Alcatraz Plus San Francisco City Combo Tour
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San Francisco, USA
- 8 to 10 hours (approx.)
- Pickup offered
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Get a great overview of San Francisco in just a few hours and learn about the city and its history in this sightseeing tour. Visit famous areas like Fisherman's Wharf, Haight-Ashbury, and Chinatown. After the tour, you’ll head to Pier 33 to visit Alcatraz, combining one of the city’s top attractions with your tour and making the most of your time.
- Save time and skip lines since tickets for Alcatraz are included
- Round-trip ferry ride from Pier 33 to Alcatraz Island are also included
- Hotel pickup offered from several locations for convenience
- Tour group has a maximum of 14 people so it’s not overly crowded
What's Included
- Bottled water
- Hotel pickup
- Professional and experienced guide
- Round-trip ferry ride from Pier 33 to Alcatraz Island
- Official Alcatraz ticket, including ferry ride to the island (Value $47.95)
- Small-group experience around the city
- Gratuities
- Pickup after Alcatraz tour
- Food and Beverages
Meeting and Pickup
You can head directly to your preferred meeting point, or request pickup.
Operating hours.8:30 am
Itinerary
1
Downtown
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
2
Fisherman's Wharf
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
3
Lombard Street
5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
4
Marina District
20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
5
Fisherman's Wharf
20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Chinatown (Pass By)
6
Palace of Fine Arts Theatre
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
7
Telegraph Hill
20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
8
Presidio of San Francisco
20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
9
North Beach
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
10
Golden Gate Bridge
20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
11
The Embarcadero
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
12
Nob Hill
20 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
13
Pier 33
30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
14
Alcatraz Island
3 hours • Admission Ticket Included
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Stroller accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Near public transportation
- Most travelers can participate
- A maximum of 14 people per booking
- The driver in the bus narrates in English. When he brings you to the boat that takes you to Alcatraz, they give you audio guides in 12 different languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Mandarin.
- We reserve the right to buy tickets to Alcatraz in the morning and do the city tour in the afternoon. Then you have to get to Pier 33 on your own, after Alcatraz tour, we will pick you up from Pier 33 and we will bring you back to your hotel after the city tour.
- We do not pick up people if they are out of our pick-up area. We pickup from Downtown or from Fisherman's Wharf. Always call or write to us in advance to confirm your pickup location.
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 28 travelers
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Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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Reviews
4.6
based on 42 reviews
Arthur_M, May 2026
Great small group experience (8 guests on this tour). Our guide Buddy was extremely knowledgeable and took plenty of time to answer questions. His insights about San Francisco history were fascinating.
The owners also went ABOVE and BEYOND to assist us in unintended scheduling snafu's.
Highly recommend.
Jill_T, May 2026
Very comprehensive tour of the city and all the places we wanted to see. We appreciated the opportunity to get out and take pictures as well as bathroom breaks. The amount of time was adequate and we were able to see if we wanted to visit anywhere again.
Jennifer_S, Apr 2026
Jerry was just phenomenal with his expertise of the San Francisco history. It was a great morning! He kept the teenagers interested too!
Monique_L, Apr 2026
Excellent tour, very informative and interesting. Stopped at various stops for pictures and ended with tour to Alcatraz, where you will be on your own at that point.
Urvashi_P, Mar 2026
Was great way to see the city. Buddy took us around in his comfortable van. He was funny and informative.
Vicbel_H, Feb 2026
Unfortunately, there was poor communication from the beginning. It wasn't clear whether you were to meet with a guide from the beginning and turns out part of the tour you were on your own. This would have been fine but that was never communicated. The itinerary when you purchased the tour waa different from what actually occurred so it was hard to know where to go and what times. I received several text messages with conflicting times of when to meet. I kept sending messages and didn't alwas get a response. The tour guide, Michael, was very rude at times. At one point, someone expressed they needed a bathroom and his reply was "well I can't create a bathroom". He was lucky the passengers were respectful but he definitely needs training on dealing with customers. Overall, I did not think it was worth what we paid.
Cheryl_R, Jan 2026
Our tour guide, Randy, was what made our city tour so impressive! He put his personal touches and experience into everything he took us to. He gave human interest information that we might never have found out. He even showed us his personal pictures of what the building look like at different holidays. He played songs from the 70’s by the artists whose houses he took us by. The Alcatraz part was perfect length of time to see the island and do the self guided tour. We would highly recommend this tour for those who are visiting San Francisco for the first time.
