Every major tourist city has one: An iconic sight ...

Every major tourist city has one: An iconic sight that for generations has defined the city. The Golden Gate is that for San Francisco.

The views from the rest areas around it are stunning, the bridge is a beauty, and if you drive up to Hawk Hill just beyond the bridge you'll be greeted with an amazing view of the bridge, with the bay and the city behind it - it's the vista that has been immortalized and graces many living room walls.

If you're wondering why the bridge is international orange while it's called the golden gates .. it lends its name from the gold rush era, where the boats would enter the bay from the ocean and that was 'the gates to the gold'.