Find kid-friendly places in Sausalito (8)

Sausalito's shady neighborhood playground with bathrooms, picnic tables, lawns and basketball courts - one block off the Caledonia Street cafe strip, so parents can actually get a good coffee.

Built for nought to eight and sited under the north tower of the Golden Gate Bridge, which no other children's museum can say. Closed Monday and Tuesday; $25 covers everyone over one.

Sausalito's famous cash-conscious sustainable seafood shack on the harbor: order at the counter, eat fish and chips at waterfront picnic tables while kids watch the boats.

Pizza and wine on a bayside patio with its own bocce court and a little beach where kids play in the sand steps from the table - go early before the evening bar crowd rolls in.

A working hydraulic model of the whole bay, big enough to walk around, and free. Open Tuesday to Saturday and closed Sundays and federal holidays, which catches people out.

Sausalito's landmark hillside hotel (a registered Historic Hotel of America) with suites and cottage-style rooms cascading toward the bay - walkable to the ferry, Bar Bocce and downtown.

The splurge: historic officers' quarters and contemporary rooms under the Golden Gate Bridge at Fort Baker, with lawns to run, complimentary morning coffee and pastries, weekend guided hikes, and the Bay Area Discovery Museum next door.

Kid-friendly tours and talks teach little ones about rescued seals and sea lions.