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The row of colourful houses, in San Francisco

The rows of colourful houses are one of the signatures of the urban landscape of San Francisco. The San Francisco audio-guided tour stops here to evoke these Victorian façades with bright shades, which make all the charm of the residential districts.

The Victorian façades with bright shades

San Francisco is famous for its rows of Victorian and Edwardian houses, built in wood at the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth century. Painted in bright colours that emphasise the slightest details, ornaments, cornices, balconies and bow-windows, they compose streets of great harmony. Having escaped the great earthquake and the fire of 1906 in certain districts, these houses make the identity of the city and offer, along the sloping streets, a colourful and picturesque spectacle.

What to see

You admire the rows of Victorian and Edwardian wooden houses, with façades painted in bright colours and careful ornaments, along the sloping streets of San Francisco. These colourful houses make the identity of the city. It is a must-see stop, to be explored on foot.

Practical information

The rows of colourful houses are discovered along the streets of the residential districts of San Francisco, reachable on foot. They are private houses that you admire from the street. You discover them during a walk, along the sloping streets.

Why are the houses of San Francisco colourful?

These Victorian and Edwardian wooden houses are painted in bright colours that emphasise their ornaments; they make the identity and the charm of the districts of the city.

Where to see the colourful houses of San Francisco?

Along the streets of the residential districts of San Francisco, in California.