San Francisco residents – and 49ers fans, specifically – haven’t been quite this jazzed about a Super Bowl-bound football team since the glory days of Steve Young, Joe Montana and Jerry Rice.
We can’t promise you a trip to the big game for less than $60, but you can still root, root, root for this home team from its hometown while getting a good dose of culture on the cheap: CityPASS can get you into five of San Francisco’s A-list attractions for $59.95. This deal also includes a seven-day pass to ride the cable car or Muni.
Here are some highlights:
- Aquarium of the Bay is down by water’s edge. That’s where you’ll find some 20,000 aquatic creatures. Get up close and personal with a Sevengill shark, watch the graceful motion of moon jellies and wander through fascinating tunnel exhibits. There are also plenty of hands-on activities for aquarium visitors.
- Head to the California Academy of Sciences for a holistic look at oceans, rainforests and the heavens above. See (but do not touch) pugnacious piranhas, and ascend into the canopy of a four-story rainforest. Become a modern-day flower child and revel in the wildflowers that grace the roof, then find yourself star-struck at the planetarium.
- Take a one-hour cruise aboard one of the Blue & Gold Fleet’s vessels. This is a fully-narrated trip. You’ll sail along the waterfront, pass sea lions, then travel underneath the Golden Gate Bridge and around Alcatraz.
- See the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and peruse its cutting-edge collection.
- Explore the Exploratorium (temporarily closed while it relocates) or the de Young Museum.
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