These attractively priced, four-color guides offer dozns of neighborhood and thematic tours, complete with hundreds of photos and bulleted maps that lead the way from sight to sight. Day by Days are the only guides that help travelers organize their time to get the most out of a trip.

• Full-color package at an affordable price
• Star ratings for all hotels, restaurants, and attractions
• Foldout front covers with maps and quick-reference information
• Tear-resistant map in a handy, reclosable plastic wallet
• Handy pocket-sized trim

24 Self-guided Tours. 41 Maps. One Great Trip.

At last, a travel guide that tells you how to see the best of everything-in the smartest, most time-efficient way.

• The best of San Francisco in one, two, or three days

• Thematic tours for every interest, schedule, and taste

• Walking tours of the city''s best-loved neighborhoods

• Hundreds of evocative color photos

• Bulleted maps that show you how to get from place to place

• Hotels, restaurants, shopping, and nightlife for all budgets

• A tear-resistant foldout map-enclosed in a handy plastic wallet you can also use for tickets and souvenirs

Noelle Salmi was born in the San Francisco Bay Area and lived there as a young child until moving with her family to South America. She returned to the area as a student at Stanford University, before heading to Columbia University in New York to earn a masters degree in international journalism. She worked at a major daily newspaper and at CNN in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; at Associated Press in Berlin, Germany; and in public relations in both New York City and Seattle, Washington, before moving back to the Bay Area in 2001. Her writing has appeared in numerous US and international publications, including Jornal do Brasil, The West Side Spirit, Emerging Markets, USA TODAY, Bay Area Parent, and the San Francisco Chronicle, and she is the author of Frommer's San Francisco with Kids (2nd and 3rd editions) and Frommer's San Francisco Day by Day (1st edition). She lives in San Francisco with her husband Mika and three children, Annika, Natasha, and Aksel.