SF Highlights: Cable Cars, Gardens & Rooftops

Experience the best of San Francisco in a day with our full-day tour. Ride the iconic cable cars, explore hidden gems, and enjoy breathtaking views. Avoid the crowds and immerse yourself in the culture and history of SF. Book now!

Duration: 8 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • The Embarcadero - The guide will assist in orienting visitors by sharing the history and background of the Ferry Building and downtown San Francisco.
  • Nob Hill - Ride the cable car up the steep Nob Hill to admire the grand mansions of San Francisco’s first millionaires.
  • Cable Car Museum - Enjoy this intriguing museum dedicated to San…
What's Included
  • Contribution of $1 to Climate Cents for every guest.
  • All Metro travel included (USD20 value).
  • Insightful Tour Guide.
  • 2 cable car rides and 1 historic streetcar journey included (subject to availability).
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities not included, because voluntary. If you enjoy tour please allow 15-20%.
  • Lunch/Snacks are not included.
Additional Information

Experience a unique side of San Francisco in just one day with our tour. We navigate through the city using various forms of transportation such as a cable-car, tram, and bus, to discover hidden gardens, mysterious stairways, and breathtaking rooftop views. You’ll dodge the throngs of tourists at popular destinations while soaking up the local culture…

Location
Market St & Drumm St
The guide will be checking in guests at the cable car station on the corner of Market and Drumm Street (by the Robert Frost marker), from 15 minutes before the tour is due to begin. Be sure to allow extra time for traffic and finding parking. We CANNOT wait for latecomers, there are other guests.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Christina_s
Feb 24, 2025
Great city tour - Great combo walking, cable car, street car and bus tour. Fabulous way to see the major San Francisco sites. Loved the tour guide’s personal stories and history on the city. Highly recommend the tour. Lots of walking, but worth it
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Expedition233152
Feb 23, 2025
Wonderful Walking Tour - Our guide Jamie was fantastic, thoroughly enjoyed our walking tour of San Francisco city. Learning all about the history and seeing the different communities of San Francisco!
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Ian_b
Feb 23, 2025
Superb tour - Absolutely superb experience. The pace of the day was just perfect. We saw so many places we probably wouldn’t have visited without this tour. Highly recommended.
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Melanie_t
Feb 20, 2025
Cable cars, busses , & lots of walking. - Could have used less of the LGBTQ Apart of tour. Cable cars are really high to step into. Step stool would have been nice. Mark, the guide was great. Could have heard less about his political views.
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Michael
Feb 17, 2025
Heart of San Francisco - Dara was an amazing guide. Witty, knowledgeable and enthusiastic! It was an 8-hour walking/riding tour that seemed liked it just started and it was over. She showed us so many neighborhoods, describing the history and culture of each. Dara is a Daughter of San Francisco and shows her pride in the people and communities that make San Francisco.
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Jeremyfy8508tc
Feb 10, 2025
Wonderful Full Day experience - I had the pleasure of taking the full day tour with, Mark. Mark was great guide and quite knowledgeable, especially in regard to the city's music history. I was concerned that the full day tour would be too much walking, but that was not the case. The walking portions of the tour were leasuraly and unchallenging. All of the steep upward hills and large distances were taken via cable car or bus. I highly recommend if you are looking for an introduction to all of the historic neighborhoods in the city.
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Hammies24
Feb 7, 2025
Super experience! - Our guide, Mark, met us as agreed, the small group turning out to be just the two of us, so was a very personal tour. He was extremely informative, with virtually non-stop narrative. Saw / experienced lots of iconic places, and many we did not know existed! Great using a mixture of public transport, particularly the cable cars, and on foot. Super day and would recommend.
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George_f
Jan 30, 2025
Great full day tour! - Great tour of San Francisco. If you only have one day, you will get to see most of the city and ride local transit. Mark is a great storyteller and gives great context to what we were seeing. Tour does not include fisherman’s wharf .area. We enjoyed the tour!
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Alexander_b
Jan 26, 2025
City tour for a business travelers who don’t usually get to see the places they visit - The tour was fantastic, got a lot of history for the city landmarks and got to learn how to use public transport here which was also very useful. I travel for work often but very rarely get to experience the places I travel.
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Ray_h
Jan 23, 2025
San Francisco Walking And Riding Tour - Mark did not cancel, although there were only 2 of us. He had a great personality and was very knowledge about San Francisco history. We went on the trolley and busses, all around San Francisco. Not counting lunchtime, he spent all 8 hours with us. We visited many sites, including the City Hall, the Castro District, Haight And Asbury, the Painted Ladies houses, and more!!
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