Location: Sausalito
Top Things to do in Sausalito
Top 10 Things to do in Sausalito, California (CA)
Sausalito is just a ferry ride across the bay and offers unique tours, attractions such as “Bay Model” and “Bay Area Discovery Museum,” enchanting boutique shops, art studios and galleries and a wide selection of restaurants, outdoor cafes and bistros, many with stunning views back across the bay to the city.
Restaurants in Sausalito
1. Battery Spencer
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 204 reviews
Reviewed By beagleshnout - Branson, United States
Which I am one. I tour Coastal Artillery forts/batteries whenever I travel. This is a must. The view of the ocean is wonderful. The entire Marin Headlands area with Fort Baker, Fort Cronkite, Fort Barry etc is fantastic for the outdoors hiker and military history buff.
2. Waldo Point Harbor
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5.0 based on 9 reviews
Reviewed By mini - Fremont, United States
We went to Waldo Point Harbor while we were in Sausalito. This is a great place to see the house boats.
3. Sausalito Ice House Visitors Center
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 307 reviews
Reviewed By 8skylark67 - Sheffield, United Kingdom
rode down to sausalito on our trip to San Francisco, lovely little place with great restaurants/deli's and gift shops, a welcome break from the hustle of the big city. We hired electric bikes and cycled through crissy fields, over the bridge and down into the town for the day. cheap parking for the cycles which were securely watched by the attendants while we walked around. and easy to get back up the hill with the electric bikes!!. perfect day. Sausalito is one of those places where you want to live permanently!!.
4. Bay Area Discovery Museum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 212 reviews
At BADM, the safety of our visitors and staff is our top priority. Based on the recommendation of the California Department of Public Health, BADM has closed and will remain closed until March 31, 2020. This closure is in response to public health recommendations surrounding COVID-19. We are not aware of any BADM visitor or staff person that has been exposed to the virus. We are continuing to monitor the COVID-19 situation and will be providing regular updates to our community via email, our website, and our social media channels. Thank you for your continued support of the Bay Area Discovery Museum.
Reviewed By D4393BFmicheleb - Rancho Mirage, United States
We have been going there since my grandson could crawl. Now he is exploring all of the park because he is 6. Always a unique activity for all ages and abilities
5. The Marine Mammal Center
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 339 reviews
The largest of six centers that rescue and rehabilitate seals and sea lions found along the California coast.
Reviewed By cyndiv2014 - Portland, United States
The Marine Mammal Center is a hospital for injured animals. They house and rehabilitate any number of marine mammals including sea lions and sea otters. There are several stations where visitors can learn about tagging and how biologists track animals, fishing nets and the dangers they pose to sea life, and how they care for their patients. I visited with my boisterous son on a Thursday afternoon. If you have an active child, this may not be the best place to come if there isn't a tour. It is a hospital, and they try to keep it quiet for the animals' comfort. My son was anything but quiet. We're looking forward to visiting again when a tour is happening; Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. The gift shop is also A+.
6. San Francisco Bay Model
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 160 reviews
The world's largest working model of San Francisco Bay.
Reviewed By photomagica
Full disclosure - I'm a visual artist working in photography and the Bay Model Visitor Center hosted a show of my work of the San Francisco Bay Salt Ponds in its lovely gallery. It hosts a rotating array of shows throughout the year, mostly of regional artists but occasionally including and international artist such as myself. The model itself is vast and informative. This is a great location to learn about San Francisco Bay environment, engineering and history. Admission is free and the rangers that operate the Bay model are friendly, knowledgeable and very helpful.
7. Rodeo Beach
8. Vista Point
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 766 reviews
Reviewed By geotech522
This was one of the drop off locations on the Big Bus Hop on Hop off bus tour. The North Vista Point was absolutely a great place to view the beautiful Art Deco Bridge and the San Francisco skyline as well as the Bay where you can see Alcatraz and Yerba Buena Island/Treasure Island. There are WCs at this location which is very handy. From the Vista Point, there a hiking trails to see various former military batteries that guarded the Golden Gate during more perilous times.
9. Sausalito Boardwalk
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 471 reviews
Reviewed By 749andyn - London, United Kingdom
This is a fantastic place picture perfect, you can hire a bike and ride across the Golden Gate Bridge. Unfortunately the fog was really bad the day we were going to ride over you wouldn’t have known you were on the bridge. We ended up taking the ferry both ways , Result. there are restaurants along the seafront and a park area if you bring a picnic. Bring sunscreen as it tends to get very hot and not much of a breeze.
10. sausalito Home Boats
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 28 reviews
Reviewed By Hermes_NL - Amsterdam, The Netherlands
A must see in Sausalito is the quite extensive and dare I say unique collection of floating house boats, moored on a number of piers. Some piers are accessible to the public, others are only for residents. There is a substantial variety in the houses, some are real pieces of art!
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