Bay Area Ferry Journey•Oakland🔜SFO🔜Sausalito
Today I had quite the experience with this ancient mode of transportation - the ferry!
The Route: Oakland🔜San Francisco🔜Sausalito
First stop: Oakland Ferry Terminal
🚩10 Clay St., Oakland, CA 94607
Located at Jack London Square, it comes with its own parking lot. Ferry passengers get 12 hours of free parking - I'll explain how to validate it for the return trip later!
*Open on weekdays: 6:30am-9:40pm
*One-way fare: $5.25/adult, $2.75/child
*Oak-SFO: 25 mins
Departed from Oakland at 11:00am, arrived at SF Ferry Building, Gate F at 11:25am.
Second stop: San Francisco Ferry Building
🚩1 Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA 94105
This is a multi-purpose terminal. You can eat oysters at Hog Island, have a coffee at Red Bay, then visit bookstores and craft stores. Being a cultural and culinary hub, we didn't stay long though, and headed straight from Gate F to Gate C to buy tickets to Sausalito! Sausalito's boarding point is Gate B, same as Larkspur/Tiburon/Angle Island. Once at the SF Ferry Building, you have plenty of options, but we chose Sausalito because of its famous pedestrian street - a place where you can easily spend a few leisurely hours.
*Open on weekdays: 7:35am-5:45pm
*One-way fare: $8.50/adult, $6.25/child
*SFO-Sausalito: 30 mins
Boarded ship at 12:20pm and arrived at 12:50pm! The journey includes passing Alcatraz Island, so have your cameras ready!
Third stop: Sausalito Terminal
🚩Humboldt Avenue at Anchor Street
Once off the ferry, you'll find yourself on the famous pedestrian street. Strolling along the waterfront and watching the seals is so relaxing. There are a few street-side restaurants in Sausalito that are definitely worth a visit, but because of word limit, I'll introduce them in the next post!
Return trip:
*3:15-3:45, Sausalito🔜 SF Gate B；
*4:25-4:50, SF Gate G🔜Oakland；
Before leaving the Oakland terminal, there's a parking machine. Enter the last six digits of your parking pass and submit it. There’s your free parking pass!
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