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Union Square

Shopping district·Union Square, San Francisco

San Francisco’s shopping heart

San Francisco’s grand shopping square, with a winter ice rink.

About Union Square

Union Square is the centre of shopping in San Francisco: department stores such as Saks Fifth Avenue and flagship boutiques face the square and line the streets around it, with the Powell Street cable cars a block away. In winter the square has an ice rink and a giant Christmas tree.

Our take

  • Department stores and flagships
  • Hotels and theatres around the square
  • Cable cars on Powell Street
Address
Union Square, San Francisco, California

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Opening hours, prices and seasonal openings change, so please check with Union Square before you go.

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