San Francisco Love Tour
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San Francisco, USA
- 2 hours (approx.)
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Hop on a '70s-era VW bus and get to know the hippie past and hipster vibe that make up San Francisco today. Starting and ending at Fisherman's Wharf, this sightseeing tour takes you around the city, including Chinatown, North Beach, the Castro, the Mission, downtown and more. See the homes of The Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix, while listening to '60s classics. So settle into a neon-blue seat and dig your shoes into groovy shag carpet. Each bus accommodates up to just six people.
- Travel on streets that larger vehicles cannot pass through
- Enjoy photo ops at the Golden Gate Bridge
- Hear entertaining stories and history from an informative guide
- This small-group tour is limited to 12 people (6 people per bus), ensuring a more memorable experience
What's Included
- Professional Driver/guide
- Fully narrated tour
- Gratuities
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
Meeting and Pickup
Meeting point
- 2899 Hyde St, San Francisco, CA 94109, USA
Our buses will pull-up ON HYDE street near the corner of Hyde & Jefferson Street. Landmarks are side of the Argonaut Hotel or the park across the street.
End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.Itinerary
Make your own way to the meeting point in the center of San Francisco, hop aboard your VW bus, and get ready to leave your heart in San Francisco.
Start with a drive through Haight-Ashbury, past the former homes of Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and members of the Grateful Dead. Continue through Union Square and the Civic Center to the Golden Gate Bridge where you make a stop for photographs.
After maneuvering your way along the world's most crooked street, drive through the neighborhoods of Fisherman’s Wharf, Chinatown, North Beach, Little Italy, and the Castro while your guide regales you with fascinating stories from their histories.
Make another photo stop in the colorful Mission District and learn about its Latin roots before heading past Gollden Gate Park on your way back to the pickup point where your tour ends.
Start with a drive through Haight-Ashbury, past the former homes of Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and members of the Grateful Dead. Continue through Union Square and the Civic Center to the Golden Gate Bridge where you make a stop for photographs.
After maneuvering your way along the world's most crooked street, drive through the neighborhoods of Fisherman’s Wharf, Chinatown, North Beach, Little Italy, and the Castro while your guide regales you with fascinating stories from their histories.
Make another photo stop in the colorful Mission District and learn about its Latin roots before heading past Gollden Gate Park on your way back to the pickup point where your tour ends.
Haight-Ashbury (Pass By)
Union Square (Pass By)
Civic Center (Pass By)
1
Golden Gate Bridge
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Lombard Street (Pass By)
Fisherman's Wharf (Pass By)
Chinatown (Pass By)
North Beach (Pass By)
Little Italy (Pass By)
The Castro (Pass By)
2
Mission District
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Golden Gate Park (Pass By)
San Francisco Love Tours (Pass By)
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 7 people per VW bus
- While not wheelchair accessible, that doesn’t stop us from helping out with folding a wheelchair and placing it in the back. So come and have fun!
- Tips - Yes please and thank you! It is customary for those of us who work in the service industry to expect to earn gratuity in order to meet living standards. Usually is 15%-20% of your total purchase or at least $10 per person. Thanks in advance!
- Infant guests, must bring their own required child-seat and also purchase a ticket to secure the seat.
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 7 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
4.9
based on 2,993 reviews
Paul_K, May 2026
Wonderful trip to get the lay of the land in SF.. Our family thoroughly enjoyed the tour and the detail that Cyrus provided throughout our trip. We based subsequent activities around what we picked up during this activity. A++
Martina_T, May 2026
The small atmosphere combined with the knowledge and stories of the driver made for a wonderful experience. Great way to see cool sights! Dave was a great tour guide!
William_B, May 2026
This was the best and most informative tour we had! Our guide was fantastic! He answered all our questions and then some! He was funny and interesting to listen to. He didn’t rush us at stops, even took our pictures.. I believe his name was Cy. He’s a keeper!
Carol_M, May 2026
It was a delightful and relaxing way to see all the highlights of San Francisco with a fun driver who was filled with facts and interesting stories.
Olga_V, May 2026
It was great! We saw so many sights, heard such interesting stories and Tara was great and very funny!
Peter_N, May 2026
Very informative and fun. Tara was amazing! Highly recommend this tour. Great way to see the city and get great pictures.
Elizabeth_B, May 2026
Nice tour that fun to experience with a small group. Our guide, Dave, enjoys sharing his city with out of owners. Lots of fun!
Delain_C, May 2026
Gives you a different view of SF. It was so interesting to see the response people show to the VW bus. We have taken 3 different tours of SF and the Love Tour was by far the best.
Cindy_C, May 2026
So fun! Everything about this tour is wonderful. And the VW van is perfect! Love all the interesting facts we learned.
Yarelis_G, May 2026
Amazing tour. It was a gorgeous hot sunny day in SF, we got a great tour with such a positive vibe it is hard not to keep smiling!
100% recommended!
Shiva_F, May 2026
This was an awesome tour, learned so much about SF and saw cool spots. We had so much fun with Tara and Rosie!
Allison_G, May 2026
Great tour experience with lots of knowledge of the city and history shared. Tour guide went above and beyond!
