Flight from Toronto, Canada to San Francisco, CA

San Francisco International Airport : 415-761-0800, just south of the city, off U.S. 101. Several domestic airlines serve the

Oakland Airport tel. 415-577-4000, which is across the bay but not much farther away from downtown San Francisco via I-880 and I-80, although traffic on the Bay Bridge may at times make travel time longer. Flying times: 6 hours from New York, 4 hours from Chicago, and 1 hour from Los Angeles.

The expansion added:

18 new restaurants serving a wide variety of international cuisine.

37 new retail stores.

A $10 million permanent art collection.

An 11,000 square-foot Aviation Library and Museum.

3,200 new parking spaces.

A taxi ride from SFO to downtown is a bit costly. Airport shuttles are inexpensive and efficient.

The SFO Airporter picks up passengers at baggage claim lower level and serves selected downtown hotels. SuperShuttle stops at the upper-level traffic islands and goes from the airport to anywhere within the city limits of San Francisco.

Inexpensive shuttles to the East Bay among them Bayporter Express also depart from SFO's upper-level traffic islands;

To drive to downtown San Francisco from the airport, take U.S. 101 north to the Civic Center 9th Street, 7th Street, or 4th Street exit. If you're headed to the Embarcadero or Fisherman's Wharf, take I-280 north the exit is to the right, just past 3Com Park and get off at the 4th Street-King Street exit. King Street becomes the Embarcadero a few blocks east of the exit. The Embarcadero winds around the waterfront to Fisherman's Wharf.