Explore San Francisco with a local insider and experience an extraordinary afternoon. This half-day tour takes you sightseeing around the city with a guide to offer commentary. Neighborhoods include Fisherman's Wharf, Presidio, Haight-Ashbury, Golden Gate Park, the Castro, and North Beach plus the Golden Gate Bridge. Free Wi-Fi is available aboard the vehicle so you can post your snaps to social media en route.

Half-day sightseeing tour of San Francisco with a local insider
Stop at points of interest like Lands End for photo ops
Cross the Golden Gate Bridge aboard a Wi-Fi-equipped vehicle
Ask your guide anything about the sights you see

What's Included

Expert guide and commentary
Most comprehensive San Francisco sightseeing tour available
Multiple stops to photograph and explore
Golden Gate Bridge crossing toll
Local guest services assistance
Guide Gratuities (for Private option ONLY)

Guide Gratuities (for Shared tour)
Food and Drink

Meeting And Pickup

You can head directly to your preferred meeting point, or request pickup.

Meeting points

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End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Pickup details

For Hilton Union Square - meet at the Mason street entrance (Eastern entrance). For other locations, please meet outside hotel main doors. If your hotel is not listed, please select Hilton Union Square or Hotel Zephyr Fisherman's Wharf or alternatively add your hotel and we will provide the closest pick-up location. You will be provided your exact pick-up location and time upon confirmation. Please always refer to the providers confirmation.

What To Expect

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible
Service animals allowed
Near public transportation
California law requires tour guests to bring a car safety seat for all children under 8 years and under 4' 9" (1.4 meters) in height. Any guest that does not provide their child's safety seat at the time of the tour and does not inform the tour operator in advance may not be allowed to board the tour and will not be subject to refund.

Exact destinations & itinerary may differ due to weather, road conditions, and the guide's discretion.
Food is not included but available for purchase during the tour.
Due to the length of this tour and road restrictions for tour vehicles, unfortunately not all attractions in the city will be seen
Most travelers can participate
For Private Tour option, size of vehicle will be dependent on the size of your party
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 37 travelers

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.

Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.

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Traveler Tips

There are only three stops, and each stop is only 20 minutes.

Reviews

4.0

18 reviews

Total review count and overall rating based on Viator and Tripadvisor reviews

Reviews by Viator travelers.

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There was quite a bit of...

Marcia_W, Jul 2022

There was quite a bit of confusion as to meeting/starting place. Several people there said they had the same problem.

Response from Host, Jul 2022

We apologize for the bumpy start. The San Francisco Marathon was running the morning of your tour and street closures caused us to re-route pickups. Anyway, glad you enjoy the city tour!

Not what I expected.

Gary_W, Jun 2022

This tour was good. I’m not sure why I was disappointed. Maybe I thought there was more to San Francisco than there is. I think that the things I was interested in were rushed and the majority of the tour was pretty mundane.

Response from Host, Jul 2022

Sorry to hear we fell short of your expectations. For readers, this is a comprehensive tour where you see all parts of the city, including Fisherman's Wharf, Golden Gate Bridge, Presidio, Land's End, Golden Gate Park, Haight Ashbury, Chinatown and other attractions. It makes 4 stops for photos and exploring. If you are looking for something more in depth, we suggest our walking tours in the Mission, North Beach and Chinatown. All the best.

Never picked us up after calling customer service

Glen_C, Jun 2022

Never got picked up at Union Square. Was told by customer service would be picked up at that location

Response from Host, Jun 2022

We apologize for the rare mix up between Viator and Extranomical. We are glad we got to talk by phone and sort this out to your satisfaction. Hope you will give us another try!

More Training Needed

Patricia_B, Jul 2021

We had a tour guide who appeared to just be getting started (there was a second person with her who appeared to be a part of the training process). Shortly into the tour, the first guide asked the trainer to take over, which she did for the remainder of the morning. My low rating is more a reflection of my disappointment in the tour company rather than the guides themselves. They seemed to be doing the best they could with a challenging situation. The guide-in-training obviously needed more time to learn how to drive a bus of this size(constant tapping on the accelerator made for a very jerky ride) and to commit the tour path to memory. I have nothing but respect for the difficulty of a job like this....managing a bus full of people, San Francisco traffic, and streets, all while keeping up a steady stream of interesting information must be TOUGH! The tour company should make sure that their drivers/guides have all of the training they need before sending them out.

Response from Host, Jul 2021

Thanks for your feedback, it is very important to us. Part of our 8-week training program involves having a training manager coaching a new driver/guide. Bonita has twelve years of safe bus driving experience and is learning the "guiding" skills. Rest assured that she will continue to have supervision until she has mastered the full tour guide skill set to our satisfaction. If you would like to talk about this further, call me at (858) 245-5442.

SF City Tour

Pura G, Jan 2020

I was informed that the tour I booked for $79/person is for small group using mini-van of 7-8 people. I was shocked to see it's a small bus and we are 36! The bus AC was not working well so it was so uncomfortable. The driver/tour guide is very nice.

too few stops with too little time

gaiyan z, Dec 2019

There are only three stops, and each stop is only 20 minutes. The total tour hour is only three hours. The guide could have given more time to each stop or have more stops.

Response from Host, Dec 2019

Thanks for your commentary about our City tour. At the moment we make 4 stops -- at the Palace of Fine Arts, the Golden Gate Bridge, Land's End (Sutro Baths/Cliff House) and Golden Gate Park-- on our 4-hour tour. We will look at the possibility of adding an additional stop in the future. Thanks, again.