Painted Ladies Private San Francisco Tour
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San Francisco, USA
- 3 hours (approx.)
- Pickup offered
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Plan your itinerary for your private half-day San Francisco tour and travel in style in a restored vintage Volkswagen bus. Customize your tour to your interests, whether you want to cover city highlights like the Painted Ladies, Golden Gate Bridge, and Twin Peaks, or venture further afield to Muir Woods, Sausalito, or Half Moon Bay. The bus accommodates up to seven passengers, perfect for family and friends.
- Have more flexibility with a private tour
- Hear insightful commentary from your guide
- Access places that larger buses cannot go
- Bottled water, and local beer or wine provided
What's Included
- Professional guide
- Access to districts where the large buses are banned from (Painted Ladies, Murals, Twin Peaks, Coit tower, drive down Lombard street,
- Bottled water
- Local Craft beer and wine or BYOB
- Hear stories about famous Rock stars of the 60's like Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendriks, Grateful dead,
- NOTE ON BOOKING: UP TO 6 PEOPLE MAKE TAKE THIS TOUR, BUT BOOK ONLY 1 TRAVELER
- Snacks
- Hotel pickup from hotels in Union Square and Fisherman's Wharf
- Gratuity, credit card required for guide's tips, 15%, 18 or 20%
Meeting and Pickup
You can head directly to your preferred meeting point, or request pickup.
Itinerary
1
San Francisco
3 hours • Admission Ticket Free
2
Fisherman's Wharf
5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability
- Not wheelchair accessible
- pick a morning or afternoon or evening tour to suit your schedule
- Stroller accessible
- we are open to your creative ideas of what you would like to do/see/experience during your time slot.
- Service animals allowed
- Custom Pick up and drop of within San Francisco city limits
- Near public transportation
- We typically charge %20 gratuity for our Private Tours- tips make up a large chunk of our tour guide income in the US.
- Infants must sit on laps
- Most travelers can participate
- Anyone showing symptoms of COVID 19, including fever, cough or shortness of breath won’t be able to participate.
- This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
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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
5.0
based on 134 reviews
Michelle_L, Jul 2025
Definitely a do when you first arrive in SF and want to scope out the area. Josh picked us up promptly and took us all around. Great stories and conversation. Picture opportunities. Great suggestions. I would recommend this tour to anyone! The Volkswagon bus got a lot of attention from others!
Gareth_D, Mar 2025
This was a really terrific overview of the city, and our guide, Jim, was great - really informative, engaging, and an overall nice guy.
Crystal_G, Sep 2024
The awesome guides Chris and Kyo. It was an amazing experience. We saw so many parts of the city. It was a private tour with friends.
Dawn_L, Aug 2024
We had the best tour with Jim. This was our first time in San Francisco and I feel like we learned quite a bit of the history of the various neighborhoods. We saw beautiful sites and all the places on our list to see. Jim was so knowledgeable and able to relate to everyone in our family group - ages 14 to 51. Thank you so much for sharing your beautiful city with us.
Chad_W, Jul 2023
Amazing. Josh was incredibly knowledgeable and extremely personable. We saw so many great sites and learned so much about San Fran. I have been on many trips and this was one of the best! I would recommend this to anyone who wants to learn from a local resident.
Larry_R, Mar 2023
Excellent personalized tour by Armando. A great way to see the city.
So happy to have booked this company!
Devin_B, Jan 2023
Tour was great. Armando did very well and was very personable. Tour was flexible and fit us well………………..
Robert_S, Jul 2022
Fantastic tour. Perfect way to discover the city for deeper exploration later. Josh was fantastic! He loves his city and it shows! Highly recommend !
Caroline_B, Jun 2022
This trip was fantastic. Sam, our driver and guide, was knowledgeable, interesting and fun throughout and gave us the best experience we could have asked for.
The van itself was fabulous - comfy and attractive - and the playlist throughout the tour really set the tone.
We got to visit such a variety of different and interesting spots and Sam gave us great information all the way through - it was incredible to pack so much in.
Genuinely, if you only have time to do one trip when visiting San Francisco then this is the one you should do!
Judy_S, May 2022
We enjoyed visiting and learning about all the different neighborhoods! Driving down Lombard street, visiting the Golden Gate Bridge and visiting the painted ladies were definite highlights… especially in ‘Rosie’ the VW. Sam was such a fun tour guide. Would definitely recommend this tour!
Debra_M, Sep 2020
I took my daughters to San Francisco to travel to Napa wineries and visit the city in a long weekend. We were looking for a tour of the city and had a fabulous tour with Josh of the Painted Ladies Private Tour. He had great insight into the city and we got to see all of the highlights in a fun and entertaining environment.
Carmen_F, Aug 2023
Magnifico tour de lo más destacado de San Francisco. El guía fue excelente, muy ameno y nos explicaba todo al detalle. Realmente disfrutamos muchísimo esta excursión, acabamos encantados. Totalmente recomendable.
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