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North Beach & Little Italy Walking Tour: Food, History & Flavor

Definitely one for the food lovers, the Little Italy and North Beach Walking Tour is a glimpse into the blend of culture and cuisine of …More

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North Beach & Little Italy Walking Tour: Food, History & Flavor

Definitely one for the food lovers, the Little Italy and North Beach Walking Tour is a glimpse into the blend of culture and cuisine of...

3 hours • Free Cancellation
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$86
San Francisco Golden Gate Bay Cruise

Experience San Francisco’s iconic waterfront with the original San Francisco Bay sightseeing cruise company, family owned and operated since 1892. Departing from Pier 43½ at …More

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San Francisco Golden Gate Bay Cruise

Experience San Francisco’s iconic waterfront with the original San Francisco Bay sightseeing cruise company, family owned and operated since 1892. Departing from Pier 43½ at...

1 hour • Free Cancellation
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Ghost Hunt in SF Chinatown with a Professional Investigator

Brave San Francisco’s dark and ghostly past on a real ghost hunt down historic alleys. You’ll use modern ghost hunting gear, including your own EMF …More

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Ghost Hunt in SF Chinatown with a Professional Investigator

Brave San Francisco’s dark and ghostly past on a real ghost hunt down historic alleys. You’ll use modern ghost hunting gear, including your own EMF...

1 hour 30 minutes • Free Cancellation
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$55
Painted Ladies San Francisco City Tour

Come jump on a city tour with us to cruise through some of the 15 top city highlights including Union Square, Chinatown, North Beach, Hayes …More

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Painted Ladies San Francisco City Tour

Come jump on a city tour with us to cruise through some of the 15 top city highlights including Union Square, Chinatown, North Beach, Hayes...

2 hours • Free Cancellation
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San Francisco Love Tour

For an unforgettable City Sightseeing tour, hitch a ride in a 1970's VW Hippie bus. This is an authentic and unique way to experience San …More

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San Francisco Love Tour

For an unforgettable City Sightseeing tour, hitch a ride in a 1970's VW Hippie bus. This is an authentic and unique way to experience San...

2 hours • Free Cancellation
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$99
Chinatown, North Beach, Little Italy: 7 Tastings & History

Spend an afternoon exploring two of San Francisco's vibrant areas for food and nightlife on a walking tour through Chinatown and North Beach. On their …More

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Chinatown, North Beach, Little Italy: 7 Tastings & History

Spend an afternoon exploring two of San Francisco's vibrant areas for food and nightlife on a walking tour through Chinatown and North Beach. On their...

4 hours • Free Cancellation
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San Francisco City Tour, Muir Woods & Sausalito: Half or Full Day

Discover the best of San Francisco with Dylan’s Tours’ signature small-group experience, combining iconic city sightseeing with a visit to Muir Woods National Monument. This …More

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San Francisco City Tour, Muir Woods & Sausalito: Half or Full Day

Discover the best of San Francisco with Dylan’s Tours’ signature small-group experience, combining iconic city sightseeing with a visit to Muir Woods National Monument. This...

4 to 7 hours • Free Cancellation
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California Academy of Sciences General Admission Ticket

Embark on a science adventure when you visit the world's only aquarium, planetarium, rainforest, and natural history museum - all under one living roof! And …More

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California Academy of Sciences General Admission Ticket

Embark on a science adventure when you visit the world's only aquarium, planetarium, rainforest, and natural history museum - all under one living roof! And...

3 to 5 hours • Free Cancellation
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Skip The Bus: San Francisco By Luxury Van Tour

Avoid the crowds, confusion, and limitations of large buses and discover San Francisco by a luxury van.  Trade the large tour bus for a guided luxury van …More

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Skip The Bus: San Francisco By Luxury Van Tour

Avoid the crowds, confusion, and limitations of large buses and discover San Francisco by a luxury van.  Trade the large tour bus for a guided luxury van...

