Ultimate San Francisco City Tour Fully Guided - Our Most Popular Sightseeing Tour!

Three Hour Ultimate San Francisco City Tour - Fully Guided and Narrated

This is the most popular tour in San Francisco and is an excellent way to see the City in a short space of time or to orient you for a longer stay. Your three and a half hour tour will include three or four scheduled stops of 10-25 minutes each at selected landmarks.

 

Highlights Include:

• Golden Gate Bridge
• Fisherman's Wharf
• Painted Laides Victorian Homes
• Golden Gate Park
• Palace of Fine Arts
• North Beach and Chinatown
• Presidio National Park
• Awe-inspiring views of Alcatraz, and the Pacific Ocean

Stops Made at: The Vista Point at Golden Gate Bridge, Twin Peaks – breath-taking hilltop panoramic views of the City and other stops and photo opportunities will be recommended by your tour guide

Experience San Francisco Francisco’s colorful past as you travel through history – from the first settlements of Native Americans – to a cosmopolitan city of beautiful architecture – from the Wild West and the frenzied days of the “Gold Rush” – to the vibrant culture that flourishes today.

 

Three Hour Ultimate San Francisco City Tour - Fully Guided and Narrated

A typical day in San Francisco finds the fog pouring into the Golden Gate, cable cars climbing the steep hills, and automobiles twisting their way down Lombard Street, the “crookedest street in the world”.

 

Fisherman’s Wharf: Your tour of this magnificent city begins at Fisherman’s Wharf, home to crab boats and the fishing fleet and some of the best seafood restaurants in the world. From the Wharf, you will travel past the Hyde Street Pier and National Maritime Museum, Ghirardelli Square, and Lombard Street. From the Wharf, residential neighborhoods spread out in every direction, covering the seven hills that make up the city.

Traveling through the Marina District, you will pass the Palace of Fine Arts and the Presidio of San Francisco, a former Army garrison now turned into a National Park.

 

The Golden Gate Bridge:

San Francisco’s famous icon, comes into view. This is the first stop on your tour, and you will have ample time to take photos. Following the rugged coastline west of the bridge, your tour will take you through forested parklands and upscale scaleresidential neighborhoods. You will pass the famous Cliff house and Ocean Beach before entering San Francisco's playground, Golden Gate Park. The park Encompasses 1,017 acres, it is three miles long, one-half mile wide,and stretches from the Pacific Ocean into the center of the city. Home to many museums,gardens,and outdoor recreation activities, the park boasts 6,000 varieties of plants. As you travel through the park, you will see the recently restored Conservatory of Flowers and Japanese Tea Garden.

Leaving Golden Gate Park, you will travel through the Sunset District’s orderly row houses. Built on sand dunes as the city expanded westward, these neighborhoods have a diverse ethnic population, ranging from Russian and Eastern European to Chinese, Korean, and Japanese. The district’s most prominent landmark is the red Sutro Tower, which provides television and radio service to the city. Turning onto a winding boulevard, you will climb to one of the highest points in the city, Twin Peaks. From this vantage point you will have a 360°panoramic view of San Francisco and the surrounding Bay communities - weather permitting.

 

Descending Twin Peaks, you will begin your journey back across the 49-square-mile city, passing The Painted Ladies Victorian Homes, vibrant shopping streets, the Civic Center (City Hall, Opera House, Library, and Asian Art Museum), Financial District, Chinatown (one of the largest Chinese communities outside of Asia), and North Beach.

At the end of your tour you will return to Fisherman's Wharf or choose to be returned bac to your hotel.

San Francisco Ultimate City Tour by Motorcoach
January - December: Daily at 10:00am and 2:00pm

Departure Location:

Guest are asked to meet at The Sightseeing Ticket Office at 2627 Taylor Street, San Francisco, CA 94133 located at the corner of Taylor and North Point in the heart of Fisherman's Wharf. There is ample paid parking lots and very limited metered street parking is available. Guests should meet at this address 15 minutes prior to departure.

 

Complimentary Hotel Pickup:

Complimentary hotel pick up is offered from most hotels in San Francisco. Please be punctual for your pick up time, but allow at least ten 10 minutes for possible traffic delay. Click here for a Hotel Pick Up List

 

Payment:

Your credit card will be charged the total amount of products and services selected at the time of booking. We accept Visa, Mastercard, American Express or Discover Cards

Confirmation & Travel Voucher:

This tour must be booked at least 24hrs in advance of your travel date. Your confirmation for this product will be received within 12-24 hours subject to availability. You will receive a confirmation email with a link to your E-Ticket Voucher. Print this voucher on you home/office printer and present SIGNED voucher at departure location. Only one voucher will be created per tour or activity for all travelers.

Cancellation Policy: 

Cancellations within 48 hours of the tour are charged in full. Cancellations prior to 48 hours are charged a minimum $10.00 per person administration fee. We charge 100% for No Shows. If the tour is cancelled by the tour operator, the full ticket price will be refunded.

Supplier and Tourcorp assume no responsibility for delays caused by accidents, breakdown, weather, conditions of trails, roads, bays, oceans, rivers, airspace and any other conditions beyond control of Supplier, in addition to insufficient numbers of passengers.

Comfortable shoes, extra layer of warm clothing, hats, visors and sunglasses. Weather: Tour route or activity may be changed depending on local weather conditions. Gratuities and Souvenirs are not included.

All company policies can be found at www.tourcorp.com, and are part of this tour purchase.

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