San Francisco with Alcatraz Ferry Tour

Take a tour of San Francisco that lasts for the entire day and includes stops at some of the city’s most popular attractions, such as Chinatown, Fisherman’s Wharf, the Golden Gate Bridge, and Alcatraz. A bus tour of the city’s most popular attractions, including Nob Hill, Haight-Ashbury, the Castro, the Mission, and Golden Gate Park, should be your first stop.

After that, take a short ferry ride to Alcatraz Island, where you will be able to take a self-guided audio tour of the notorious prison. During this time, you will be able to enjoy breathtaking views of San Francisco Bay.

Highlights

• Alcatraz Island remains one of San Francisco’s greatest landmarks — and now you can experience its chilling allure for yourself. Packaged with the San Francisco City Tour, this Alcatraz combo feature an award-winning cellular audio tour and round-trip boat ride to ‘The Rock.’
• Enjoy a full-day San Francisco tour with Alcatraz
• Learn about Alcatraz prison on a self-guided audio tour
• Snap photos of the Golden Gate Bridge and see other top sights
• Includes round-trip ferry and audio tour of Alcatraz

San Francisco with Alcatraz Ferry Tour

The day starts with a visit to the Alcatraz Island. Guests will pick up the Alcatraz ticket using the voucher at the Pier 41 Gray Line tour window. Tickets can be collected as early as 72 hours before departure from the tour and no later than 8:00 AM on the tour day. Guests need to make their way to Pier 33 after pick-up and sign in at the ticket booth with an I.D provided by a legitimate government. (To 18 and older guests). Guests board the boat and visit the Island of Alcatraz!

Day portion of the City Tour ends at 2:00 p.m. Guests can catch the 2800 Leavenworth shuttle to Union Square Tour Departure point. Shuttles depart at 1:15 p.m.

Itinerary

San Francisco (Pass By)

Ride in comfort before you float the bay as you tour the city’s top attractions, on this San Francisco City tour plus Alcatraz. Our city insider guide goes way beyond a “hop-on, hop-off” experience to deliver a fully narrated San Francisco sightseeing adventure. Your comprehensive 4-hour morning City Tour ends in style with a ferry ride to and tour of the (in)famous Alcatraz Island in the afternoon.

Fisherman’s Wharf (Pass By)

After a morning pickup at one of two convenient San Francisco locations, your city tour will begin on San Francisco’s waterfront in the popular Fisherman’s Wharf.

Palace of Fine Arts Theatre

Stop #1 – Palace of Fine Arts Before rolling through the Marina District on your way to your first stop. At the lovely and hinstagrammable Palace of Fine Arts, you will have the chance to stop and photograph the historic building, grounds, and stunningly beautiful lagoon.

Golden Gate Bridge

Continue to the most iconic stop at the Golden Gate Bridge.

Golden Gate Bridge Welcome Center

Stop #2 – Golden Gate Bridge Spend 10-15 minutes at a perfect vista point taking photos and creating memories.

Lands End

Stop #3 – Land’s End Overlook The next stop on your San Francisco City Highlights tour will be the historic Land’s End where you can stretch your legs while overlooking Sutro Baths and the Pacific Ocean coastline.

Sutro Baths

The Sutro Baths was a large, privately owned public saltwater swimming pool complex in the Lands End area of the Outer Richmond District in western San Francisco, California. Built in 1896, it is located near the Cliff House, Seal Rocks, and Sutro Heights Park. The facility burned down in June 1966 and is now in ruins within the Golden Gate National Recreation Area and the Sutro Historic District.

Ocean Beach (Pass By)

Ocean Beach is a beach on the west coast of San Francisco, bordering the Pacific Ocean. The “Great Highway” runs alongside the beach, and the Cliff House and the site of the former Sutro Baths sit at the northern end. The beach is a part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, which is administered by the National Park Service.

Golden Gate Park (Pass By)

Later, you will be blown away by the beauty of Golden Gate Park as you ride past Dutch windmills, Queen Wilhelmina’s tulip garden, the bison paddock, and old redwood and eucalyptus groves.

Golden Gate Park Windmills & Tulips (Pass By)

The Dutch Windmill is the northern of two functioning windmills, on the western edge of Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. It was completed in 1903, and placed on the San Francisco Designated Landmark list on December 6, 1981.

Bison Paddock (Pass By)

Longtime pasture with a grazing herd of American bison, cared for by the San Francisco zoo.

Haight-Ashbury (Pass By)

Next, we’ll take you through the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood, where you can see some of San Francisco’s famous Victorian homes, known for their iconic architecture.

Twin Peaks

Stop #4 – Twin Peaks Fog-permitting, the next stop on this tour gives you a birds-eye-view of the whole Bay Area from atop Twin Peaks. Here, you’ll get an amazing panoramic view of the Golden Gate Bridge, Mount Tamalpais, Mount Diablo, the whole Bay and more from the viewpoint sitting 1,000 feet above sea level. To say it’s breathtaking would be an understatement!

Mission District (Pass By)

The Mission District, also commonly called “The Mission”, is a neighborhood in San Francisco, originally known as “the Mission lands” meaning the lands belonging to the sixth Alta California mission, Mission San Francisco de Asis. Throughout the Mission walls and fences are decorated with murals initiated by the Chicano Art Mural Movement of the 1970s and inspired by the traditional Mexican paintings made famous by Diego Rivera. Some of the more significant mural installations are located on Balmy Alley and Clarion Alley. Many of these murals have been painted or supported by the Precita Eyes muralist organization.

Pier 33 (Pass By)

Then make your way to Pier 33 to board your ferry for the Alcatraz Island Prison Tour.

Alcatraz Island

The 15-minute sail has incredible views of the city skyline, Golden Gate Bridge, Bay Bridge, San Francisco Bay and Angel Island — have your camera ready! On arrival to Alcatraz Island, pick up the Cellhouse Audio Tour included with the purchase of this San Francisco and Alcatraz tour package. Hear the voices of prisoners and guards describing their experiences at Alcatraz in English, Spanish, Japanese, French, Italian, German, Dutch or Mandarin. After touring on Alcatraz Island to your heart’s content, take one of the returning ferries back to Pier 33. If you’ve worked up an appetite or thirst, there are plenty of Fisherman’s Wharf options before making your own way back to your hotel.

Fisherman’s Wharf

Drop off in Fisherman’s Wharf where you can grab some lunch (not included)

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