San Francisco Holiday Lights: Festive Tour

Experience the enchanting holiday lights of San Francisco on a 2-hour tour. Ride in a vintage Volkswagen bus, visit iconic landmarks, and sing along to festive songs. Fun for the whole family!

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights

Kick off your holiday lights tour of San Francisco with a pickup at Fisherman’s Wharf, close to Aquatic Park. Hop aboard one of two 6-passenger VW buses—the ‘Love Bus’ and ‘Sunshine Bus’—both fully refurbished with shag carpets, beaded curtains, and hand-painted murals.
Start your 2-hour guided tour by cruising along the waterfront to see how the city…

What's Included
  • Driver/guide
  • Live commentary on board
  • Blanket while on tour
  • Santa hat
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
Additional Information

Experience the enchantment of San Francisco in the festive Christmas period on a 2-hour tour of holiday illuminations. You’ll journey in a classic ‘70s Volkswagen bus to observe the light spectacles and join in singing holiday-themed tunes while getting exceptional photo opportunities at Lombard Street, Union Square, and the Golden Gate Bridge. This…

Location
2899 Hyde St
Hyde Street
Fisherman's Wharf, near the Argonaut Hotel
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Neel_w
Dec 3, 2024
Family fun tour - Dave our tour guide was great, the van was so much fun, and of course San Francisco was all decked out for Christmas.
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Pjberndt
Jan 2, 2024
Christmas in San Francisco 2023 - This tour was so much fun. We had Dave. I highly recommend this. He brought us to areas that we would've never known about. We got to see a castle made of sugar, HUGH gingerbread house, all of the lights around town. We sang with the windows down while going through Union Square and stopped at some of the best photo spots. This was definitely one of the highlights of our vacation.
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Paula_b
Dec 28, 2023
Made our Christmas Eve special - This tour was a highlight on our trip. Dave was so much fun. He really brought everyone on the tour together, we felt like old friends. I can't say enough about this tour, you really need to experience it. Every street we went down there were people taking pictures of the van. Dave really made this tour, ask for him.
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Excursion799784
Dec 19, 2023
Fun, unique experience - don't miss it! - Super fun night and a great way to see the city at any time - including the holidays. Our driver, Dave, was great and navigated the crazy roads amazingly well. Keep in mind that this a unique, quirky way of seeing SF. So if you want a limo this isn't the tour for you, but if you are looking for something different and fun, this is on that list!
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Allanbolte
Dec 16, 2023
Fantastic! - Ky was amazing guide friendly knowledgeable; VW bus awesome! Wonderful tour highly recommended! Went on the new big wheel at Fishermans Wharf after; do it!!
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Bill_h
Dec 5, 2022
Ride review - Amazing trip , our driver/ Tour guide David was amazing Highly recommend Try it for Holiday Lighting
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Ragnar_v
Dec 10, 2021
Loved the Bus! - Super fun! Judith was a great guide to SF and to it's awesome Xmas lights. So festive to zip around in the Love Bus during the holiday season
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Robin_p
Dec 16, 2021
The one Christmas lit... - The one Christmas lit house on the tour. The rest of the tour was not a Christmas light tour but a general SF tour.
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Sheila_b
Dec 18, 2022
A Huge Disappointment - This tour should not have been advertised as a “holiday lights tour” but rather a night time city tour. It started out with great potential. The VW bus was well decorated, we were provided light up Santa hats, and took pictures. However once we were actually on our way was when the disappointment set it. We didn’t see any light displays. While our driver was nice there was no set route or plan of specific light displays we were to visit. We ended up in North Beach stuck in traffic for a big part of the tour and it ended before the full hour and a half. Our driver kept mentioning that there are not a lot of light displays around town and ones we asked about were too far away. If you are looking to see holiday lights in the city do not take this tour. You too will be disappointed.
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Monica_r
Dec 22, 2021
San Francisco Love Tours=Big Disappointment - We bought 7 tickets to do this fun experience. One of the tickets was for a very excited 9-year-old. We were so looking forward to seeing the Christmas lights. We got to our pick up location early, only to be told by the company that they only were showing 4 passengers not 7. There was another party of only 2 adults. Instead of accommodating us and our young child who was very eager to ride in this VW bus, the company chose the other two patrons. This experience ruined Christmas and left all of us disappointed. I would not recommend this company. Their solution was less than desirable, and it was not fair for us. We had bought the tickets back on November 16, 2021. San Francisco Love Tours is nothing about love. Do not book your tour with them unless you want to be left out without any plans.
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