Experience this unforgettable fully guided combo tour of both San Francisco and Alcatraz. Begin your day seeing the neighborhoods of Haight-Ashbury, Chinatown and Nob Hill.
Stretch your legs during stops at the Palace of Fine Arts, Golden Gate
Bridge, and Land’s End.
The highlight of the afternoon includes a tour of infamous Alcatraz Island.
This tour includes pick-up from most hotels in San Francisco Downtown.
Posted By : Jennifer_S
While this tour didn’t really live up to its description, I did enjoy it. We didn’t see everything on the list, which was frustrating. I understand traffic and things, but ending early to accommodate people who didn’t follow directions and being their documents for Alcatraz was super annoying. We saw Presidio, Lands End, Fisherman’s Wharf, Golden Gate Park. The guide was good and offered lots of tips and suggestions. Alcatraz was great and they let you stay on the island as long as you want (until last ferry back), which was great. The island is run by the IS Parks service and was well worth the visit.
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Posted On : 2024-06-29 12:48:54 
Posted By : Christine_C
Pick up 8.30am Union Square
Drove around the city on tour bus, had 4 stops with limited time at each location (maximum 20 minutes)
Tour guide was knowledgeable about San Francisco but staff were discussing complaint from a previous tour (not very professional) this delayed our start time
Dropped off at pier for Alcatraz tour, instructed from bus to collect ticket & checkin 30 minutes prior to departure at 2.15pm (dropped off at 12.15pm)
Wouldn’t call it a full day guided tour
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Posted On : 2024-06-03 22:36:44
Posted By : Terry_J
I wish they would of told us when booking there was a run going on, we would of booked another day… to get the experience we paid for
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Posted On : 2024-05-20 12:22:11
Posted By : David_N
Our guide Michelle was very knowledgeable and imparted this knowledge very well. Very enjoyable especially if you like learning about the history of San Francisco. Would recommend this to anyone. Alcatraz was a great experience learning about the history of this place. Well worth visiting when in San Francisco
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Posted On : 2024-04-05 21:54:59
Posted By : Kristi_F
Awesome tour, very cool guide and driver. There was a family that was late showing up, late on every stop and the father was super rude and loud. Would have been a near perfect trip if we would have left on time (without him), as he held everyone up literally on every single stop. He also called the tour guide ill-informed and said it was a "sh*t-show" which I found ironic, as he was the only person that was making things uncomfortable. For the sake of other guests, I wish tour guides were allowed to be less polite and more assertive when a customer is ruining everyone else's experience. No Pink Ladies, no stop in Haight & Ashbury and no curvy streets, so you will want a different tour if those are things you want to see. There are 4 20 minute stops and then you have about 1.5 hours wait after tour ends, before Alcatraz. Also make sure you go to will call to get your tickets.
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Posted On : 2024-03-11 20:57:52
Posted By : Dimitrios_A
I thought the overall experience was quite disappointing and poorly organised. Right from the start, we were confused about the pickup point. I sent Extranomical Tours 5 messages asking them to confirm the pickup location and, when they finally did, they gave me one that was 30mins away claiming it was the closest one to our hotel (it wasn't and after checking the info on their website, it turned out there was another one that was only 1 minute away). We stopped at some interesting places along the way and our tour guide was polite and knowledgeable but, as we were crammed inside a mini-van, we often found ourselves struggling to see the buildings the guide was pointing at (e.g. the Painted Ladies). Finally, the tour includes a ticket to Alcatraz but nothing more than that - no tour of the prison and we even had to collect the tickets from the ticket office ourselves. The tour company failed to mention we'd need photo-ID to collect the tickets so we wouldn't be able to do so if I didn't have our passports with us on the day. I find it disappointing that Extranomical Tours felt it was important to message me about how to dress or to wear sunscreen on the day but forgot to mention this key piece of information.
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Posted On : 2023-09-06 12:09:31
Posted By : KristineStewart
The tour was a good way for first time visitors to see the highlights of San Francisco. Michele the tour guide was lovely and was very knowledgeable. The stops were well paced and we did not feel at all rushed when exploring.
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Posted On : 2023-08-22 02:25:45 
Posted By : Paul_B
The bus tour was very enjoyable. Felt very safe with the driver even though tight lanes and extreme hills of San Francisco are not something we are used to.
Significant issues with transition to Alcatraz adventure! Tour guide on bus told us to hurry to pick up tickets at Alcatraz drop point and then bus drove off. Actually we had over a 3 hour wait for that part of the excursion and could not even pick up the tickets at Will Call window for 2 hours. Lack of understanding about this part of our excursion and the subsequent wait really diminished the value of what could have been a completely wonderful day. Between Viator and the tour providers, someone missed a step here.
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Posted On : 2023-08-21 12:34:57
Posted By : Liane_M
The tour guide was excellent. He showed us various parts of the city, and at one point changed his route and still had something to say about what we were seeing. Alcatraz was very interesting, taking the self guided tour. At the end there was a book signing by one of the former prisoners.
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Posted On : 2023-07-08 23:41:12
Posted By : ernie0926
While we enjoyed what we did see, what we didn’t was more notable. We did have a small group but they put us in a full size bus making it impossible to see Lombard street and the painted ladies. 2 of the most popular sights in San Francisco. Also no Chinatown. Our tour guide and driver were both very nice and the guide was very knowledgeable. There was no hotel pick up and I only found that out because I texted and asked where we should wait for pickup, only to be given an address by fishermen’s wharf and told no one was coming for us. Even though all of my communication showed hotel pickup. The Alcatraz part was very easy and well explained. Be warned though. Alcatraz is straight uphill walking. Also that entire island is covered in birds and their crap. I’m not overly fond of birds, so not my favorite place. Overall not impressed with the experience and had to pay a taxi driver to see the stuff we missed.
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Posted On : 2023-06-11 20:07:05
