We stayed with Anka for 3 nights. When I first contacted her she replied and pre-approved us almost immediately. She was sweet and welcoming from the start and we were so excited to stay with her. The area was perfectly located, safe, and walkable! We were a couple blocks away from Muni, Castro, Alamo square (where our tour bus picked us up, 20 min ride into the Wharf area, 15 miles from airport -- PERFECT! She gave us a code for life that got us 3 $15 rides free!
Upon arrival Anka was in immediate contact with us so we were confident in our stay right off the bat. She even helped us carry the bags up the stairs! The space was cozy, clean, very well put together, and accomodating. She has guest shelves in the bathroom and kitchen with extra stuff you might need. She was so quiet, we felt like the place was ours. Coming and going we stopped to chat and she was so funny, friendly, understanding and relatable. She's very cool. We'd be friends. :)
She was full of welcome advise, suggestions, and realistic opinions about everything we needed to know.
We had a truly great first Airbnb experience and highly recommend Anka!
The city was incredible and there is so much to do and see. We took a bus tour that had a ton of addons including Alcatraz, Sausalito, Night tour, walking tours in different distinct neighborhoods--we highly recommend doing the go-to stuff first so you can pick and choose what to enjoy the rest of your trip. We also recommend that you pack sweaters/heavy jackets, comfy walking shoes, and a backpack to tote everything you might need. It gets extremely cold at night starting at 4pm and there was unespected heavy fog and mist and wind despite the beautiful anticipated 72° weather. We had a great trip and hope you do too!