Fisherman’s Wharf is a popular waterfront, tourist area with restaurants, souvenir shops, street performers, cable car station, historic ships, famed Ghirardelli chocolate store, boating piers offering bay and Alcatraz tours. Pier 39 is a shopping center built around a pier with restaurants, arcades, sea lions hauled out on docks.

Paracas National Reserve is a striking coastal desert area spanning desert, ocean and islands. Popular attractions include i) La Mina, Mendieta and Playa Roja (Red) Beaches ii) Ballestas Islands iii) La Catedral