Grant's
San Francisco
Travel Guide

Shopping in the San Francisco Bay Area

The opportunity to shop in the San Francisco Bay Area is virtually unbounded. With more than 35 malls, hundreds of shopping plazas, centers and squares, hundreds of outlet stores in addition to all the shops, boutiques, galleries and emporiums not in a formal shopping district; if you can't find it here, it probably doesn't exist.

In downtown San Francisco, Union Square is the natural destination for shoppers. With Macy's, Nordstrom, Sak's, Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Versace, Neiman Marcus and more than 100 other exciting stores, what more could you want...?

Unless of course you are looking for bargains, then the outlet malls may be what you seek. The five outlet malls listed below, combined, house over 300 outlet stores.

Napa Premium Outlets 629 Factory Stores Drive Napa, CA 94558

Gilroy Premium Outlets 681 Leavesley Road, Suite 175 Gilroy, CA 95020

Great Mall of The Bay Area 447 Great Mall Drive Milpitas, CA 95035-8028

Vacaville Premium Outlets 321-2 Nut Tree Road Vacaville, CA 95687

Marina Square I-880 at Marina Blvd East, San Leandro, CA