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San Francisco
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Free San Francisco City Tour
Join the #1 rated San Francisco tour guide for a free tour of all the best neighborhoods in the city! Our 2.5 hour tour takes you through the Wild West of the 1800s, the growth of the 1900s, the hippies of the 1960s, and the high-tech of the 2000s!
Things to do Free San Francisco City Tour
Our Original San Francisco Tour takes you through all the best areas in San Francisco. Our guides will make you feel like a local as we explore not just the touristy places, but the hidden spots that even the locals don't know about! We begin when this was a tiny village of 500 people, until we discovered gold and 500,000 people came here all at once to make this the biggest city in the western United States! We will show you the Wild West years when our city was filled with violent criminals and gangs. We'll go into the historic parts of Chinatown to explore the history and culture of the neighborhood. We'll delight in the fascinating Little Italy neighborhood, full of sidewalk cafés and Italian culture. And we'll visit the modern financial center skyscrapers to see what the city is today, and what it is growing into. In just a couple of hours, you'll see more than you ever thought you could in your time here!
Included
Chinatown San Francisco
San Francisco Cable Car Museum
Union Square
Transamerica Pyramid
Ferry Building
Golden Gate Bridge
Alcatraz Island
Meeting point
246 Powell Street
Reviews (39)
2024-10-12 13:24:06
“Spannend, sehr interessant und witzig ”
Danke Britt für fantastische 2,5 Stunden. Für deine Geschichten, Bilder und die versteckten Plätze, die du uns gezeigt hast! Jetzt wissen wir woher der Begriff ' Sugardaddy ' kommt.
Anja Eller (German)
2024-10-07 21:08:14
“Very good!”
Really nice tour!
Conny (English)
2024-10-06 07:09:36
“feine kleine Stadtführung”
Uns hat die Tour gut gefallen. Es gab interessante Informationen zur Stadt, die man so nie erfahren hätte und die vielleicht nicht zum allgemeinen Erzählung einer oberflächlichen Stadttour gehört hätten.
Man bekommt einen Einblick zu Land und Leuten und der Geschichte der Stadt. Alles völlig unkompliziert.
Sehr netter Guide, kann man nur empfehlen :)
Carolin Maeder (German)
2024-09-16 11:23:26
“Rubbish!!!”
They changed the tour start but didn't inform us... so we arrived at the agreed address... and waited... and waited... and waited... then I contacted the company and they told us they had changed the start point. So tired after a 10 hour flight... and disorientated in a strange city...we jumped onto a tour bus at Union Square to see the city from that angle. This was such a disappointment as we have used free city walking tours in all our city break destinations...
Gilly (English)
2024-09-01 21:01:35
“San Francisco City Tour”
Britt was fantastic! He was so knowledgeable and witty. Sure we could have walked the city on our own and took pictures of sites, but we would have never learned any history about the locations he took us to. Enjoyed the tour so much that we are considering taking a walking tour in our own town. Highly recommend this tour.
Paula (English)
2024-08-13 17:22:16
“Informative and interesting tour”
Really informative and interesting tour of some of the neighbourhoods in San Franciso. Really enjoyed learning about the history and the reason for the weather. Our tour guide was really helpful in pointing us in the right direction after the tour finished and you could tell he was really excited about sharing information about his city. Well worth doing.
Jo Thompson (English)
2024-08-12 21:21:36
“Filip is great”
The tour with Filip was a great experience. He is nice and you can feel how emotional he is about San Francisco. I would recommend everybody to take a tour with him.
Lukas Zeillinger (English)
2024-07-31 23:22:17
“Great walking your in San Fransico”
Philip was an amazing guide, with lots of info. Very disappointed with the information that was given for the starting place. We arrived at 246 Powell st (between Swarovski Crystal Store and Hotel Stratford) waiting for a guide in a orange shirt. Nobody turned up. We were talking to someone who said they had info to meet at union Square.......if we hadn't been speaking to this person we would have missed this tour. Giving Philip 5 stars he was really good.
