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Alcatraz Plus San Francisco City Combo Tour

San Francisco, USA
  • 7 to 8 hours (approx.)
  • Pickup offered
  • Mobile ticket
  • Offered in: English

Overview

    What's Included

    • Bottled water
    • Professional and experienced guide for the city tour
    • Round-trip ferry ride from Pier 33 to Alcatraz Island
    • Official Alcatraz ticket, including ferry ride to the island (Value $45.25)
    • Gratuities to the driver
    • Lunch
    • Pickup after Alcatraz tour
    • Food and Beverages

    Meeting and Pickup

    You can head directly to your preferred meeting point, or request pickup.

    Pickup points

    Select a pickup point

    Pickup details

    We start pickup from Union Square when the tour starts and come to the Wharf 15-30 minutes later. We will contact you on the day before or you welcome to call us 415.722.4636 or 415.307.1170. Our vehicles will have special sign.

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    Meeting points

    Select a meeting point

    End point

    • Alcatraz Landing Pier 33
      Pier 33 Suite 200, San Francisco, CA 94111, USA

      After the city tour, we will bring you to Pier 33, Alcatraz Landing. You will go to Alcatraz on your own, after the tour, the boat will bring you back to Pier 33. After Alcatraz, you need to return to your hotel alone. Walking distance to Fisherman's Wharf hotels or Uber/taxi to downtown.

    Operating hours
    .8:30 am

    Itinerary

    1

    Downtown San Francisco

    15 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

    2

    Union Square

    10 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

    3

    Chinatown

    20 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

    4

    Nob Hill

    30 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

    5

    The Embarcadero

    25 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

    6

    Levi's Plaza Park

    15 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

    7

    Financial District

    10 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

    8

    North Beach

    25 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

    9

    Fisherman's Wharf

    25 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

    Lombard Street (Pass By)

    10

    Fort Mason

    10 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

    11

    Marina District

    10 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

    12

    Palace of Fine Arts Theatre

    20 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

    13

    Golden Gate Bridge

    25 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

    Haight-Ashbury (Pass By)

    Golden Gate Park (Pass By)

    14

    Pier 33

    35 minutesAdmission Ticket Included

    15

    Alcatraz Island

    15 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

    16

    Alcatraz Island

    2 hours 30 minutesAdmission Ticket Included

    17

    Pier 33

    15 minutesAdmission Ticket Included

    18

    Alcatraz Island

    15 minutesAdmission Ticket Included

    Additional Info

    • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
    • Not wheelchair accessible
    • Stroller accessible
    • Service animals allowed
    • Near public transportation
    • Infants must sit on laps
    • Most travelers can participate
    • We reserve the right to book you the Alcatraz tickets in the morning and pick you up from there to go to City Tour and bring you back to your hotel after the tour instead of picking you up in the morning.
    • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 14 travelers

    Cancellation Policy

    This experience is non-refundable and cannot be changed for any reason. If you cancel or ask for an amendment, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

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    Reviews

    4.4
    based on 17 reviews
    Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor

    I was a bit disappointed...

    Ellise_D, Oct 2025
    I was a bit disappointed because we did not get to see everything that was listed on the itinerary, specifically Nob Hill and haight Asbury, but otherwise it was good.

    Fun full of information

    Tammy_N, May 2025
    Very interesting and informative nice and friendly had a great time randy was very nice he showed us so much and a van was better than a bus

    Enjoyable but not without some issues

    Cheryl_B, May 2025
    Whilst we loved the tour we had a few issues leading up to this. We booked a morning tour with the afternoon at Alcatraz but at around 9pm the evening before our trip we got a message to say that the day had been swapped around and we would be visiting Alcatraz in the morning. I appreciate the terms say they have the right to change things but we had to rearrange our plans to accommodate this. The tour operator was very good and did pay our transport costs to get to the ferry in the morning but things didn’t go smoothly for us. First of all we couldn’t get an Uber so used the tram, this dropped us a 20 minute walk away from the ferry, we had 25 minutes to get there. Thankfully we are fit enough to make it but it was tight. Secondly, we finished Alcatraz around 2 hours before the bus was due to collect us so we were left hanging around until pick up time, he was also 30 minutes late so lots of time wasted. The tour itself was fab and Mike was very knowledgeable but if they change the layout then we should be offered a choice of times to go to Alcatraz as we would have gone at least an hour later. We spoke to two other couples who also felt the same. As I say this is a great trip but would have been a better experience if the original itinerary was kept to.

    City Tour with Alcatraz.

