San Francisco City Walks

Walking tours are a popular way of learning about a city. These tours take you through fascinating neighborhoods or districts. You learn about the area and what makes it unique.

A walking tour of San Francisco combines education and entertainment with physical activity. Some walking tours are free and a donation is recommended. Others are led by tour guides and you pay for them. There is a great selection of walking tours every day that appeal to a diverse audience. Some tours are geared toward specific groups so you may want to let family members choose what may be of interest to them. That makes it easy for each member to participate in the other person's choices.

Tours typically begin in easy to identify and public places and most of them meet near access to public transportation to accommodate visitors coming from other areas of the city. The tours are planned so that they are not overly strenuous but San Francisco has many streets that are steep hills. You may want to start your day with a walking tour.

Some of the most popular walking tours are:

Golden Gate Bridge. This tours provides into the mind of the man who dreamed of this bridge and tells the story of what it took to build it.

Ferry Building. This a terminal for ferries. It is located on The Embarcadero which is the eastern waterfront waterway of the Port of San Francisco. It is a ferry terminal but also houses the largest farmers marked in San Francisco.

Coit Tower Murals. The Coit Tower is on Telegraph Hill on land given to the city by Lillie Hitchcock Coit. On the tour you are able to see some of the murals that are not always open to the public. Some of the murals depict famous scenes from the 1930s.

If you are physically able to take a walking tour, you will enjoy learning about the unique history of the area you are visiting. Enjoy your trip to San Francisco!

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