Ujwal_D, Jan 2026
I had booked this trip for my senior citizen parents (aged 65 yrs) and they enjoyed it thoroughly. Randy was a fantastic guide. Due to a week day, they were the only participants which made it more like a private tour. Would surely recommend everyone.
David_W, Jan 2026
Very enjoyable, informative tour, our tour guide had a detailed and extensive knowledge of San Francisco, and was very professional and friendly in his dealings with us.
Ricardo_B, Dec 2025
Randy was a fantastic guide. Almost 4 hours private tour very gentil and instructive. I strong recomend this tour for everybody that want to discover San Francisco.
Irma_Q, Nov 2025
There's a lot of History talking and foto stops to enjoy our trip. Tour Guide very friendly and make us all to fill like home. Excellent driver. We even have the time to grab a delicious Mexican Hot Dog 🌭
Danny_W, Oct 2025
Great tour. Guide took us to all the right spots for excellent pictures. He was very knowledgable about history of buildings
Tamora_L, Sept 2025
Alcatraz was a great experience. The history of Alcatraz was very interesting. The only thing that was crazy was all of the flies. I guess because the weather was warm the flies were in abundance. You had to use paper fans to try to keep them off you.
Lisa_V, Sept 2025
Randy provided us with a very comprehensive and informative tour of San Francisco, it's clear he is proud of his city. We saw so many great sites and covered much more than expected. Alcatraz tour was interesting. We appreciate that the tour operator coordinated this for us. A great day from start to finish.
Joanne_S, Sept 2025
A great way to see the city. Covers most of the tourist sites and more. Enjoyable 4 hours and takes the stress out of walkers the hills
Brian_M, Aug 2025
Good overview of San Francisco with stops at Dolores Mission park and the Painted Ladies. Beautiful view point over the Golden Gate Bridge albeit shrouded in fog when we were there. The Alcatraz trip was fabulous!
Tracy_K, Jun 2025
Amazing tour well worth the money not to be missed. The tour around san francisco was a small group our driver took us to great spots for photos.
Shaun_L, May 2025
Randy was amazing. Took us everywhere. So knowledgeable about the area. The tour was fantastic. Brought us right to where we needed to be for Alcatraz
Vicky_R, Apr 2025
Great inside Tour to San Francisco. Very knowledgeable guide driver Jerry.
A few stops for photo opportunities. Would have liked a couple more but I am greedy.
Alcatraz was good. Having tickets prepaid with the tour tickets helped.
Bradley_U, Apr 2025
Thorough introduction to SF including history, neighborhoods, the bay/ocean front, major buildings. Jerry made sure to hit the highlights and answer questions and was a safe/careful driver. We like the hotel pickup. He was very careful to then make sure we were on time to the Alcatraz ferry and had the proper code and knew exactly where to go to get our pre-reserved tickets. We had a great time with him and on Alcatraz too.
Tya_S, Feb 2025
I did not get picked up at my hotel. Didn’t really like the tour of city. We didn’t stop at the places that was on the itinerary. Will not recommend
chich13, Jan 2025
My guide was great and had lots of knowledge. Disappointing with the cost and bang for buck. Not sure that was worth the money I paid. Overall good day but not a spectacular one.
Dhiren_M, Jan 2025
Covered most of what needs to be seen in the city a very timely fashion. Very comfortable van as promised.
Susan_S, Dec 2024
We are glad we did this tour. We would of not been able to see as much if we would of done any sight seeing on our own.
Filip_M, Oct 2024
Good value for money. You will be able to see the most important points. Tour guide was great! There are several stops, so you will be able to take nice photos.
Bradley_B, Apr 2024
Alcatraz was so much better than I was expecting! I learned so much. I definitely would recommend this part of the trip to anybody visiting San Francisco! The tour bus portion of things was OK. It was quite hot in the bus and I believe the guide and the two other families had been together since early that morning, so they may have seen stuff twice and we may have missed out on some things. He was difficult to hear. I was also very tired from getting up and driving to San Francisco very early that morning.
Angela_G, Jun 2023
Randy was very informative & interesting. He shared a wealth of knowledge with us & took the time to show a few extra sights. We had a small number in our group & it was perfect!
Anna_M, Jul 2025
In 3 hours we got a good overview of San Francisco thanks to the friendly guide Ulrich. Even if the rod differed slightly from the description, it was very interesting. We received the island tickets, which we experienced independently.
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Delbreil_L, Jun 2025
Full tour of the city of San Francisco and Alcatraz Island!
Guide speaking English of course but especially very good French
I recommend
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SERGIO_M, Jun 2025
Excellent tour guide. Unfortunately, the tour was not in Spanish, but the guide tried hard, because he understood.
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