Alamo Square

Best place to take pictures of the Painted Ladies. It’s nice to just sit in Alamo Square and watch the sunset with the Painted Ladies. Alamo Square is also just a nice park in its own right — with lots of dogs and benches. The fact that it’s so steep means you get a great view of the city!

Beautiful park but it’s closed for the entire month of May :(If you’re going to see the Painted Ladies you can still view them from the street even though the view isn’t quite the same.

Growing up watching full house I was always curious to see where this place is at. Finally I get to come and take pictures and walk the streets. FYI we came on the day of the bay of the breakers and the Alamo square was boarded up with fences.
Being that I was from out of town I had to get better pictures so I hopped the fence to get a bigger and wider picture.
Just my luck the cops drove by as we walked towards the fence to hop back over.
Cop «Kids your not suppose to be in there, that’s why the fence is boarded up»

This is a nice park. It is in a residential neighborhood. Lining the park are a couple of nice apartments, but mainly beautiful victorian houses. These include the famous and highly photographed Painted Ladies.
The park its self is grassy with nice trees and nicer viewed. It is a high point and you can see all over from up here.
When I have been here it has always been used by two groups. Tourists looking at the houses and people exercising their dogs. There are lots of happy dogs.

Everyone must recognized this place in the us tv show full house. You have a beautiful view of the city and skyline. Beautiful houses cover the front line. I love it

This might be one of my favorite parks in San Francisco. Its more calm. Nothing like the crowd you would get at Dolores. It’s on top of the hill therefore the view is nice and the view of the painted ladies. Especially this weekend, the sun was out. Just bring a blanket, some fruits and shades. Perfect day at the park. Noise level is very light even with all the tourist. Very relaxing. Especially with the rainwe had this year, the grass is green.

Add this to your SF to-​do. All the tourists do it. This is where you can see the Painted Ladies aka Full House houses… everyone takes their iconic FH pics here. You also get a view of the SF skyline since the hill is slightly elevated. There’s usually street parking at the perimeter of the park.

As far as views of the city and the Painted Ladies, Alamo Square is one of those iconic tourist places in SF that you might enjoy visiting. Located across the street from the «Full House» house, the row of Painted Ladies is quintessential Victorian era San Francisco. Beautifully painted and maintained to reflect the grandeur and elegance of San Fransisco circa mid 1800’s– early 1900’s, these homes surrounding Alamo Square, including the Painted Ladies, but also a few other beauties, are really very captivating. Definitely a good place to visit if Victorian architecture is your delight.

Beautiful San Francisco city park especially along or looking towards Steiner St. because of the Painted Ladies. So much beauty in the neighborhood and looking beyond it at the city skyline. Great place to just have a quick picnic and take in the view. The Painted Ladies are just so beautiful to look at. You cant help but remember it from the Full House tv show or countless postcards that have featured those victorian masterpiece homes.
There’s a lot of tourists. There’s a lot of dogs. So watch your step and pay close attention to the street signs as well as any temporary street construction signs. SF parking enforcement will be on you with the quickness. I parked across the street from the Painted Ladies first, only seeing the street signs thinking it was ok. But I hadn’t noticed the signs during construction of no stopping or parking. Stoops! Good thing I didnt get a ticket in the 5 – 10 mins it took me to realize I shouldn’t have parked there. Whew!
Alamo Square park. You gotta see it. Just sit and take it all in for a moment. You’re seeing the city from one of its most beautiful vantage points. What a view…

Beautiful Views Of The City From The Top Of This Hilly Park!
My mother and I visited Alamo Square on the afternoon of August 1^st.
We arrived at Alamo Square via the MUNI bus, and walked a few blocks to reach our destination. The famous row of colourful Victorian houses called The Painted Ladies were situated on one side of Alamo Square.
Alamo Square was a large urban park taking up an entire city block in the middle of a residential neighborhood. The park was perched on top of a hill, that overlooked the city. It had a good mix of open grassy spaces and treed areas.
We climbed the hillside in order to get a better and less obstructed view of The Painted Ladies. The views of the surrounding city and downtown skyline from on top of the hilly park were fantastic and beautiful and provided great photo opportunities!
The atmosphere felt very relaxed and peaceful and the park was busy with tourists admiring The Painted Ladies and lots of locals enjoying a picnic, reading, sunbathing or just hanging out.
The park was surrounded on all four sides by gorgeous and colourful Victorian houses (including The Painted Ladies) with such unique, detailed and impressive architecture. The whole area around the park was also full of beautiful homes. I really enjoyed wandering around the neighbourhood while checking out and admiring the pretty houses.
If I lived in this neighbourhood or had more time in San Francisco, this park would have been a beautiful place to just relax for an afternoon, enjoy a picnic and admire the great views from above. I enjoyed my visit to Alamo Square and would definitely recommend it to visitors in San Francisco.