Marce_G, May 2026
We had an amazing tour around San Francisco with a very knowledgeable tour guide named Kai (sp??). He was exceptional and his vast knowledge of the history and beauty around every corner made this tour worth every penny. I would happily take it again and recommend it to anyone visiting the city. There is so much more to it than Pier 39. ☺️
Valerie_C, May 2026
An absolute must do! The tour guide was AMAZING, so knowledgeable and very funny. We so enjoyed ourselves. Will definitely do it again!!!
Alex_D, May 2026
What a great day out! Really worth doing. The hippy bus takes you to so many places the bigger buses arent allowed. Highly recommend
Paul_S, May 2026
Our tour operator “Kai” was fun, knowledgeable and kind.
He made a 2hrs San Fran city tour seem like an 8 hr journey!!!
We learned soooooo much about the city. And oh…… “Maggy” the VW was fun too !!!
Ian_K, May 2026
Absolutely brilliant way of seeing San Fran and driver Kai was a goldmine of information and great guy.
Sarah_N, May 2026
This was the highlight of my trip! Tara was personable, knowledgeable, fun, and everything quintessential San Francisco! Even with a disability this was a comfortable and accessible way to see and learn so much of the unique history of San Francisco. This is a must do, and we will be back!
Lawrence_N, May 2026
As first times to San Francisco, this tour gave a great introduction to the city. Our guide, Ky, was fantastic, blending in history and tourist information. Highly recommend hanging in a hippie van for a few hours.
Beverley_W, May 2026
Great experience. Learn such a lot about different places drive through/around. Guide was very friendly.
Kaliva_M, May 2026
It was all in all a good time. My expectations were just high. Very friendly driver, and nice passengers. I just expected the music to be a bit louder at least so we could hear what was playing and passers by can also hear us coming and going. It was just a bit more dull than expected in that aspect. I also expected a larger van, but I did love the design of the van, very festive and historical. I don’t think it was worth the $87 per person, maybe $65 would be more realistic but hey we’re at war just like the 60s 😃✨
Thomas_W, May 2026
Tara our guide was an incredible person ! She was lovely , kind and funny ! She showed us all of San Francisco ! She was even kind enough to take many pictures of me and my wife at the Golden Gate Bridge! The best tour I’ve ever had in my life ! I enjoyed it immensely !
Tina_C, May 2026
This was so much fun! As a hippie era fan, this was right up my alley. Our driver was on time, very knowledgeable, funny with wit & full of hippie-themed “dad jokes”, & seemed to really love her job.. The vintage van was exactly how it was described with the paint job and shag carpet, 60’s music when she wasn’t talking (which I love that she didn’t try to talk over the music!), & the roof windows were outlined with silk flowers. At first I thought, “I paid THAT much to ride in a small, old, metal van?” Then immediately after I thought it, my inner self realized, “it’s part of the authenticity and charm. You dressed the part, so step back in time & enjoy it, dummy.” And THAT, I did & loved every minute of it! We saw everything listed in the description, and the driver was happy to take photos of my daughter and me at the Golden Gate Bridge with the van. She was courteous by opening & closing the van doors at every in & out stop. The only thing that could’ve made it any better is if she had dressed the part as well. Not complaining at all though. It would’ve just been the icing on the cake. It was far more intimate than the crowded big bus tours and we could go places a big bus can’t, like Lombard street, where she said the by standers loves when the Love Bus comes through. And sure enough, they absolutely did…snapping photos & videos, waving, smiling. The driver had her window down & interacting with them with ✌🏻 out the window, and being 100% in the moment myself, I had my ✌🏻 at the window as well with a smile. My daughter is not as much of a hippie era fan as I am, and even SHE said she could ride in that van all day! It was the best part of our day!
Earl_P, May 2026
A fun way to tour San Francisco. Our tour guide Ky was great. Lots of information and good sense of humor.
Ben_P, May 2026
My wife and I loved this tour! Would highly recommend this to anyone. It was a great way to get introduced to the city of San Francisco! Our tour guide, the cousin we didn’t know we had, Cyrus was amazing. Can’t say enough good things about him. We loved that he was born and raised in the area. He had a whole lifetime of stories and experiences that really helped bring some of the areas we saw to life. Driving around giving peace signs as we rode in the 1970 VW Bus was fun! Totally worth every penny!!
Becky_C, May 2026
Tour guide was knowledgeable, considerate and intentional in ensuring each individual was engaged in this experience. A packed full tour of sights and history was shared. San Francisco is an amazing city!
Anonymous, May 2026
Saturdays can be alittle crazy if you are on a time crunch. Kai was very accommodating and took us directly to our cruise ship. He was an entertaining driver and made it an enjoyable experience. I totally recommend.
Kathleen_C, May 2026
Cyrus was a great. We loved all the knowledge about San Francisco that our new “cousin” shared with us. You just can’t see a city and all its hidden gems without an excursion like this one. Actual tour ran closer to 2 and a half hours but we didn’t mind.
Patricia_C, May 2026
Tera was the perfect guide for our afternoon Love Bus Tour! She has great energy and is very knowledgeable.
Megan_G, May 2026
A fun way to see the city. Dave our driver was knowledgeable and a great guide. This tour helped us get orientated to the city and gave ideas for places to visit in more detail.
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