4 hours • Free Cancellation
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Vantigo - The Original San Francisco VW Bus Tour

Looking for an authentic San Francisco experience? Trade the tour bus for a vintage Volkswagen van that easily navigates the city’s less-traveled lanes. The ORIGINAL …More

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Vantigo - The Original San Francisco VW Bus Tour

Looking for an authentic San Francisco experience? Trade the tour bus for a vintage Volkswagen van that easily navigates the city’s less-traveled lanes. The ORIGINAL...

3 hours • Free Cancellation
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$103
San Francisco Bay Cruise

You haven’t fully experienced San Francisco until you’ve taken a Bay Cruise. This popular 1-hour excursion heads underneath the Golden Gate Bridge, around Alcatraz Island, …More

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San Francisco Bay Cruise

You haven’t fully experienced San Francisco until you’ve taken a Bay Cruise. This popular 1-hour excursion heads underneath the Golden Gate Bridge, around Alcatraz Island,...

1 hour • Free Cancellation
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Muir Woods and Sausalito Small Group Tour

This tour will visit Muir Woods and Sausalito. Note that this tour includes the Muir Woods entrance fee. We provide a boutique, personal experience with …More

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Muir Woods and Sausalito Small Group Tour

This tour will visit Muir Woods and Sausalito. Note that this tour includes the Muir Woods entrance fee. We provide a boutique, personal experience with...

5 hours • Free Cancellation
4.8 (989)
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$99
San Francisco Movie Sights City Tour

Experience the cinematic side to San Francisco on an interactive, family-friendly tour that includes clips from more than 55 movies and TV shows filmed in the picturesque city. …More

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San Francisco Movie Sights City Tour

Experience the cinematic side to San Francisco on an interactive, family-friendly tour that includes clips from more than 55 movies and TV shows filmed in the picturesque city....

3 hours • Free Cancellation
4.9 (1,296)
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$67
Golden Gate Bridge Muir Woods Sausalito with Optional Alcatraz

All of our tour guides are Bay Area Natives, which will help you understand what it’s like to grow up in SF and now live …More

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Golden Gate Bridge Muir Woods Sausalito with Optional Alcatraz

All of our tour guides are Bay Area Natives, which will help you understand what it’s like to grow up in SF and now live...

6 hours • Free Cancellation
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$119
Chinatown Walking Tour: Food, History & Flavor

There are two Chinatowns, one that you see from a van or bus, and the one that can only be experienced on foot in the …More

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4.9 (684)

Chinatown Walking Tour: Food, History & Flavor

There are two Chinatowns, one that you see from a van or bus, and the one that can only be experienced on foot in the...

3 hours • Free Cancellation
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San Francisco LGBTQ Walking Tour with Local Guide

Cruisin' the Castro Walking tours celebrates 34 years of Pride and as San Francisco's first and ONLY Legacy Business Tour Company! This prestigious award recognizes …More

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San Francisco LGBTQ Walking Tour with Local Guide

Cruisin' the Castro Walking tours celebrates 34 years of Pride and as San Francisco's first and ONLY Legacy Business Tour Company! This prestigious award recognizes...

2 hours
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San Francisco, Muir Woods, Sausalito and Optional Alcatraz Tour

Discover San Francisco, Muir Woods, and Sausalito with the option to add tickets to Alcatraz! Join a small group tour that covers four iconic experiences …More

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San Francisco, Muir Woods, Sausalito and Optional Alcatraz Tour

Discover San Francisco, Muir Woods, and Sausalito with the option to add tickets to Alcatraz! Join a small group tour that covers four iconic experiences...

9 hours • Free Cancellation
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San Francisco Grand City Tour

Enjoy a four-hour guided tour of San Francisco. At each stop, you’ll have the chance to get off the bus and see the sights. Tour …More

4.3 (573)

San Francisco Grand City Tour

Enjoy a four-hour guided tour of San Francisco. At each stop, you’ll have the chance to get off the bus and see the sights. Tour...

