From the elegant shops of Union Street and Sacramento Street to popular Fisherman s Wharf and Chinatown, San Francisco is one of the world s great shopping meccas. Click on our list of recommended shops, or explore our overview. The City s most well-known and popular retail shops are contained within this district, which is bordered roughly by Powell, Sutter, Sansome and Market streets. From downtown hotels, the entire area is within easy walking distance.
Parking garages are plentiful.
Union Square is studded with fashionable hotels and shops along Geary, Powell, Post and Stockton streets, and is anchored by Neiman Marcus, Saks Fifth Avenue and Macy s Union Square, whose complex opens on both Geary and Stockton streets. Traveling east along Post and Geary streets, beyond Union Square, brings further shopping options. The super-sophisticated clothing shops, galleries, jewelry stores and much more of 500 Sutter Street provide an inviting shopping experience with a neighborhood feel. San Francisco Shopping Centre, located at 865 Market Street at Powell Street, just a few blocks walk from Union Square and the Moscone Convention Center, houses more than 90 shops and restaurants, and the only spiral escalator in the country. This nine-story vertical mall is capped by Nordstrom, which occupies the top five floors.