This area is home to an affluent crowd, and boasts some of the city's most impressive mansions. With its sweeping views and a fabulous neighborhood, this is (not surprisingly) one of the most expensive places to live in San Francisco.

Most residential buildings here are built between the 1900s and 1930s in an Edwardian style, and the pricing for condominiums and single-family houses range between $900,000 to over $10 million.

In addition to their capacious mansions, Presidio Height residents enjoy convenient proximity to the many restaurants and stores down in the Sacramento and Fillmore shopping districts, as well as high-end grocery stores in Laurel Village.

Neighborhood favorites include the upscale restaurant Spruce, the fashionable brunch spot Magic Flute, and Garibaldi's; the quintessential restaurant on the block which serves Californian-Mediterranean cuisine. For some entertainment, go for a movie at the Vogue Theatre at Sacramento or the Clay theatre on Fillmore.

Families with kids can bring their little ones to both the Julius Kahn Playground and the Presidio Heights Playground, and as far as schools go, there are several excellent ones in the neighborhood.

For the best views in the city, head up the Lyon Street Steps at Pacific and Lyon, where you'll overlook both the Pacific Ocean and the city of San Francisco at once.