Whether youre in town for a day trip or a weekend, our guided tours are some of the best things to do in san francisco. Classic walking tour of san francisco with emperor norton. While i enjoyed all of the tours, the best overall tour was with emperor. Explore the secret side of the cities most famous historical neighborhoods while. This is a great set of walking tours that provide a wealth of information as well as some lesser known stories of san francisco history. Together, they awaken you to new flavors, new cultures.
I was in san francisco for 4 days, and i went on several walking tours with free tours by foot, wild sf, and san francisco city guides. Walking tours of san francisco these tours are in the form of a photographically rich e book that you can enjoy on either your ipad or phone. We keep our tour sizes small to ensure that you have an incredible time. Perfect as a fun corporate team builder or private tour too. Located in the heart of the city centre, the square is a popular meeting place for locals and tourists. Explore all around this businesscentric area, uncovering. Each of our san francisco tours start very close to hotels in downtown san francisco or fishermans wharf. Find the best free walking tours in san francisco with local guides and give what you want at the end of the visit. Our selfguided walking tour of san francisco made the top of the list for all of. Name your own price for our tours and discover what sf has to offer.
The best san francisco walking tours hachette book group. Book a san francisco free tour and discover memorable sights and rich culture of san francisco, usa ok we require some information from you, such as your name and email address, in order to make. On gumroad you can sign up for notices of new tours. With a paranormal expert, use authentic ghost hunting tools and gain exclusive access to places with known paranormal activity. This tour explores san francisco and its amazing neighborhoods. Book now our four walking adventures take you up and through some of the least explored areas and historic landmarks of san francisco. Book a private tour of muir woods, sausalito or angel island. This tour is not currently offered as a public tour. Free tours by foot offers great san francisco walking tours for every budget. We have partnered with gumroad to do the actual selling of these downloadable tours. One bush plaza, or the crownzellerbach building, is a 19story building designed by edward charles bassett that opened in 1959.
The selfguided walking tour of san francisco is not only a fantastic way to spend a day when you visit san francisco, but its the perfect way to explore a ton of the city totally for free. San francisco tours are operated by our partner san francisco. San francisco walking tours, guided walking tours for families. May 16, 2020 whether you are a local or a tourist, get to know the area even better while on foot with the best san francisco walking tours on tripadvisor.
On the day of your free walking tour, meet your guide in san franciscos most important public plaza. He worked for ibm for 15 years, purchased a victorian in 1988, and lovingly restored it over the years to its original grandeur. San francisco city walking tours and corporate team. Our tour guide gave us a warm, dynamic, and incredibly informative tour explaining the depth of the culture and history of chinatown, chinese culture, and the history of san francisco. Your witty troubadour and historianguide shares tales and songs of janis joplin, the grateful dead, and how the summer of love forever changed san francisco. In a city of stunning bays, bridges and hills, our san francisco hopon, hopoff bus tour is the perfect way to sightsee.
They range from the popular golden gate bridge tour to one dedicated to the impact of the 1906 earthquake and fire. Discover san francisco s wealth of historical architectureand visit multiple neighborhoods and city highlightswhen you book this smallgroup walking tour. Tours feature local history with architectural and graphic design insights to san francisco s unique legacy of surviving neon signs. The ultimate selfguided walking tour of san francisco. Our main design goal is to provide the best combinations of san francisco cannabis culture and city navigation so that each guest gets the most out of their tour. Delve into san franciscos seedy past with tales of true. We think its one of the best budgetfriendly things to do in san francisco. We are sponsored by the san francisco public library and are a san francisco parks alliance partner. Learn the history behind san francisco s financial district on an informative and sightfilled tour. San francisco never frisco is a very walkable town. We have obsessively designed tours for years and have a secret catalog were finally opening up to the public for the first time. Napa and sonoma wine country full day tour from san francisco.
