San Francisco

• 1 San Francisco, a city with heart
  San Francisco is unusual. Unlike other American cities, it's not vast, chaotic and noisy, and the residents seem genuinely pleased to welcome visitors with a smile. Rocketed from being just one more...

• 2 Escape to Alcatraz: guided tours of 'the Rock'
  In the three decades until 1963 - the time it served as a maximum security prison - many hardened criminals passed through the doors at Alcatraz, convicted of crimes from espionage to murder. Many were...