4 hours • Free Cancellation
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Escape from the Rock! Cruise around Alcatraz

Embark on a 90-minute cruise along the San Francisco waterfront, under the Golden Gate Bridge and past Angel Island State Park before circling Alcatraz Island for an …More

4.5 (145)

Escape from the Rock! Cruise around Alcatraz

Embark on a 90-minute cruise along the San Francisco waterfront, under the Golden Gate Bridge and past Angel Island State Park before circling Alcatraz Island for an...

1 hour 30 minutes • Free Cancellation
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$48
San Francisco Fire Engine Tour

Looking for something different and exciting to do? Ride over the Golden Gate Bridge in a shiny red fire engine! San Francisco's fun and only, …More

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4.9 (299)

San Francisco Fire Engine Tour

Looking for something different and exciting to do? Ride over the Golden Gate Bridge in a shiny red fire engine! San Francisco's fun and only,...

1 hour 30 minutes • Free Cancellation
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Excellent guide and experience
New York City
Golden Gate Bridge Muir Woods Sausalito with Optional Alcatraz
juliekM4283SL, Sep 2026
Excellent guide and experience
It was probably one of my favorite tours, and I have done many. Our guide was SO knowledgeable and made it come to life.
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Enjoyable tour
New York City
San Francisco Movie Sights City Tour
Lisa_H, Sep 2026
Enjoyable tour
Definitely recommend and we all had a very good time our tour guide was full of knowledge and it was a fun couple of hours
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Friendly tour guide
New York City
Muir Woods and Sausalito Small Group Tour
Tyler_S, Sep 2026
Friendly tour guide
Very lovely tour guide from Germany - her name was Joanna. She was so knowledgeable, friendly and enthusiastic.
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Original. Genuine. Just book it.
New York City
Vantigo – The Original San Francisco VW Bus Tour
Tammy_M, Sep 2026
Original. Genuine. Just book it.
This is the San Francisco VW van tour you need to take. Harvey is a cool, authentic, classic VW van, and took us up and down the beautiful San Francisco hills like the little engine that could. Our guide Chad is a real one. You can tell he genuinely loves the city, is excited about the history, and made the tour so darn fun. We sang, we laughed, we had chocolate, got to see the sights and learn some stuff. We saw the city from an amazing vantage point only a true local could know about. We enjoyed meeting the other ladies on the tour too, it was truly such a great afternoon. Don’t be fooled by those wild paint jobs of the others. If you want substance more than flash, this is a much more worthwhile and original tour to choose. Thanks so much to Chad, you have no idea how much getting to spend that time touring around town with you Harvey meant to my friend. Her San Francisco dream come true. (Shout out to George btw, you sound pretty cool and your painted lady is beautiful!)
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Great Tour!
New York City
San Francisco City Tour, Muir Woods & Sausalito: Half or Full Day
E5682HJmattm, Sep 2026
Great Tour!
Fabulous tour. We'll worth the money. Jake was an EXCELLENT tour guide. He was helpful, knowledgeable and kept is on schedule. Would not hesitate to recommend this tour!
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Great experience - tour...
New York City
Golden Gate Bridge Muir Woods Sausalito with Optional Alcatraz
Allison_A, Sep 2026
Great experience - tour...
Great experience - tour guide provided stories and info about the rich history of San Francisco. The best sites!
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Awesome!!
New York City
Painted Ladies San Francisco City Tour
822aleasham, Sep 2026
Awesome!!
Jim was amazing! We had a wonderful time!
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Great experience
New York City
Chinatown, North Beach, Little Italy: 7 Tastings & History
nicolehX6335YN, Sep 2026
Great experience
This was such a great tour. Andre, our guide, was extremely knowledgeable and personable (and is quite an interesting individual in the best of ways).It just so happened to be a very small group (just 4 if us including our guide), which I loved. Chinatown and Little Italy have so much history, too much to experience in one trip, but Andre managed to pack A LOT into the 3-hour tour.TIP: Be sure to check the weather when packing and dress in layers if it's typical SF weather (55-65 degrees). I didn't enjoy it as much as I would've because I was chilly, but that's my fault for not dressing appropriately.
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Chinatown/North Beach Walking Tour
