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
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This was such a fun way to see the city. Tara, our guide, was so knowledgeable and a good time. Would totally recommend!
No A/C in the bus but plenty of breeze through the windows. Guide was an original hippie which really made it fun.
Fantastic tour done by a wonderful San Francisco local. Small group size of 6 was perfect. Highly recommend!
We had an awesome time. Cyrus was great and the best “fake cousin” ever. He was very informative and fun, thanks.
The Ohio girls
We loved seeing San Francisco from a VW bus! Cyrus was a great guide. His narrative was interesting and fun. This was a great way to tour San Francisco!
Cyrus is awesome. We learned so much but we're entertained the whole time. Pictures can't tell it all.
My son is disabled we had a wheelchair. Let them know ahead of time there is room in the back. You need to be able to lift chair approximately chest high. For us it is no problem but others may see this as a challenge. We saw & learned so much it was great. DEFINITELY TAKE THIS TOUR!
Kai, our guide was knowledgeable, friendly and made the trip special for all of us.
We would recommend this trip to anyone.
Thank you for a fantastic 2 hour trip best start ro our San francisco adventure. Sirius was brilliant ,funny ,entertaining and so knowledgable about his home . Great way to get your bearings of the city
The love tour was one of the most fun and informative tours we’ve ever done! The music was a great touch! We’d recommend this tour to anyone visiting sf!
Had a great tour experience with Dave. Very knowledgeable and funny. Saw lots of iconic San Fran sites and cruising in a vintage VW bus was the cherry on top.
Entertaining and informative……………………….Dave was great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Great views!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is a very laid back tour in a psychedelic VW hippie bus. Our tour guide was very knowledgeable and showed us a great time.
With our short stay, this was the perfect way to see many of the unique neighborhoods, parks and historical places in San Francisco Tara was a great guide!
This was a wonderful tour and our guide was funny and knowledgeable. However, she had her small dog with her. That would’ve been fine, if the dog stayed in its little bed in the front. Instead, the dog kept wanting to lie, right where my feet were, behind the drivers seat. As a tall person, this made my ride cramped. I actually liked dogs. But I really think if the dog can’t stay in her designated area, and takes up the leg room of passengers, the dog shouldn’t be taken on the tour.
This tour was so much fun. Tara was an amazing guide with a lot of knowledge and great Dad jokes! After being on the big bus in the morning and then going on the Love Tour you really got to see some of the smaller streets and the fun side of San Francisco. Great introduction to the sights of San Francisco. Highly recommend this tour 🙂
This was such a great way to see the city and hear some history! Cirus was an amazing guide who adapted his commentary and tour to the group! We were traveling with a 15yo who doesn’t like anything if it’s not her Snapchat, and she cited this as a trip highlight! This gets top marks from me!
Great fun, lovely driver / guide (Terri - and furry assistant Rosie). Excellent value, we saw more than we’d expected and it was the perfect way to start our time in San Francisco.
Allan, the Love bug driver was very knowledgeable and funny/ very entertaining. The 1960's Volkswagen was a Blast
Fun way to tour the city and learn about the neighborhoods and history. Our guide had a wealth of information.
Ky was phenomenal. I love the recommendations he made as a local. It definitely helped plan the rest of my trip. Cado’s and Tony’s are the only 2 Italian restaurants you need to visit while in SF. 100/10!
It was fun and interesting. A lot to see in a little van and the guid was awesome. I would do it again next time. ✌️
We really loved the painted bus!!!! And Dave was very authentic, personable and fun!!!!! It was such a wonderful surprise that all of us on the tour are from PA, including Dave 😄
Very good guide was very knowledgeable Comfortable van. Friendly dog also was on the tour. A lot of fun.
It was an awesome way to see San Francisco. Dave kept us entertained with stories about San Francisco
This tour was exactly as described and exactly what we wanted: a fun and informal tour of beautiful San Francisco. Captain Dave was our guide and he was fun, informative and friendly - it basically felt like a friend was showing us around the city, taking our pictures, posing with us in pictures and telling us funny anecdotes. The van is also great and you can’t help but feel like minor celebs being driven around in it! We would highly recommend this tour.
Fantastic expedience with Terra… Friendly personable and extremely knowledgeable! A definite for anyone considering riding down Lombard…
It was a very enjoyable way to be introduced to the city. Great tour guide! The stops were great opportunities to take pictures.
What a fun experience. Our driver Ky was entertaining and knowledgeable. He took some pictures of us which was great! I highly recommend this tour.
Our guide was informative, knowledgeable, funny and safe. E learned a lot about the neighborhoods and history of San Francisco
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