Two Day tour - San Francisco
This is a premier city tour that lets you explore the streets of San Francisco. This tour will feature views of San Francisco’s most popular landmarks, historic districts, and neighborhoods.
n route to your first stop, you’ll make your way down Columbus Street through North Beach and Little Italy. After making your way through Little Italy you’ll head to Chinatown, Nob Hill, Union Square and then arrive at your first stop on the tour, Civic Center/City Hall. Here at your first stop, you can explore City Hall and it’s Beaux-Arts monument to the City, which showcases the beautiful movement that epitomized the high-minded American Renaissance of the 1880s to 1917.
At Alamo Square Park you’ll be able to view the bountiful lawns, flowerbeds, trees, and the world-famous “Painted Ladies” as seen in the opening credits on the show Full House.
Once called "the bridge that couldn't be built," today it is one the seven wonders of the modern world. This magnificent span, perhaps San Francisco's most famous landmark, opened in 1937 after a four-year struggle against relentless winds, fog, rock and treacherous tides.
Pacific Heights is one of San Francisco’s most affluent neighborhoods. Here you’ll find some of the city’s most beautiful architecture including the iconic home featured in the blockbuster film Mrs. Doubtfire. To wrap up the the day, you can make your way past the famous Ghirardelli Square, home of the namesake chocolates .
Day 1:
Fisherman’s Wharf
n route to your first stop, you’ll make your way down Columbus Street through North Beach and Little Italy. After making your way through Little Italy you’ll head to Chinatown, Nob Hill, Union Square and then arrive at your first stop on the tour, Civic Center/City Hall. Here at your first stop, you can explore City Hall and it’s Beaux-Arts monument to the City, which showcases the beautiful movement that epitomized the high-minded American Renaissance of the 1880s to 1917.
Alamo Square Park
At Alamo Square Park you’ll be able to view the bountiful lawns, flowerbeds, trees, and the world-famous “Painted Ladies” as seen in the opening credits on the show Full House.
Golden Gate Park
From a vast, windswept expanse of sand dunes, park engineer William Hammond Hall and master gardener John McLaren carved out an oasis–a verdant, horticulturally diverse, and picturesque public space where city dwellers can relax and reconnect with the natural world. The rest, as they say, is history.
Within Golden Gate Park’s 1,017 acres you’ll discover gardens, playgrounds, lakes, picnic groves, trails, and monuments, plus an array of cultural venues, events, and activities. To help you plan your visit, we’ve highlighted just a few of the park’s special features and activities below. For more information, stop by McLaren Lodge to pick up a map, get involved, and find out what’s happening in San Francisco’s backyard.
Golden Gate Bridge
Once called "the bridge that couldn't be built," today it is one the seven wonders of the modern world. This magnificent span, perhaps San Francisco's most famous landmark, opened in 1937 after a four-year struggle against relentless winds, fog, rock and treacherous tides.
Pacific Heights
Pacific Heights is one of San Francisco’s most affluent neighborhoods. Here you’ll find some of the city’s most beautiful architecture including the iconic home featured in the blockbuster film Mrs. Doubtfire. To wrap up the the day, you can make your way past the famous Ghirardelli Square, home of the namesake chocolates .
Day 2: Alcatraz tour
Step back in time and experience the legendary island that has been a civil war fort, a military prison and one of the most notorious federal penitentiaries in US history.
