Experts' Choice Award Mission Dolores Basilica
What the experts agree on
San Francisco's oldest building (1776), this whitewashed adobe mission and cemetery hold the city's founders, indigenous Ohlone laborers, and early settlers—a haunting foundation of the city's Spanish colonial past.
“1776 Spanish mission and Catholic church.”
– Not For Tourists
Fodor's "Two churches stand side by side at this mission, including the small adobe Mission San Francisco de Asís, the oldest standing structure in San Francisco." Full review
Lonely Planet "The city's oldest building and its namesake, whitewashed adobe Misión San Francisco de Asís was founded in 1776 and rebuilt in 1782 with conscripted Ohlone and Miwok labor." Full review
Michelin Guide 1 Star
"San Francisco's oldest extant structure serves as a distinct reminder of the city's Spanish heritage and a repository of early European history." Full review
Where "Completed in 1791, Mission Dolores is the oldest intact building in San Francisco, the city’s first church and the sixth of 21 missions built along the El Camino Real from Mexico to Sonoma." Full review
Atlas Obscura "The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike. " Full review
Afar Magazine "San Francisco is a city of micro-climates, which means that the weather changes from neighborhood to neighborhood and fog is always a possibility, especially in the westernmost..." Full review
Frommer's "Known as Misíon San Francisco de Asís... there is no other surviving building that is more intrinsic to the early days of the town’s formation." Full review