Diane Brash (English)
2024-05-25 22:55:24
“Bad ”
The guide was not there we join a tour from another company!!
Elisa Emanuele (English)
2024-05-17 21:55:09
“Tour was nice ”
Britt was a really nice guide and absolutely open to questions. He talked pretty fast so I’d say it’s not easy to follow if you’re English is not that good. The tour itself was good, we didn’t really see that many spectacular sights but he kinda showed us how San Francisco looks like for the people living there.
Alina (English)
2024-04-30 02:37:10
“Excellent Guide”
My friends & I enjoyed the Tour and Britt was excellent
Annie Undikai (English)
2024-03-14 03:05:09
“Very Nice tank you !”
Very Nice tank you
Charline Héritier (English)
2023-12-13 21:13:08
“Nobody showed up”
Nobody showed up
Ivan Pereminsky (English)
2023-12-02 21:15:15
“Really enjoyed :)”
Friendly, many infos. Liked it and would do it again
Laura König (English)
2023-11-12 01:25:03
“Really good tour ”
We enjoyed it! Britt was a very enthusiastic and cool Tourguide :) We learned a lot.
Laura Hannemann (English)
2023-11-08 22:10:47
“Nice informative walk ”
We saw a lot of interesting things during our walk which lasted nearly 2 3/4 hours. Vicky is an enthusiastic guide, did a great job.
Gabriela Plank (English)
2023-10-31 03:16:39
“unforgettable walk”
Britt was a perfect guide ! Made this visit in San Francisco to an unforgettable experience. He had a lot of historic facts to tell and also a lot of unbelievable stories (also sugardaddy story, prostitution lane, wild bear on the pavement a.o.); for us definately so called insider news. We enjoyed every minute, wish him more interested, nice groups and are proud to recommend him to following guests. Thanks a lot, all the best, hope to come back to San Francisco once, Susanne and Wolfgang from Cologne/Germany
Wolfgang Zehnpfennig (English)
2023-10-10 00:05:53
“Great tour!”
We really enjoyed our walking tour with Britt. He was knowledgeable, enthusiastic, friendly and kept us engaged with interesting information about many aspects of the city!
Gloria (English)
2023-09-23 05:04:41
“Tolle Tour! Toller Guide! ”
Britt war ein super Guide mit sehr viel Hintergrundwissen und toller Energie. Man lernt so viel über die Stadt und seine Geschichte. Ich kann die Tour wärmstens empfehlen.
Tu (English)
2023-09-20 15:19:27
“Interesting walking tour”
Britt is a very enthusiastic tour guide who has a lot of interesting stories and knowledge about San Francisco.
Lynda Tuffy (English)
2023-09-02 03:35:38
“Really good tour, guide is super nice”
The tour was really interesting. The guide was really sympathetic and he told everything with lots of enthusiasm.
Leonie Mohrherr (English)
2023-09-01 04:41:40
“Gran Tour en el centro de San Francisco”
Super recomendable tour. Había visitado varias veces SF y creí que hasta ahora conocí mucho de su interesante historia. El guía muy bueno, gran conocimiento, historias y actitud.
Gabriela Estrada (Spanish)
2023-08-26 13:45:49
“San Francisco City Tour by Foot”
Interesting and entertaining tour with Britt. He knows the city, the history and many stories. One of the best city tours we've ever made.
Anna Drott (English)
2023-08-24 02:02:27
“Excellent ”
Insightful, engaging and witty. Wouk highly recommend taking this tour to orient yourself around this great city. We saw things we would not have seen on our own. Good pace, good itinerary
Stephanie Olmo (English)
2023-08-20 18:45:57
“Amazing tour”
Britt did an excellent job in taking a fairly large crowd through busy downtown San Francisco. He was really engaged and told very interesting stories about the different locations he took us to and about SF in general. Especially a parking rooftop was a key highlight… but go and see yourself!
