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178 wanderlust.co.uk March 2020

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Needtoknow This feature isadaptedfrom

the DK EyewitnessSanFrancisco

and The Bay Area travel guide,

which contains illustrations,

insider tips, tour suggestions and

a large pull-out map. See dk.com

A SHORT WALK

Golden Gate Park

Golden Gate Park is one of the largest urban parks in the world.

It stretches from the Paciic Ocean to the centre of San

Francisco, forming an oasis of greenery and calm. Within the

park an amazing number of activities are possible, both

sporting and cultural. The landscaped area around the Music

Concourse, with its fountains, plane trees and benches, is the

mostpopularanddevelopedsection.Hereyoucanenjoyfree

SundayconcertsattheSpreckelsTempleofMusic.Two

museumsstandoneithersideoftheConcourse,andthe

JapaneseandShakespearegardensareinwalkingdistance.

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Walk distance:

0.5 mile (0.6 km)

Time 10 minutes Nearest bus 5.44

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The Spreckels

Temple of Music

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The Japanese Tea Garden, the oldest one of its kind in the USA.

The Great Buddha,

nearly 11 ft (3m)high,

is probablythelargest

statue of itskind

outside Asia.

De YoungMuseum

The state-of-the-art

landmarkshowcases

ine arts fromaround

the world.

Japanese Tea

Garden

With its well-tended

plants, the exquisite

garden is one of the

most attractive

areas in the park.

The bridge

in the Japanese

Tea Garden is known

as the Moon Bridge.

It arches steeply,

and its relection

in the water below

forms a perfect circle.

The bust of Verdi

relects the city’s

passion for opera.

The Shakespeare

Garden

The tiny garden

holds more than

150 species of

plants, all mentioned

in Shakespeare’s

poetry or plays.

The Spreckels

Temple of Music

is an ornate band

shell, the site for free

summer concerts

since 1899.

TheJohnMcLaren

Rhododendron Dell

is planted in

memory of the irst

superintendent of

Golden Gate Park.

Miguel de Cervantes

The bust of the

Spanish author was

sculpted by

Jo Mora. He is

depicted with his two

ictional creations,

Don Quixote and

Sancho Panza.

The statue of the Apple Cider Press

Sculpted by Thomas Shields-Clarke, it is

one of the few monuments to survive

from the California Midwinter Fair of 1894.

The Music Concourse

A formally landscaped area with

fountains and benches, is where the

Golden Gate Park Band performs on

Sundays (Apr–Oct).

The California Academy of Sciences

combines an aquarium, a planetarium,

a museum and a research facility.

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