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San Francisco Driving Tour: From the Gold Rush to the Golden Gate

By VoiceMap Audio Tours
Free cancellation available
Price is NZ$25 per traveller* *Get lower prices by selecting more than 2 adults
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 2h 30m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation

Overview

San Francisco is known for its high tech financial centre, iconic bridges, Victorian-style homes, immigrant communities and lush parks. But its stories of the visionaries and rebels behind some of its famous landmarks make a visit much more memorable.

On this driving tour, you’ll travel along San Francisco’s waterfront to both its lesser and better-known attractions before crossing the iconic Golden Gate Bridge. Professional tour guide and city insider, Brad Prickett, will be your guide. Along the way, he’ll reveal the backstories behind the city’s sites, and share interviews with historical figures to create an experience with far more depth and variety than you’d find in a stack of travel books. Drive at your own pace while listening to tales of the gold rush founders, the scandalous Samuel Brannan, innovator Levi Strauss, Alcatraz escape attempts, Fort Point soldiers, and Al Zampa of the Half Way to Hell Club.

Activity location

  • 490 Brannan St
    • 490 Brannan Street
    • 94107, San Francisco, California, United States

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • 490 Brannan St
    • 490 Brannan Street
    • 94107, San Francisco, California, United States

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San Francisco Driving Tour: From the Gold Rush to the Golden Gate in English
  • Activity duration is 2 hours and 30 minutes2h 30m
    2h 30m
  • Opening hours: Sun 12:00 am-11:59 pm
  • English
Language options: English
Price details
NZ$25.48 x 1 TravellerNZ$25.48
Total
Price is NZ$25.48

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Lifetime access to this tour in English before your booking date and after it
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Offline access to audio, maps, and geodata
  • What's includedWhat's included
    App for Android and iOS
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Flexibility to explore at your own pace with a self-guided GPS tour
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Directions to the starting point so that when you’re in the right place, the tour will start
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Smartphone and headphones

Know before you book

  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • The total tour time includes walking the route and passing by the attractions

Activity itinerary

Ferry Building Marketplace (Pass by)

We'll pass by the bustling Ferry Building, with its vibrant marketplace. Entry isn't included.

Pier 39 (Pass by)

We'll pass by the iconic Pier 39, with its groups of seals lazing around in the sunshine.

Fisherman’s Wharf (Pass by)

We'll pass by the famous Fisherman's Wharf, with its picturesque boardwalk and great places to eat.

Lombard Street (Pass by)

We'll drive along Lombard Street, hearing about the city's early history.

Palace of Fine Arts (Pass by)

We'll drive by the Palace of Fine Arts, with its beautiful architecture and gorgeous setting. Entry isn't included.

Presidio of San Francisco (Pass by)

We'll drive passed the Presidio, and hear about the formative history of the area.

Fort Point National Historic Site (Pass by)

We'll drive past Fort Point, a beautiful lookout point with excellent vistas of the bay and bridge.

Golden Gate Bridge (Pass by)

We'll drive across the iconic Golden Gate Bridge, with its one-of-a-kind views.

Location

Activity location

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    490 Brannan St
    • 490 Brannan Street
    • 94107, San Francisco, California, United States

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    490 Brannan St
    • 490 Brannan Street
    • 94107, San Francisco, California, United States

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