Mark Twain famously said that everyone loves two cities: their own and San Francisco.

With a multi-cultural population that reflects its maritime past and the Pacific Ocean as a backdrop, this city by the bay is truly a magical place. Iconic landmarks like the Golden Gate Bridge and the grimly enthralling former prison on Alcatraz Island are inevitably drawing visitors like a magnet, the California Academy of Sciences is just one of the countless fine museums, while Neighbourhoods like Chinatown and Haight-Ashbury are inextricably linked to each episode of San Francisco’s past, present and future.