New York City
Chinatown, North Beach, Little Italy: 7 Tastings & History
Richard_O, Sep 2026
Chinatown/North Beach Walking Tour
I would recommend to do this first. Not intended to be a shopping tour, but educational and will help you identify what you really want to visit on your own time. Be patient, not everyone has proper table etiquette, especially at a round table. Some people always feel the need to get to the front of the line or they will miss out., don’t worry, there’s plenty to share. And if you have separate from your spouse during snacks, enjoy the opportunity to have a conversation with someone you’ve never had a conversation with. I enjoyed that. Help the tour guide by speaking up if there are no utensils or beverages at table. At last stop pizza arrived and there were no utensils. The pizza was thin, and hard transfer by hand. Sanitizer was readily available though. Glass of water was requested, but only 1/4, no ice, was poured???? Tour guide did ask about food allergies, but participants should use that opportunity to disclose such things as “I don’t eat pork”. Bring good walking shoes get familiar with group in case someone gets slowed in traffic. That will help the guide out. We were in SanFran 4 days, only thing I’d do differently is put this excursion 1st. Tour Guide have us extra time, about 1/2 hour extra. Tour could easily be 5 or 6 hours if you want to get in to it. I already know where my next meals will be. Thanks Andre’. I definitely recommend this tour on the front end.
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It was fun and our guide...
New York City
Muir Woods and Sausalito Small Group Tour
Brooke_M, Sep 2026
It was fun and our guide...
It was fun and our guide was extremely nice and helpful, we enjoyed the whole trip and his knowledge of the city
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Great trip, friendly & knowledgeable driver.
New York City
Painted Ladies San Francisco City Tour
AlanLJC, Sep 2026
Great trip, friendly & knowledgeable driver.
Absolutely fabulous tour of San Francisco in a classic VW T2b Transporter. Our driver Clay was friendly, told us loads about San Francisco as we drove round. Swapped peoples seating position in the VeeDub to ensure everybody got a different view. Plenty of photo opportunities too Culminating with a ‘spirited’ down Lombard Street before heading back to the pick up point
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How can you not book with Vantigo
New York City
Vantigo – The Original San Francisco VW Bus Tour
markdudley41, Sep 2026
How can you not book with Vantigo
Vantigo is undoubtedly the best way to see San Francisco! Being a classic car aficionado, I was already interested just a ride in a classic VW bus. Well, I wasn't disappointed.The ride is iconic, the tour guide is friendly and fun, the tour takes you to the major sites, as well as since you didn't know that you needed to go. I just can't see enough good things about this company! I feel like a San Fran insider now, lol. We went a couple of months ago, but we're thinking about going again, and this tour will definitely be at the top of our list!!
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Kai was amazing and so...
New York City
San Francisco Love Tour
Debra_L, Sep 2026
Kai was amazing and so...
Kai was amazing and so knowledgeable. Seeing all the sights in a few hours was fantastic. Taking a small group tour was perfect. Saw places and heard stories we wouldn't have got on our own.
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Absolute must for movie fans!
New York City
San Francisco Movie Sights City Tour
653dellab, Sep 2026
Absolute must for movie fans!
A must do if you're into films. We had a great time seeing all the different film locations. Bryan..our guide was brilliant! He showed us movie clips as we were travelling along and pointed out the various locations. Several stops for photo opportunities and rest stops. The tour lasts about 3 hours. There was only 5 of us on the minibus which was great. Bryan's knowledge of all the films and more was amazing! Totally recommend this trip...it was fab!
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Excellent tour just what we were looking for.
New York City
Skip The Bus: San Francisco By Luxury Van Tour
charles_q, Sep 2026
Excellent tour just what we were looking for.
Brian was an excellent tour guide. His local knowledge of the areas we visited was excellent plus he was great to simply talk with about the areas.
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Great tour
New York City
Skip The Bus: San Francisco By Luxury Van Tour
AileenE165, Sep 2026
Great tour
Personalised service. Saw and learned a lot more about San Francisco and its history. We saw lots of places that wouldn’t have been possible in a day on our own.
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