Walking Tour of Fisherman's Wharf and North Beach with Cable Car Ride and optional Alcatraz Ticket
San Francisco, United States of America
Take this guided walking tour and see the best that San Francisco has to offer! Visit the famous Fisherman’s Wharf, take in fantastic views of the Golden Gate Bridge, and visit Washington Square in North Beach. You’ll also see key attractions such as Lombard Street, Coit Tower, and have the option to visit the legendary Alcatraz Island. After your tour, receive a ticket to ride the famous San Francisco cable car and continue to explore the city on your own!
Join a small-group walking tour of Fisherman’s Wharf and North Beach in San Francisco. To begin the 2-hour tour, your local guide will first take you to a location with a fantastic view of the marina and the Golden Gate Bridge, where you’ll stop for a great photo opportunity. Then, explore Fisherman’s Wharf and continue to Lombard Street, known as one of the world’s most crooked streets.
Next, take a scenic walk towards North Beach. The best way to explore this San Francisco neighborhood is to take a walking tour. Here, see Washington Square and the Saints Peter and Paul Church. You’ll start to see why North Beach is known as the Italian neighborhood as you pass the numerous Italian restaurants and gelato shops.
Leaving North Beach, get the insider’s tour of the back alleys and all the secrets they have to offer. Your tour guide will show you a hidden staircase and path that winds its way up to Coit Tower on Telegraph Hill, where you’ll take in breathtaking 360-degree views of the city. End the tour at Levi’s Plaza, where your guide will provide you with a cable car ticket so that you can continue to explore San Francisco at your leisure.
Alcatraz Option If you select the Alcatraz option,you will visit Alcatraz in the morning and meet your walking tour guide at 2:30pm. – Take the ferry to Alcatraz Island, one of San Francisco’s most popular attractions, and take the award-winning audio tour to learn about the famous escape from Alcatraz, the prison's notorious inmates and much more!
A very informative and fun tour of a great part of San Francisco finding out things about the city that we would otherwise not have known. Don, our guide, was great fun and very knowledgeable and was able to adapt his tour to accommodate some requirements of other members of the group. Some great recommendations for places to eat
Review by: Jodi R, August 2016
Our walking tour was great. Don is a fabulous guide. Don really knows the city and is willing to go the extra mile if you truly want to. Having the tour in the morning was exceptional because crowds hadn't started to really form yet. This was a highlight of our trip. Thanks!
Review by: Dana D, July 2016
Amazing! Walking tour was great with very knowledgeable guide, Bridgette. Cable cars are a must as is Alcatraz! Great time on this tour!
Review by: Melissa M, June 2016
What a great tour! I got confused about the meeting time and Kelsey called me when we were on our way and the tour group was already departing, she made sure I was able to meet Don, our guide on another street. We met with them no problem. Don, our tour guide was knowledgeable and personable, we had a great time walking along Fisherman's Wharf, getting to see the actual fishing side of it, along North Beach, up to Coit Tower and looking at the beautiful views of the Bay area.
Review by: mcstack35, June 2016
We had an excellent walking tour of San Francisco with Don! He ran the tour with only 4 of us, when I had been previously told they couldn't run it with less than 5 people. He even spent 3 1/2 hours walking us all around the city, when he was only required to do 2 hours! His commentary was great: very informative and a lot of fun, interesting facts. He also stopped at an Italian focaccia place, and bought some, and shared it with us! We also got some cable car tickets, and tickets to visit Alcatraz. Alcatraz was so fascinating, and a lot of fun! Overall, an excellent tour thanks to Don and Viator!
Review by: mcinnesfam, May 2016
Our guide was brilliant very informal walk gave us lots of choices about where we should go on the tour. It ended up being a three hours as opposed to two. He showed us loads of things we would have never found ourselves and also recommended lots of great eating places too.
Review by: Ken H, April 2016
Something you can do on your own with a walking map. Guide was very good.
Review by: Donald T, March 2016
Don was an excellent host providing exceptional knowledge of the area. What a great city. I was very dissappointed that the cable car ride was ONLY 1 way and that you had to pay another 7.00 to get back. We were looking forward to this ride and because of this did not take it.
Review by: Frauke T, March 2016
long foot walk but really nice to see other tings of San Francisco
Review by: Claudine M, March 2016
Super sympa !!!!' Balade agréable !!!!!
Review by: Candice C, October 2015
Knowledgeable guide and great way to see the area!
Review by: Mary C, September 2015
Just what we wanted...to learn the background of what we were seeing. Enjoyed the history and sites. Thanks.
Review by: Gill W, September 2015
What a fantastic start to our holiday in San Francisco. We thoroughly enjoyed our walking tour, learnt a lot about the area and got a feel for the place on Day One of our trip. Don, our tour guide was excellent. Having lived all his life in this lovely city he was extremely knowledgeable and gave some great tips of places to eat and visit whilst we were in the area. Brilliant and highly recommended.
Review by: Calvin S, August 2015
Tour guide, thankfully had a sense of humor and was very knowledgeable in her surroundings.
Review by: C E, June 2015
The tour guide was very knowledgeable and helpful. We learned tons of history on San Francisco. I would recommend having atour guide for part of your trip, then go out exploring on your own.
