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.
Start by reading our Frequently Asked Questions. Then see our current schedule of tours or select a tour by neighborhood.

Golden Gate Park Tours

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New in 2010! San Francisco City Guides and San Francisco Parks Trust have joined forces to offer enticing new tours of Golden Gate Park. The first tours to be offered are Japanese Tea Garden and Golden Gate Park-West End.

Private Group Tours

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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Our Guides Write

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

Click here to learn more about the fascinating history of San Francisco.

Keep In Touch

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Upcoming Tours

Tuesday February 9

10:00 am - Rising Steel: Two Centuries Of San Francisco Architecture
10:00 am - Palace Hotel
11:00 am - Historic Murals Of Rincon Center
11:00 am - Castro: Tales Of The Village
12:00 pm - Ferry Building
1:30 pm - Historic Market Street: Path Of Gold

Wednesday February 10

10:00 am - Theatre In San Francisco
11:00 am - Gold Rush City
1:00 pm - Japanese Tea Garden
2:00 pm - Nob Hill

Thursday February 11

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 February 12

10:00 am - City Scapes And Public Places
11:00 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

Saturday February 13

10:00 am - Palace Hotel
10:00 am - North Beach
10:00 am - Omni Hotel Walk
10:00 am - Chinatown
11:00 am - Pacific Heights Mansions
11:00 am - SOMA & Yerba Buena Gardens
11:00 am - Inner Sunset: The Birth Of A Neighborhood
11:00 am - Fort Mason To Aquatic Park
11:00 am - Coit Tower Murals
12:00 pm - Ferry Building
1:00 pm - Telegraph Hill Hike
1:00 pm - Fire Department Museum
1:00 pm - 1906: Presidio & The Earthquake
2:00 pm - Land's End: Sutro Heights
2:00 pm - Making Waves on the Waterfront

Sunday February 14

11:00 am - Haight-Ashbury
11:00 am - Mission Dolores Neighborhood
11:00 am - Art Deco Marina
11:00 am - Golden Gate Bridge
11:00 am - Castro: Tales Of The Village
11:00 am - Gold Coast Architecture
1:00 pm - Murals And The Multi-Ethnic Mission
1:00 pm - Japanese Tea Garden
1:00 pm - Fire Department Museum
2:00 pm - Victorian San Francisco
2:00 pm - Gold Rush City
2:00 pm - Nob Hill

Monday February 15

9:30 am - Japanese Tea Garden
10:00 am - 1906: Earthquake And Fire
10:00 am - Chinatown
11:00 am - Fisherman's Wharf
1:30 pm - Chinatown
3:00 pm - Diego Rivera Mural at the Stock Exchange Tower

Tuesday February 16

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

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