SAN FRANCISCO
San Francisco’s best days out.
The 15 most popular city tours in San Francisco. What each one costs, how long it runs, and who you book it through.
A Gray Line combo day in San Francisco: guided city highlights plus a self-guided Alcatraz Cell Block audio tour and ferry ride.
Most Popular“Our tour guide Michele was so informed and charming. Even in areas socked in with fog she made the best of it.”
Ride a retro, long-eyelash Volkswagen bus through San Francisco’s top sights with quick photo stops at Painted Ladies and Golden Gate Bridge.
“Highly recommend this tour. Jack was an excellent guide with deep local knowledge and a great way of explaining the history behind the Painted Ladies and the surrounding neighborhood. The tour was informative, fun, and well organized. Definitely worth doing.”
See San Francisco’s skyline, Alcatraz, and bridges from the water on a 2-hour city lights cruise with heated options and easy boarding.
“Great view of the city lights. Nice leisurely cruise under both golden gate and bay bridge and right along Alcatraz”
A small-group day tour mixing Alcatraz ferry, Muir Woods redwoods, and top San Francisco neighborhoods with photo stops and local guide stories.
“The guy was knowledgeable. Everything was on time. Always taking care of us. Altogether if you without the transportation in SF, you should take this tour.”
See San Francisco’s best movie filming spots in 3 hours with a small group, live bus clips, and stops at Golden Gate, Lombard, and Painted Ladies.
“Bryan was our guide. He ran a well organized and informative tour. Bryan was friendly and easily drove and ran the video screen at the same time. We saw many San Francisco neighborhoods that we would otherwise never have seen. We were especially excited to stop at Skywalker ranch at the Presidio. If you are…”
Private 4-hour San Francisco highlights tour by air-conditioned bus with Golden Gate Bridge, Golden Gate Park, Twin Peaks, and optional bay cruise.
“This tour is good for first time visitors to San Francisco. You visit most of the tourist areas like the Golden Gate Bridge and are allowed some time to take pictures and visit gift shops. Our tour guide Michelle was knowledgeable and offered recommendations for what to do after the tour.”
Ride a vintage VW bus through San Francisco’s highlights in a small group. Painted Ladies, Lombard Street, Golden Gate views, and more.
“A+ - fun trip, knowledgeable driver who shared lots of interesting tidbits”
A 2-hour San Francisco champagne brunch cruise from Pier 3 with Golden Gate, Alcatraz, Angel Island, and a big buffet plus mimosas.
“No refunds when it is raining. I tried to call and texted to see if the cruise was canceled bc of the rain but no one would respond. We got there 2 minutes late because of rain and they wouldn’t let us on the boat so we wasted our money and didn’t even get to…”
Small-group afternoon drive past Golden Gate Bridge, Coit Tower, Chinatown, and more, with hotel pickup and live guide commentary.
“Mike was an exceptional tour guide. Our private group of 14 had a ball!!! The tour was professional, fun, and just the right amount of time!”
See San Francisco’s top sights plus **Muir Woods** and **Sausalito** in one day, with redwood entry included and coach comfort.
“My sister & I had just 3 days in San Francisco, & chose this tour to cover off highlights of the city & 2 sights often recommended by friends & family. Thoroughly enjoyed the day - 0900 to 1830hrs! Many thanks to Hocine, our bus driver, whose passion, enthusiasm, humour & knowledge contributed towards a…”
Go City Explorer Pass for San Francisco: pick 2–5 attractions like Aquarium of the Bay, Academy of Sciences, and an Alcatraz cruise.
“Thank you for your feedback! We’re happy to hear you had a great experience with Go City.”
Small-group open-air SF highlights plus Alcatraz ferry and audio tour. Hotel pickup, Golden Gate views, and flexible stops.
“My sister Daisy and I visited SF for the very first time and we are so so grateful to have found this service with Eric! His tour was PERFECT. We wouldn’t change a thing. We were able to see so much of SF that we wouldn’t have otherwise. Eric was so friendly and understanding. He…”
Go City San Francisco All-Inclusive Pass adds 30+ attractions to one phone-ready ticket, with flexible 1–5 day access and savings.
“We were able to finish the Aquarium, Madame Tussauds, Ferry Ride, Bike ride to GG bridge and Hop-On Hop-off in a single day! These could have easily cost us a lot of money but this city pass let us do all of those for just $80. It is totally worth the money!”
Ride San Francisco’s cable cars at your pace, hopping from Powell to Chinatown, North Beach, and the Wharf with the Pintours app for flexible sightseeing.
“Don’t bother, I was ripped off, could get my ticket due to app not working. I tried calling customer service 3 times, left messages. I was trying to get them to just email the tickets and they kept telling me to use the app. My friend tried to get the app on her phone as…”
A guided SF bus tour paired with official Alcatraz admission and audio, taking in Golden Gate views, Twin Peaks, Wharf, Chinatown.
“City tour was good as they took us to places we properly would not have seen on our own. Alcatraz was great interesting and an experience but only that we needed to wait 1.5 hours for the ferry over as our city tour finished at 12 and the ferry to Alcatraz was at 1.30. We…”
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