San Francisco Sightseeing

Day Trips and Tour Reviews

Sightseeing in San Francisco can be fun - but a lot of work.  A wide variety of tour operators offer bus, motorcoach, and walking tours -- many of which include boating views of Alcatraz.  Enjoy a day trip of sightseeing in San Francisco the easy way with our recommended tours.

San Francisco Sightseeing Tours - Combinations of guided shuttles, walking, and ferry tours of the Bay for around 5 hours typically costing around $60.

San Francisco Victorian Home Walk - Jay Gifford leads this historical look at a wide variety of Victorian homes, and explains their history in San Francisco. See the "Mrs. Doubtfire" home and the "Party of Five" home.    (415) 252-9485 (Mention you saw it on San Francisco Underground Travel for premier service!)
 

San Francisco Then … and Now explains what makes San Francisco different through a variety of walking tours and presentations that are fun, enlightening, enriching and entertaining.  San Francisco Then … and Now reveals the story of a Native American village that became a Spanish and Mexican pueblo of a few hundred people and then become a gold-gorged metropolis overnight.   Generations of events – silver, fires and earthquakes, wars, artistic, political and social change, and technology - shaped San Francisco from generation to generation, and shaped American history.  415-317-8687

San Francisco Hob Nob Tours - Tour fashionable Nob Hill while focusing on the history, architecture and scandals of the men and women who laid the foundation for our unique San Francisco society. Guests hear tales of adultery, assassination, jewel collections and body guards while seeing vistas, mansions, fountains, ballrooms, banks, churches, parks and historical buildings. Featured on the Travel Channel.  (650) 851-1123

San Francisco Vampire Tour - If real life isn't scary enough, take the Vampire Tour, a gothic-themed walking tour of locations connected to vampire stories. Explore the Gothic side of Nob Hill with guide Mina Harker, Vampress as she takes you to Grace Cathedral, The Nob Hill Cafe, Huntington Park, The Pacific-Union Club, The Fairmont San Francisco, The Mark Hopkins Hotel and The Marines' Memorial Club. The tour is held on Friday and Saturday nights, from 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm. Non-regularly scheduled tours can also be arranged. (650) 279-1840  Our evaluation:  My friend and I had a great time with "Mina," who brings the living dead to life!  

Walking San Francisco on the Barbary Coast Trail - - The official walking tour of San Francisco.  Developed by Dan Bacon and sponsored by the San Francisco Historical Society, this is a 3.8 mile self-guided walk, using Dan's great guide book.  

San Francisco Literary Tour - Literary history oriented tour hosted by author in North Beach and Chinatown.  Tour begins at landmark bookstore City Lights and concludes next door at historic Vesuvio Bar.  Once a week on Saturday at noon.  (415) 441-0140