Review by: Andrew P, June 2015
It's a lot of walking but otherwise clear. You need to explain better were the meeting point is
Review by: Andrew P, June 2015
It's a lot of walking but otherwise clear. You need to explain better were the meeting point is
Review by: Lauren H, June 2015
Don, our tour guide was fantastic!! We saw and learned so much about the San Francisco Bay area_br/_
Would absolutely do this tour again and highly recommend it. Well worth the time and money
Review by: SK, February 2015
It was raining n wet. No way to take photos as most scenes were not clear. Tour guide talked to us under the rain. Rushing through because of rain. Not much insights into various places. Guide didn't get Alcatraz tickets for us but told us queue n get ourselves. Not enjoyable trip.
Review by: Judith N, December 2014
This was our second day in San Francisco. As we were the only couple,Tony was able to personalise the trip to ensure that we were able to visit places we had not already been to. Especially enjoyed the walk round the wharf area and through the gardens from Coit Tower. Saw places that we would not have found without local knowledge.
Review by: Jessie C, October 2014
This was a fun tour - we did it our 1st day in town to get a feel for the place. My mum and I were the only two people on the tour so that made it even better - a private tour at no extra cost. The guide knows and loves her city which is always so impotent and you get to see nooks and crannies that a normal tourist would never know about or simply walk past without knowing. Definitely a worthwhile tour if you want to ht the ground and get a feel for this great tangible city.
Review by: Robert M, August 2014
We booked this tour in August. All in all I think it is a very good deal. The walking tour was informative and the guide friendly. The tour lasted almost 3 hours. We purchased the Alcatraz option which is a must see. Truly a unique experience. Others who reviewed this tour mentioned the cable car tickets were only good on the date received. That was not the case for us. Our tickets were good anytime. One thing to note is that the cable cars are a tourist attraction so the lines at the beginning/end of the routes are very long (hour plus) and the cars are packed so you may wait a long time at a mid-point stop for a car with open spots. I would suggest taking the car after 7pm when the lines die down. Also the tickets are for a one way trip with no transfers so pay attention to where you get on or you might get a very short ride.
Review by: Ning A, July 2014
We missed our walking tour but did th cable car ride which my grandchildren totally enjoyed.
Review by: Kim G, July 2014
I felt rushed on this tour. We also didn't see much of north beach IMO. Would have been nice to concentrate slightly less on fisherman's wharf, but maybe I just chose the wrong walking tour!
Review by: Roy D, April 2014
The tour guide was great! Knew the history very well and was very friendly._br/_
Made you feel at home away from home.
Review by: Carol M, March 2014
Very good tour guide. Gave alot of history and details of the city. would do it again.
Review by: Dora C, December 2013
We had fun with uor tour guide. She answered our questions and was very knowledgeable of San Francisco. Although we walked a lot, still we had fun. We would likely do it again! Thanks!
Review by: Nancy N, November 2013
It was awesome! We had the best tour guide, she was knowledgeable, friendly, and patient. Would do it again or make sure to tell my friends, if they ever go to San Francisco to take the tour. Well worth the money.
Review by: Taylor L, June 2013
The walking tour was ok... she gave some information regarding the area but it really wasn't that interesting overall. I felt like she was trying to sell us other tours instead of giving us information. We did not end up taking the Cable Car Ride because they don't tell you that only one cable car runs at a time and it was an hour and half wait to get on it. Alcatraz was awesome and definitely worth going on however you can do that on your own and not pay for the walking tour as well. That was the other issues, Viator does not give you the option to pick what time you would like to catch the ferry over to Alcatraz so my group of four was split up. When we called the company to have them change the times so we could all be together they said that it was our own fault for not picking out times all together but the website did not give us an option. Just buy a decent San Francisco travel guide book and do it on your own!
Review by: Ruth H, September 2012
It was awesome! We had the best tour guide, she was knowledgeable, friendly, and patient. The walking tour was timed perfectly. I wish we would have had more time to enjoy the views from Coit tower. Alcatraz is a must see and has beautiful views of the city.
Review by: Shashi S, September 2012
It was a great experience.
Review by: Susan L, September 2012
Tour guide was informative as well as cheerful. Enjoyed walking around San Francisco instead of driving. I would have like to have gotten the cable car tickets earlier in the day so we could have used them.
Review by: Susan L, August 2012
Tour guide was informative as well as cheerful. Enjoyed walking around San Francisco instead of driving. I would have like to have gotten the cable car tickets earlier in the day so we could have used them.
Review by: Ziarra L, July 2012
the tour of fishermans wharf was very informative, the walking tour thru the north beach area and up the hills to coit tower, all wonderful but very tiring for an older traveler, Alcatraz was incredible and the audio tour hauntingly real.
Review by: Anna Laura C, July 2012
Too much walking, especially since we walked much before the tour. It was not easy to locate meeting point.
Review by: Pamela S, June 2012
Excellent! The walking tour was very informative. I felt we were able to get more history and a better feel for the city than obviously on our own, or get off, get on bus tours. I highly recommend.
Review by: Anna Laura C, June 2012
Too much walking, especially since we walked much before the tour. It was not easy to locate meeting point.
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