the Hotel Vertigo

San Franciscan hotel featured in Alfred Hitchcock classic Vertigo has been given a top-to-toe makeover

Meet the bright young stars of travel

The industry innovators reinventing our holidays - the way we travel is changing, and these are the trailblazers helping to make it happen

San Francisco, April

Your highs and lows of 2008: San Francisco, April

City guide: Tours

To truly experience a city, get one of the locals to show you around

City guide: Cheap eats

From dinner parties in NYC to local treats in Marrakech - you don't have to spend a fortune for a good meal

‘It’s like TV, only better’

What do you get when you mix a former Big Brother contestant, your ex-girlfriend, an epic road trip and some of America's more surreal experiences? Charlie Brooker finds out

San Francisco’s wild west

West Marin's rugged mountains are the birthplace of mountain biking and its beaches draw surfers from far and wide. Welcome to nature's playground

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