A lot of tourists here to take pictures of the Victorian houses. Too many dogs in the area, couldn’t really enjoy peace here. Perhaps I didn’t explore the entire area, I didn’t see any flat ground where families could enjoy a picnic.
Wasn’t too hard to find street parking but I can picture it being tough during weekends.

As beautiful and majestic as promised in the Full House TV show theme.

If you were a Full House fan growing up then you must visit this place-​if you are nearby. If you are nearby and want to take a break, stretch your legs, people/​dog watch or have a small picnic, then this is the place for it. I visited in October so the trees & grass were turning and some patches of dirt. However the houses are great to look at. Combine this with a landscape backdrop of San Francisco and you have epic selfies. Not sure the distance, but a few laps around the park will definitely give you a cardio workout if you keep up for 20 minutes at least. There’s parking all along the perimeter of the park but there are also lots nearby.

Beautiful park with a great view of the Painted Ladies and downtown San Fran directly behind it. (Go up the hill of the park to see the buildings of SanFran). My lady and I grabbed a bagel sandwhich from the café two blocks away and brought it to the park to eat. We went, we ate, took pictures and left. Other than that, there ain’t much to do there.

Naturally, it’s a tourist must, but it’s got much more to offer than a Full House flashback.
IMO, the Painted Ladies aren’t nearly the coolest houses on the block. There are tons of amazing Victorians in the neighborhood, and it’s worth walking beyond the perimeter of the park if you’re into architecture. The skyline views are amazing as well, especially with city hall in the foreground.
My favorite part about the park is how dog friendly it is. There is an off-​leash area with lots of friendly dogs and dog owners. It’s nice to see that locals frequent the park and they aren’t complete a-​holes like some other cities (*coughNewYorkcough*).
The drag about this place, aside from parking on weekends, is that it’s 95% dirt /​mud. The grass is mostly weeds, and it’s pathetic for the dogs. Maybe it’s just because of winter, but I cannot imagine trying to picnic here. Also, on two sides of the park, there was shattered glass from two car break-​ins. Wouldn’t trust parking here after dark.

The park is beautiful. It is hard to find something so calm and rich with nature in the middle of the city. One thing I like about San Francisco is that the city is not condensed and the hills are beautiful! You can bring picnic and drinks with a blanket and hang out at the beautiful park! Many dogs like coming here too and play with each other. I love seeing the city and painted ladies in foreground! Must visit. A very beautiful destination!

Sooo… what is this? Pretty much cosigning what Angela Z said. It didn’t help that I came on a day that was bitterly cold but it seemed like most of everything is under construction, the houses are diluted, lots of dirt and just overall not a pretty place to hang.

Dog lovers unite! Alamo Square is a great off-​leash dog park, and the sheer amount of cute pups I see here makes my day.
Of course there’s a view of the painted ladies, and a small swarm of tourists milling about that side of the park, but honestly it’s more fun to people watch the tourists and hang out with some cute puppies.

This park is basically a hill with nice views at the top.
Yes, yes, yes, it’s known for it’s famous: Painted Ladies which is lovely and I suppose the views of every direction are nice. However, I do not appreciate the fact that so many people smoked in this park the day I came. It kind of destroyed the little bit of nature that San Francisco had, even though there isn’t really nature at all with the drought and all.
The washrooms here were surprisingly clean, but there is a window on the top of the washroom I was in, so the entire time, I was self conscious to know if someone was looking at me from above.

Everytime I have visited this park, the Full House theme just would suddenly go off in my head! The park is beautiful and the view of downtown SF is fantastic, but the obvious highlight is the row of colorful houses featured in the Full House theme song. I’ve been here during the day and during the night and there are always people just hanging around the park, mostly chilling on the grass. Accessing this park via a car is not a problem either as there is residential parking surrounding the park. If you don’t find a spot the first time, just swing around and eventually you’ll find one.

For most people Alamo Square and the view of The Painted Ladies is iconic due to the tv show Full House. For this gal, this spot derives its special meaning from the movie «The Five Year Engagement.» Alamo Square is the park where Emily Blunt hosts a «pick your own adventure» style wedding. The scene, like everything in the movie, is super charming. It imprinted itself in my touristy desires and it did not disappoint.
It was lovely to see people leisurely enjoying their weekend picnics and lounging about on the grass. The views of San Francisco from this spot are surprisingly vast and lovely. We were here during Fleet Week and the city insider pro-​tip is that this is a great spot to watch the agile acrobatics of the planes.
Be forewarned. This is a highly active area for car break ins. If you plan on parking nearby, make sure you keep all your valuables out of sight. We encountered shattered glass and police offers taking reports from incidents that occurred in broad daylight.