Carl (English)
2023-08-17 01:05:04
“Fun facts”
Britt was very friendly and knowledgeable. He was welcoming and had lots of stories and illustrations. He was helpful to point out how to navigate areas with strollers as well as keeping us safe from traffic. He made sure to pause when loud trucks passed so we were able to catch all the information. It may have been helpful to know that the walk does not end where it began. My whole group commented that it was a great way to see the city!
Nancy (English)
2023-08-16 13:16:50
“Great tour”
Britt was our tour guide and he was great, showed us all around Chinatown and little Italy. Telling us every story he knew as well as pointing out great recommendations of places to go. Tour tan slightly over just due to how passionate he was about sharing his knowledge!
Ella Crane (English)
2023-08-15 03:27:55
“Amazing Guide”
The tour was a wonderful taste of the downtown San Francisco, spiced with really amusing tips and historical anecdotes.
Britt was an amazing guide, nice, helpful and well versed on the San Francisco secrets that not always appear on regular tourist guides!
Helena Garcianieto (English)
2023-08-13 13:23:07
“Nice tour!!”
We really enjoyed the tour! Britt was enormous enthousiast. He learned us a lot about the city!!????????????????
Isabelle Hendrix (English)
2023-08-08 06:24:07
“San Francisco Walking Tour”
Britt provided an excellent tour with some humour to boot! My family thoroughly enjoyed the tour.
Anton Rajah (English)
2023-08-08 01:01:02
“Exzcellent tour!”
We had a tour with Britt this morning. I've been taking free walking tours for years whenever I am on vacation and this was definitely the best one so far.
Iva (English)
2023-07-28 23:08:57
“Fantastic!!”
Very nice and useful tour
Magdalena Ibanez (English)
2023-07-28 06:27:37
“Very nice Tour with a lot of insides”
The Tour was pretty good. Our guide, Britt, was really experienced and gave a nice overview about the history of the city. Additionally, some insides to the areas was given, too. He also gave some recommendations to our tour along the west coast. Many thanks for that.
In general, the tour was good organised and the walking speed not too fast with enough breaks + a toilet break included. ????
Martin Kühnemund (English)
2023-07-26 16:55:17
“Walking tour ”
Very enjoyable and informative.Our guide Britt was very energetic and passionate about telling us the history and culture of the areas that we visited.
Thank you so much. Will do more such tours.
Geeta (English)
2023-07-02 10:58:20
“2,5h tour ”
I recently had the opportunity to go on a guided tour of San Francisco, and I must say it was an incredible experience. The tour took us through the hidden gems of Chinatown, the charming streets of Little Italy, and of course, we couldn't miss out on exploring Union Square.
Our guide was extremely knowledgeable and passionate about the city, and it truly showed in their storytelling. They shared fascinating historical facts, anecdotes, and insider tips that made the tour both informative and entertaining. The three hours flew by as we were engrossed in the captivating narratives.
Exploring the unexplored corners of Chinatown was a highlight for me. It was like stepping into a different world with its vibrant colors, aromatic scents, and bustling atmosphere. Little Italy was equally charming, with its cozy cafes and authentic Italian eateries.
The tour also included a visit to Union Square, a bustling hub of activity. It was fascinating to learn about the square's significance in the city's history and witness the vibrant energy that surrounds it.
Overall, I highly recommend this tour for anyone visiting San Francisco. It offers a unique perspective on the city, taking you off the beaten path and providing valuable insights into its diverse neighborhoods. The approximately three-hour duration was just right, and I guarantee you won't even notice the time passing by.
Anna (English)
2023-05-23 16:10:44
“San Francisco city”
A wonderful discovering of new places of SF
The guide was perfect!
Afilili Homawoo (English)
2023-03-04 15:47:22
“San Francisco union square tour”
Excellent.
Guide (Britt) very knowledgeable and entertaining
Harvey Mazer (English)
2022-10-04 14:07:12
“Cool”
Very cool tour :) thanks
Claudia (English)
2022-10-03 20:19:32
“Interesting tour, fun guide!”
I had so much fun on this tour! Would do again
Mike Anderson (English)