Want to row a boat? Sip green tea? See world-class art? Go to a flower show? Throw a Frisbee? Glide on Rollerblades Play tennis or soccer? Then head to Golden Gate Park, on San Francisco’s western edge. Larger than New York’s Central Park, the 1,013-acre, 3-mile long green strip offers recreation and relaxation. It’s home to the splendid new M.H. de Young Museum, the Conservatory of Flowers, Japanese Tea Garden, Strybing Arboretum and Stow Lake. Normally it’s also home to the California Academy of Sciences, though that’s relocated downtown while a new museum is being built. You could lose yourself in Golden Gate Park among the thousands of trees, plants and leafy glens; you could go all day without seeing the buildings or even people, though up to 75,000 visit the park each weekend. To get some idea of what the park originally looked like, go to its western end. It was once a series of sand dunes, like you’ll see at the edge of the Great Highway. Tucked among them, the Beach Chalet building houses a restaurant and the park’s visitor center.