Une des plus jolies vue de San Francisco !
La montée sera dure, surtout si vous venez de Market Street à pied ou à vélo mais ça en vaut le coup. Avant d’atteindre les hauteurs du parc, arrêtez-​vous au Bi-​Rite Market pour vous prendre une boisson fraiche. Vous pouvez aussi être patient (e) et faire la queue pour leur glacé. Une fois vos achats fait, grimpez la dernière montée pour vous étaler de tout votre long dans la pelouse. Bonheur ! Il y a toujours beaucoup de monde dans ce parc, surtout le week-​end, et j’ai vite compris pourquoi ! La vue est superbe ! Que ce soit en journée ou au coucher du soleil, Alamo Square est un «must-​do». En face de vous, les painted ladies, ces fameuses maisons victoriennes colorées, et encore plus loin les buildings de San Francisco. Pour déguster son café/​cronuts au petit déjeuner, faire sa pause déjeuner ou prendre le goûter ou l’apéro, c’est parfait !

An all day trek to reach the Full House park at golden hour. Awesome.
When my boyfriend and I took our first trip to SF together, the one thing he wanted to do was «see the Full House house».
We googled directions to the house and were really disappointed. It didn’t look anything like we remembered. There was couple from Germany, who were doing the same. They asked us to take a photo of them in front of the house. We asked them if this resembled the house they remembered. They figured it had changed a bit over the 20 year gap, but that wasn’t good enough for my boyfriend.
He googled the house used in the song and it led us to Alamo Square. It was only a couple miles away (and we were parked at the pier) so we decided to continue on foot. San Francisco is not the most walkable city. The steep hills added to our walk time and before we knew it, the sun was starting to set. Turns out, the universe had a surprise in store for us because when we reached our destination, it was golden hour. We snapped away. And to my boyfriend, the trip was complete.

5 stars for the view.
In a City that is chock full of views, Alamo Squares is unique.
A row of Victorian homes line the eastern side of the Square and beyond this, is the most amazing skyline view of Downtown San Francisco.
This view appeared in a TV sitcom; it’s in countless tourist photos.
But when you think about it, it’s one of the beautiful neighborhoods in San Francisco.
Last year, I stumbled upon an antique & flea market that the Haight Neighborhood association planned as a fundraiser. It was very cool. The other homes around the perimeter of the square are distinctive and pretty colorful in pattern & history.
In warm weather, bring a picnic and spread out on the grassy slope. Enjoy a glass of wine and snacks. The view is your sweet treat.

Mary Kate & Ashley put the Painted Ladies on tourist’s list of places to visit in SF.
But for the locals who live around the square, there’s more to than just staring at these classic Victorian homes.
It’s about playing with your kids in the playground.
It’s getting a glimpse of downtown SF on a fog free day.
It’s about gathering picnic supplies at nearby Bi-​Rite market and enjoying it here.
It’s about letting your pooch get some air time with your frisbee and meeting other cute doggies.
It’s about communing with Mother Nature after a hard day’s work.
I love SF.

The best view in SF! Ce parc c’est un peu l’image d’epinal de la ville, avec Le Golden Gate Bridge bien sur ;-)
Au delà de la vue magnifique, c’est surtout un parc de quartier.
Il y a un espace privilégiés pour nos amis à 4 pattes, et d’ailleurs ils s’en donnent à cœur joie!
Une aire de jeu pour les enfants, de grandes étendu d’herbes, des espaces ombragés avec des chemins qui serpentent au milieu des arbres, idéal pour faire d’agréable ballades, des fleurs partout…
En bref, un trés beau parc, très agréable, et finalement la vue n’est qu’un bonus qui attirent le temps d’une photo, tous les touristes de la ville :-)

Comment né pas passer à Alamo square, endroit vraiment sympa avec une vue imprenable, le charme des maisons victoriennes. Venez en voiture si vous né voulez pas arriver essoufflé. Alamo square est surtout célèbre pour les aficionados de la fête à la maison qu’on peut admirer de près. A voir aussi la maison de madame Doubtfire dans une rue adjacentele charme de San Francisco résumé dans un parc

Aqui estan las 7 casas victorianas mas famosas del mundo, son super bonitas, merece mucho la pena verlas pero no dedicar mucho puesto que es lo que hay y san francisco tiene mucho que ver.

Alamo square est un petit parc où il fait bon se promener mais la principale attraction sont les maisons victoriennes (les seven sisters). Pour les amateurs de photos carte postale

Great park to walk your dog and/​or read a book. Even to picnic. I love how quiet and tranquil this park is. And you get a perfect view of the painted ladies. Dog lovers unite for sure! :p I’ve never seen so many canines together before… Definitely a cool sight.