Things To Do in San Francisco - Holiday Ice Skating Rinks in San Francisco #UrbanTrekUSATips

Currently, there are two outdoor ice skating rinks in San Francisco for the holidays. One in Union Square and one in the Embarcadero Center Plaza. On Nov. 30th, another outdoor ice skating rink will open in the Civic Center Plaza. These ice skating rinks will be good things to do in San Francisco during the holidays.

Personally, of the Union Square and the Embarcadero Center Plaza, I prefer the Embarcadero Center Plaza because it is bigger and, especially at night, the scenery is better because of the lights that will be lit for the Embarcadero buildings, the Bay Lights of the Bay Bridge and the Ferry Building in the background. Check out the video below.

What I like about the Union Square ice skating rink is the Christmas tree that provides a more holiday atmosphere.

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This is the Embarcadero  Center Plaza ice skating rink:

This is a video showing the scenes around the Embarcadero Plaza lights:

 This is the Union Square ice skating rink:

I will post a video of the Civic Center ice skating rink when it opens.

Things to do in San Francisco - Embarcadero Center Walkway POPOS #4 #UrbanTrekUSATips

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This tip is one of those not very popular things to do in San Francisco but worthwhile doing if you are in the Financial District. The Embarcadero Center is comprised of four buildings and they have walkways that connect one building to the next. These walkways have seating, plants, flowers, sculptures and have nice views of the high-rise office buildings. What I like most about this area is it is not crowded even when the streets below have a lot of people walking. Therefore, if you feel like being away from the crowd then the Embarcadero Center walkways is a good place to visit. You can bring your lunch or snack and sit at one of the many seating areas. Or you can just rest and have a little bit of peace and quiet.

In my opinion, the best way to walk is to start from One Embarcadero and walk to Four Embarcadero because the view walking that direction is better than the opposite direction. There are stairs from Sansome Street (between Sacramento & Clay) that will lead you to the walkway. Refer to the first two photos below.

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These are the stairs:

Photos taken along the walkway: