ALCATRAZ TOUR PACKAGES - Reserve tickets online TODAY!
Save time and money with our Popular Alcatraz Combination Tours
Former federal prison Alcatraz has become a must see activity for visitors to the Bay Area. Use our one stop tour shopping to plan your vacation! You will not be charged a markup on the Alcatraz Tickets PLUS eliminate Wharf parking fees with a hotel pick up for most of our motor coach tours. Plan your entire day here. BOOK EARLY! Alcatraz tours are often sold out over a week in advance!
1 DAY COMBINATION TOURS - SEE ALCATRAZ AS PART OF A ONE DAY SIGHTSEEING PACKAGE
2 DAY COMBINATION TOURS - SEE ALCATRAZ AS PART OF A TWO DAY PACKAGE
ALCATRAZ FERRY AND GENERAL TOUR INFO
After a short 10 minute ferry ride from Pier 41 across San Francisco Bay you will arrive on the infamous Alcatraz Island. The tour includes a movie of Alcatraz history and a 35 minute audio headset tour of an Alcatraz cell block. This audio tour is available in 6 languages: English, French, German, Italian, Japanese and Spanish. To reach the Cell House, you must walk up a steep hill. In addition to the famous prison, Alcatraz features some of the most spectacular views of San Francisco and the Golden Gate Bridge from the beautifully landscaped Agave Trail.
Alcatraz is part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. The ferry service is a concessionaire of the National Park Service. TourCorp is not affiliated with the ferry service, Alcatraz or the National Park Service. Confirmation & Travel Vouchers By ordering one of these combination ferry and tours your authorize "TourCorp" to purchase Alcatraz Ferry tickets from Telesales for your use. You will receive two separate confirmations and credit card charges. IMPORTANT: ALCATRAZ FERRY AND AUDIO TOUR: ALL ALCATRAZ SALES ARE FINAL The National Park Pass is not applicable to the Alcatraz Tour. No exchanges, refunds or cancellations. You may purchase up to 14 tickets on the web for Alcatraz. Alcatraz is a National Park and does not offer any refunds or discounts. For every confirmed booking you will receive 2 E-Mails with your E-Ticket Vouchers - when both parts of your combo tour booking are confirmed. Please present the 1st E-Ticket voucher at the Tour Office/Tour Driver for your Motorcoach Tour. The 2nd e-mail will be your receipt for the Alcatraz Ferry Reservation. Your Alcatraz Tickets will be held at Pre-Paid Will Call: Your Alcatraz boarding tickets will be held at the Marine terminal at Pier 41. When you present your picture ID, reservation confirmation number and/or credit card used on the reservation transaction the boarding tickets are printed. Be sure to show up 30 to 45 minutes before your cruise time! Alcatraz tickets may not be picked up prior to the tour date.
Q. Why will I receive two orders ? Why isn't the Alcatraz cost on my 1st order ? A. We will send your order confirmation in 2 separate emails: 1 for your Tour - booked with the Sightseeing Tour Company and a second for Alcatraz Ferry. Your 1st tour order will not included the Alcatraz ticket cost. The Alcatraz Ferry and Audio tour ticket is run as a separate order and credit card transaction. Q. Why is there a confirmation delay between the two orders. The 2 orders are confirmed by 2 different companies. We put the orders through both systems as fast as they are placed. Do not assume that your Alcatraz part of your combination ticket is booked until you receive the Alcatraz "print at home" ticket. Q. Why can't I buy only an Alcatraz Ticket from your company ? We book Alcatraz tickets (with no markup or service fees) as a service for our customers. We are in the Sightseeing sales business and want you to enjoy one of our many tour and activities in addition to visiting Alcatraz. Q: How do I reserve my tickets? I need some instructions. You select and reserve your sightseeing tour or cruise online. We will reserve your Alcatraz ferry and audio tour tickets for you. You will receive 2 different email "print at home" tickets. The 1st "print at home" ticket is for your sightseeing tour or cruise. The second "print at home ticket: is for the the Alcatraz Ferry and Audio tour. Your Alcatraz Ferry and Tour is NOT confirmed until you receive the Alcatraz "print at home" ticket via e-mail. Alcatraz is based on availability. Do not assume that your Alcatraz part of your combination ticket is booked until you receive the Alcatraz "print at home" ticket. |
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Our
great Combo Tours do include the Ferry Ride to Alcatraz and the Audio
Tour of the prison cell house. Reserve online today before you arrive
in the city. Remember: The ferry tickets to Alcatraz sell out weeks
in advance. There are a limited amount of tickets per day. Make sure
you get to see "The Rock" on your trip to San
Francisco. We DO NOT sell individual Alcatraz ferry tickets.
Tour
includes ferry cruise to the infamous and notorious former federal prison
Also included is an Award-winning audio headset tour in the prison Cell
House with actual interviews of former guards and inmates - available
in six languages - English, French, German, Italian, Japanese and Spanish.
Alcatraz
is one of San Francisco's most popular visitor attractions and its tours
frequently sell out a week or more in advance. Tickets are rarely
available at the Box Office for same-day sailings. The Alcatraz Ferry
departs daily from Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco. "TourCorp"
is Tour & Sightseeing Company and we only offer Alcatraz Ferry Tickets
as a planning convenience for our clients. We
do not mark up or add any service fees to the cost of the Alcatraz Tickets.
Due to high demand and limited tickets for the Alcatraz ferry/audio
tour- both your Sightseeing Tour and Ferry reservations are pending until
you receive a final confirmation e-mail from us. 
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aboard the Alcatraz Ferry to the infamous and notorious former federal
prison - home to the likes of Al Capone, George "Machine Gun"
Kelley, and Robert "The Birdman" Stroud. The National Park presents
a captioned orientation video with historical footage, self-guided walks,
exhibits and Ranger-interpretive talks on topics such as "Famous
Escapes." Also included is an Award-winning audio headset tour in
the prison Cell House with actual interviews of former guards and inmates
- available in six languages - English, French, German, Italian, Japanese
and Spanish. 
Please
note that the walk to the Alcatraz Cellhouse is on steep, uneven pavement.
SEAT (Sustainable Easy Access Transport) is available for wheelchair
users and visitors unable to walk to quarter mile, 12% upgrade. No animals
(except certified service animals) are allowed on Alcatraz Island. After
the tour there is time to visit the Alcatraz Museum, the bookshop and
explore the island. Stay as long as you like – ferries depart every
1/2 hour back to San Francisco. Average time spent on Alcatraz is 1 1/2
- 3 hours.MORE GREAT ALCATRAZ INFORMATION AND HISTORY
Alcatraz Island sits isolated amidst the cold winds of the bay. Spanish explorer Juan Manuel de Ayala named this foreboding rock for the pelicans nesting there. This infamous island, the subject of legend, lore and a few Hollywood movies, once held scores of prisoners incarcerated above its cliffs....more BRIEF ALCATRAZ HISTORY PRISON First used as a prison by the U.S. Army during the Civil War, "The Rock" became a maximum security penitentiary in 1934, during the post-Prohibition, post-Depression America. Federal officials talked about creating a special prison for kidnappers, racketeers, and individuals guilty of predatory crimes. In fact, the public peace seemed constantly threatened by crime - and Alcatraz seemed to be the ideal response to that threat.
At first, Alcatraz was somewhat of an experiment. Prisoners from other institutions who were especially difficult to manage were sent here. This type of segregation had never been practiced before, but it worked well enough to serve as a model for the federal prison located in Marion, Illinois. Though Alcatraz is thought to have housed many notorious criminals, only a handful of truly famous names did time on this harsh island. Mobster Al Capone, bank robber Leon "Whitey" Thompson, George "Machine Gun" Kelly, and the "Birdman of Alcatraz," Robert Stroud (who, by the way, was not permitted to continue his avian studies during his 17 years on the island). Numerous escapes (36 to be exact) were attempted, though there is no evidence that anyone ever made it through the icy, shark-infested waters to freedom. The prison closed in 1964 due to prohibitive operating costs. NATIVE
AMERICAN OCCUPATION On November 9, 1969, Richard Oakes, a Mohawk Indian, and a group of Indian supporters set out in a chartered boat, the Monte Cristo, to symbolically claim the island for the Indian people. On November 20, 1969, this symbolic occupation turned into a full scale occupation which lasted until June 11, 1971. The Indians' demands were clear: they wanted the deed to the island, and they wanted to establish an Indian university, a cultural center, and a museum. The government refused to negotiate and insisted that they leave the island. By early 1970, the Indian's organization on the island began to disintegrate to such a point that Oakes left the island. After many months of declining leadership on the island and government attempts to oust the Native Americans and the growing drug culture, President Nixon gave the go ahead to develop a removal plan -- to take place when the smallest number of people were on the island and to use as little force as possible. On June 10, 1971, the occupation ended. Shortly thereafter, the official government policy of termination of Indian tribes was ended and a policy of Indian self-determination became the official US government policy. ALCATRAZ
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