    Barry_M, Apr 2025
    Extremely informative and interesting. Tour guide very knowledgeable and witty. As we were only here for 2 complete days we'll worth the experience.

    Excellent tour

    Denise_A, Feb 2025
    Excellent tour guide called gerry very knowledgeable and alcatraz trip was excellent viator travel excellent

    All around SFO Tour. Great if there's free lunch :-)

    Charmaine_M, Nov 2024
    Great tour within San Francisco but I find it a little expensive. Just need to lessen the price or next time include at least free lunch.

    We learned so much about San Francisco that we would never had learned if we did everything ourselves,

    Rosemary_K, Sep 2024
    Learning the history of the area from our tour guide Buddy. Alcatraz, painted ladies and Lombard Street. The history of Presidio was very interesting. All around enjoyable tour!

    Terrible tour

    Lizsa_S, Sep 2024
    Feedback given to viator and agent already. Poor trip. Alcatraz as expected. Tour was dreadful. Guide was awful

    Response from Host, Sep 2024

    Dear Lizsa Skentelbery, here is a response from our driver: We are sorry to hear of the disappointment of our mutual customer. Regarding their concerns: The city portion of our tours is approximately 3 to 3.5 hours, depending on where the pick-up locations are. This, and the drop off point, is told to our customers also at the start of the tour. On this particular tour for our mutual customer it was 3.5 hrs- from about 8:45 a.m to 12:15 p.m. On our website this tour is also described as three and a half hours. The amount of time spent at the various stops is not indicated on our website, we do squeeze every minute possible out of stops, as well as reaching as many stops as possible within the time frame, as time between the two parts of the tour is also necessary. Our mutual customers saw all the major attractions described on the website, as well as some extras, such as Golden Gate Park, with time to visit it. Also, on that day, the Golden Gate Bridge was mostly fogged in, but this tour on that day stayed there for about 12-15 minutes anyway, At no time during the tour did our mutual customer express any concerns or disappointments to the guide. At the end it was "thank you" and "goodbye". The other customers on the same tour that day were extremely happy it also. Again, we are sorry for this customer's apparent dissatisfaction, but we do not see any justification for a refund, as the tour was done in the same manner we always do it, and in accordance with our description of it on the website. Sincerely,Taste of SF

    Sight seeing

    Shauna_R, Aug 2024
    We both had a great time taking in all the sights of san francisco. Took some great pictures too. Love learning about history

    Great Tour Experience

    Vava_W, Aug 2024
    Saw much more of San Francisco than we ever would have on our own. Tour guide was very knowledgeable of the city and its history. We learned a lot!

    Alcatraz tour

    Ignacia_P, Jul 2024
    Alcatraz tour but disappointed our driver told us we didn't have to make the long line since we booked the ticket with you. But they told us there that we had to still make the line.

    San Francisco Mini Tour

    April_T, Jul 2024
    Michael contacted me to let me know exact where to meet him and what time. He was very knowledgeable about the city and it's history. A great way to spend your day while waiting for an upcoming flight. Really enjoy see Alcatraz and meeting It's last surviving resident.

    Full day of culture and adventure.

    Stephen_M, Jul 2024
    Was an awesome tour Randy was a great tour guide you won't be disappointed. Was a day full of adventures.

    The city tour was ok....

    David_C, Jun 2024
    The city tour was ok. Could have been longer and ito more of the history of the city. Alcatraz was well worth the trip. A lot of history about the prison and the actual conditions are still intact

    Great SF city tour

    Lynne_L, Jun 2024
    Jerry was a fantastic guide, his knowledge and personal anecdotes made the tour extra enjoyable. He made sure we had enough time to enjoy each stop and still got us to the Alcatraz ferry in plenty of time.

    Outstanding Tour of San Francisco/Alcatraz

    Rosanna_N, Jun 2024
    We were picked up on time outside the Hotel we were staying at. There were 4 of us plus the driver Randy Cowen, a very pleasant and well-spoken gentleman, who was very easy to get on with and talk to. The vehicle he drove was very new and was comfortable to drive in, it had all the bells and whistles and made for a pleasant experience. Randy's knowledge of the city was second to none and he took us on an extremely memorable tour. Going up to the Twin Peaks and seeing the views of the city was one of the highlights. If we return to San Francisco, we will have no problem using this company again and hopefully have the pleasure of having Randy as our guide. Thanks Rosanna and Bill

    Great day!

    Andrea_P, Jun 2024
    We really enjoyed this tour. We got to see lots of the San Francisco sights and enjoyed Alcatraz as well.

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