San Fransico Break

Advantages: A Great city full of life and fun
Disadvantages: Expensive

...After a fabulous 2 and a half weeks visiting various parts of USA on my Honeymoon, I thought it only fair I should return and share my experiences with my friends here on ciao. Here is my guide to San Francisco. Background. ----------- San Fransisco is on a Peninsula on the West coast of California. It is home to some 250,000 people with another 6 Million living in the various suburbs. It has been settled by many people, most noteably the spanish who set up various missions throughout the area, 1 days travel apart for travellers. It is built on a very undulating part of the state with great height differences between parts of the city. Climate. -------- Weather never normally gets above 80 in the summer but never gets cold in the winter either. Snow is a very rare occurence. It has normally dry summers with Rains common... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average helpful

Advantages: Weather, location, beauty
Disadvantages: No direct flight from UK

...or car. The magic of Sea World will also be a favorite with the kids. It is easy to combine Los Angeles with San Diego on a two centre break. I think this is the ideal alternative to Florida if the kids want to do Disney etc but you can't face two weeks of it. It would be easy to spend three or so days at Disney and Universal Studios in LA and then ease into a more relaxed pace in San Diego. If you don't have kids that want to go to Disney I would choose San Fransisco as being a far more beautiful city that LA to combine with San Diego on a two centre trip. We have been in September, October and November, I would say late September is best although if you are on a budget November is cheaper.... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful

Advantages: Loud and lively atmosphere
Disadvantages: Slow service

...As a resident of Greenwich, I have tried many restaurants in the area but undoubtedly the San Miguel Tapas Restaurant has the worst customer service in Greenwich. A friend and I booked well ahead of time a table in this restaurant only to find ourselves waiting half an hour for our table. We stood waiting for our table with no notice from the staff to how long we were going to wait. The lack of hospitality made the wait long and tedious but we were determined to find out what the food was going to be like. Eventually we noticed that people who did not book a table were being seated before us and promptly asked why this was so. The rude Head of Service said that it "could be 5min, 10min or 50min so what do you want me to do". We explained how we had booked a table and would like to know how much longer we had to wait. Not longer than 30... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average helpful