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Free Walking Tours of San Francisco

We are local volunteers who love the City, its history, lore and legends...and we're ready to share it all with you.
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Featured Tour of the Month

Mural

The mural Allegory of California graces the stairwell of the City Club (Formerly the Pacific Stock Exchange Club). Normally closed the public, this is an opportunity to see the first mural painted in the US by the great Mexican artist Diego Rivera. The Pacific Stock Exchange Lunch Club, now the City Club, is considered the best interior in the Art Deco style in San Francisco, and among the best in California. Please note this one hour tour is limited to 25 people. First come, first served.

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Private Group Tours

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Play tourist on your own turf and explore San Francisco the best way possible - on foot with City Guides. For a modest donation, let us arrange a private tour for your group.

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School Tours

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San Francisco City Guides offers a unique opportunity to enhance your students' classroom experiences. For your next field trip, join a trained volunteer guide on a tour of San Francisco.

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Our Guides Write

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GuideLines is the monthly newsletter for City Guides containing historical articles written by our tour guides.

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Friday July 3    
10:00 am - City Scapes And Public Places
11:00 am - Fisherman's Wharf
1:00 pm - 1906: Presidio & The Earthquake
1:00 pm - Fire Department Museum
1:30 pm - City Scapes And Public Places
1:30 pm - Gold Rush City

Saturday July 4    
10:00 am - North Beach
10:00 am - Palace Hotel
10:00 am - Russian Hill Stairways
10:00 am - Chinatown
10:00 am - Omni Hotel Walk
11:00 am - Mission Murals
11:00 am - Pacific Heights Mansions
11:00 am - Landmark Victorians Of Alamo Square
11:00 am - Coit Tower Murals
11:00 am - Fort Mason To Aquatic Park
12:00 pm - Ferry Building
1:00 pm - Telegraph Hill Hike
1:00 pm - Palace Of Fine Arts/Marina
1:00 pm - Fire Department Museum
1:00 pm - 1906: Phoenix Rising
2:00 pm - Land's End: Sutro Heights
2:00 pm - Hidden Waters: Mission Bay
2:00 pm - Japantown, Urban Renewal and Fillmore Jazz

Sunday July 5    
11:00 am - Mission Dolores Neighborhood
11:00 am - Rising Steel: Two Centuries Of San Francisco Architecture
11:00 am - Castro: Tales Of The Village
11:00 am - Haight-Ashbury
11:00 am - Dogpatch and Potrero Point
11:00 am - Golden Gate Bridge
1:00 pm - Noe Valley: A Village Within the City
1:00 pm - Fire Department Museum
2:00 pm - Victorian San Francisco
2:00 pm - Nob Hill
2:00 pm - Gold Rush City
7:00 pm - North Beach By Night (Tour Cancelled)

Monday July 6    
10:00 am - 1906: Earthquake And Fire
11:00 am - Bawdy & Naughty
11:00 am - Fisherman's Wharf
1:30 pm - Chinatown
7:00 pm - North Beach By Night (Tour Cancelled)

Tuesday July 7    
10:00 am - Palace Hotel
11:00 am - Castro: Tales Of The Village
11:00 am - Pacific Heights Mansions
12:00 pm - Main Library Tour
12:00 pm - Ferry Building
1:30 pm - Historic Market Street: Path Of Gold

Wednesday July 8    
10:00 am - Theatre In San Francisco
11:00 am - Gold Rush City
2:00 pm - Nob Hill

Thursday July 9    
11:00 am - Golden Gate Bridge
11:00 am - Civic Center & City Hall
12:00 pm - Ferry Building
1:00 pm - Fire Department Museum
2:00 pm - Palace Hotel
2:00 pm - Nob Hill

Friday July 10    
10:00 am - City Scapes And Public Places
10:00 am - South of Market Architecture Stroll
11:00 am - Fisherman's Wharf
1:00 pm - Fire Department Museum
1:30 pm - City Scapes And Public Places
1:30 pm - Gold Rush City

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