Not that it's difficult the speed limit is 5 miles per hour , but it feels like such an odd thing to do. The paving bricks are a little slippery, and the turns are tight. Winding down a steep hill in a field of blooming hydrangeas And what a great view of Coit Tower, the Bay Bridge and the bay, if you can take your eyes off the road.
Tolls and reservations ahead for Lombard Street? Apparently not. See the SF Chronicle article. Tip for driving down: the crooked part of Lombard has to be approached from Lombard. They won't let cars turn onto it from the cross street, Hyde, because the cars would back up on Hyde and interfere with the cable cars that run along there.
So you would need to join the line of waiting cars on Lombard if there is one from one of the cross streets further away. Warning: the stretch of Lombard leading up to the crooked block has a couple of steep blocks as well. Inching up them with a car on your bumper is kind of exciting, too;.
And to up the adventure a bit, try Lombard Street in a little Go Car. I finally got around to it, and it was great! Only a little dicier than doing it in an SUV. Note: I may earn a small commission if you make a purchase through some of the links on this page, at no extra cost to you.
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See Go Cars in the City. Want to try it? For more info and booking a Go Car, click here. The big buses can't go down this street, but there's a highly-rated, small-group city tour that drives you down Lombard Street in a VW bus.
This is the popular San Francisco Love Tour , which takes you to all the main San Francisco sights, plus the homes of Janis Joplin and the Grateful Dead, all with a hippie vibe and 60's music.
See the VW bus tour for more info and booking. There are also Segway tours that go down Lombard Street for experienced riders, they say. I haven't tried it, but it looks like fun. See Segways for details and booking information. On sunny weekends, there can be a long line of cars waiting to go down the street.
During the week, it's not usually a problem. Summer and early fall are busier, generally, but I went down it on a beautiful sunny afternoon in October and there was no one ahead of me. Tips for photographers. There are two views that people like to take: the view from the top of Lombard looking towards Coit Tower and the bay, and the view from the bottom with the road winding down through the flower beds.
To get that pretty picture of the cars coming down through the hydrangeas, try to be there in the morning. The crooked part faces east so the sun is on that section in the morning. In the afternoon, that block will be in the shade. But for the view from the top, you don't want to shoot into the sun, either, so late morning, or noonish is probably ideal for the pictures. Parking Alert: if you are driving to Lombard Street and parking near there, be aware that there have been lots of car break-ins in that area.
In fact, it's a huge problem. Don't leave anything valuable or any possessions visible in the car. Here's an article about it. The perp was witnessed breaking into a tourist's rental van on Lombard Street by a reporter investigating that very problem, and he was photographed by an SF Chronicle photographer working on the story. He was eventually caught; a rare occurrence! Most people walk down Lombard.
It's pretty easy, though it's a full block down. Walking up would be great exercise, which is probably why most visitors start at the top! Walking down gives you plenty of time to check out the street and houses, and to admire the view, which is very nice. Photography is a lot easier, too.
Real World San Francisco. The Haunted Montandon House. One of San Francisco's most famous haunted houses is sitting right on the curves of Lombard Street. The apartment building at Lombard belonged to well-known socialite of the 's Pat Montandon.
In addition to being a famous party hostess and having her own local talk show, she later became known for her work with children's charities. After being cursed by a tarot card reader at one of the parties, her home on Lombard became notorious for a series of tragic deaths, as well as numerous reported supernatural manifestations. It eventually became unlivable, and after a ghostly woman kept showing up in photographs taken inside the house, Pat arranged for an exorcism, after which things apparently settled down.
See an interesting article about the hauntings. Pat herself wrote a book about it, called The Intruders. The building is obscured by trees on Lombard; there's a better view from Leavenworth Street at the bottom of Lombard, on the right looking up.
The House in Hitchcock's Vertigo. Just below the crooked block is the house Alfred Hitchcock used as Scottie's home in the film Vertigo. Both the exterior and interior of Lombard were used in the film, though the current owners changed the outside appearance in , building a wall around the front to avoid the tourists, they said. SF Movie Location Tour. Also, there's a very popular movie tour that drives you around to 55 or so locations in San Francisco that appear in some well-known films and TV shows Vertigo, San Andreas, Mrs.
Doubtfire, Full House, etc. They swing by Lombard Street on the tour, and show clips from the films on the bus. Cookie banner We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from. By choosing I Accept , you consent to our use of cookies and other tracking technologies.
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Courtesy of OpenSFHistory. Lombard Street near Leavenworth — the future site of crooked block. Houses, streets, and undeveloped area. Man and child standing in foreground. Angel Island in the distance. Kilburn Brothers, Littleton, N. Auto on Lombard St circa William Barclay Parsons proposes a crooked street for California Street hill December 6, , seventeen years before the winding road was created on Lombard Street. From the San Francisco Chronicle archives.
The sketch above shows engineer Parsons' plan for the California Street Hill, with the car line running through a tunnel and the street converted into a winding, parked driveway - The portraits below are of William Barclay Parsons on the left and Patrick Calhoun. Lombard Street Hill n. Colored squares decorate Lombard Street as kids play the world's largest game of Candyland on August 19, in San Francisco.
Lombard Street is an east west street in San Francisco. It is famous for having a steep, one block section that consists of eight tight hairpin turns. Lombard Street circa Looking North; foreign car with lady sweeping steps.
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