All About Alcatraz Island: Visiting Alcatraz

A trip to San Francisco is not complete without a visit to Alcatraz

. Book a room at the best of the San Francisco hotels near Pier 39 so you will be close to the island. Then, you can prepare for your trip through history.

Once you arrive at Alcatraz Island, you will have lots to admire. Start outside of the prison, at the gardens. At one time, the gardens were used as a way to bring beauty to the island. Then, the gardens were ignored for years, but many of the flowers continued to thrive. Now, the gardens are impeccably manicured and full of gorgeous plants. Walk around and see the types of plants that thrive on the island.

After the gardens, you can go inside the prison and look around. See what life was like on the Rock. The prison housed many notorious inmates through the years and was the location of many famous escape attempts. Look over the cells and see how this prison handled the worst criminals in the history of the country.

Be sure to take the audio tour inside the prison. Listen in on the correctional officers and inmates. The tour uses their real voices, so you will get to go back in time and experience what these men lived through.

Book a room at the best of the hotels near Alcatraz so you can be close to the famous prison. Take in the history of the area and get a firsthand look at the prison.

by: Jed Crowl

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