This book invites you to explore san francisco in ways that not many locals. See these bay area gems with an expert walking tour guide who has been there hundreds of times. The best san francisco walking tours travel us news. Chinatown and north beach night san francisco tours. Discover walks san francisco walking tours with a local. San francisco s only real ghost hunting experience. Every day sf city guides part of the sf public library offers a number of free walking tours.
Free love tour wild sf cool san francisco city walking. The crownzellerbach building was the first international style curtainwall tower in san francisco, excluding the hallidie building mentioned later on the tour. Join wild sf tours for ghosts, graffiti, food and history tours, sharing the best of sf. While we welcome sameday reservations for our san francisco tours, we discourage walkups, as our smallgroup tours. You can find dozens of companies offering walking tours of different parts of the city. This book captures the incredible beauty of sf taking the trail instead of driving the city. Its small compact size its the second most densely populated city in the us along with impossible parking make it a walkers paradise. San francisco city guides 4155574266, free is a team of enthusiastic san francisco tour. Hi, im rick evans and i would like to invite you to experience the city from a unique perspective of the historic buildings and urban plan of san francisco s financial district. Tenderloin walking tours take you on journey of discovery, revealing the true nature of a.
Discover the lgbt history of the castro district in san francisco on a guided walking tour led by a longtime resident of the neighborhood. Tenderloin walking tours take you on journey of discovery, revealing the true nature of a muchmaligned, often avoided and almost always overlooked neighborhood. He is a travel writer who has authored books and articles about new orleans, hanoi, and the west of ireland for lonely planet, bbc studios, and a host of. San francisco hop on, hop off bus tours big bus tours. Tenderloin walking tours bay area walking history tours. Tours, things to do, sightseeing tours, day trips and more from viator. The green guide tours team has extensive experience designing tours in san francisco and puts quality, care, and compassion into every product and service we offer. Over the next 2 years, the population grew from less than 1,000 to over 19,000. Ascend majestic gardenlined staircases to some of the citys. Apr 22, 2020 whether you are a local or a tourist, get to know the area even better while on foot with the best san francisco walking tours on tripadvisor. Click on the date below to book any available tour. Book your free san francisco tour free tours by foot. San francisco walking tours every day rain or shine open on all public holidays except dec.
Yerba buenawhich was renamed san francisco in 1847remained a modest township until the gold rush of 1849. The 10 best san francisco walking tours with photos. Free walking tour of san francisco disfruta san francisco. During this walk youll see the buildings where hammett wrote his most famous stories and the majority of locales from his classic novel, the maltese falcon.
This book provides 18 mapped walks through different neighborhoods in san francisco, focusing on the history of the city, each walk taking about one to two hours, each one accompanied by detailed stories. Victorian home walk san francisco 2020 all you need to. On their own, chinatown and north beach stir your senses. Book now all specialty tours 24 to 225 all private and custom tours 120 to 800. City guides, founded in 1978, is a nonprofit organization with more than 300 trained volunteers who lead free historical and architectural walking tours in san francisco for over 40,000 locals and visitors each year. Wild sf walking tours haunted san francisco ghost tour. Our expert guides will help you plan your trip and find the best san francisco attractions. Walking tours san francisco food tours sf culinary.
Travel with don herron over the fogshrouded hills stalked by sam spade, the continental op, and other hardboiled characters created by san franciscos most renowned mystery and noir writer. Contact us to schedule private tours for up to 12 people. A special curated tour of the letterform archives stacks for anyone fascinated by the history of lettering and signage. This book provides 18 mapped walks through different neighborhoods in san francisco, focusing on the history of the city, each walk taking about one to two hours, each one accompanied by detailed stories keyed to specific buildings or sites. Enjoy the flexibility as you explore the treasures of golden gate bridge to fishermans wharf, haight ashbury to chinatown. San francisco walking tours welcome to free tours by foot, the premier nameyourownprice san francisco walking tours. The best way to transport yourself to san francisco. To request a private tour, please email email protected book. Guided nob hill walking tour in san francisco in san. The best way to see san francisco is to get out and take a walk.