Private fully-guided city tour to San Francisco’s top attractions

As a private group, do more and see more on this half-day San Francisco city tour. With your insider guide, explore the Palace of Fine Arts, Presidio, Golden Gate Bridge, Land’s End, and more.

Departure: Flexible departure time from a convenient location in the San Francisco Bay Area
Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: Full refund with cancellations 30 or more days before the departure date.
Ages: All ages
Ticket: Email and mobile accepted

Highlights

  • Go at your own pace to San Francisco’s top attractions like the Presidio, Haight-Ashbury, Chinatown, and Coit Tower
  • Make stops to photograph and experience the Palace of Fine Arts, Golden Gate Bridge, and Land’s End
  • Hear guided tour narration in your own language
  • Large parties save

What’s Included

  • Pick up at a convenient location in the SF Bay Area
  • Local expert guide commentary in English
  • Foreign language audios available (specify at checkout)
  • Guide gratuity

What’s Not Included

  • Meals or beverages
Please note: This tour has limited availability in peak summer months. Book as soon as possible to guarantee your tour.

Description

This private San Francisco city tour lets your group ride in comfort as you visit the most popular attractions in the city. Your guide knows the ‘ins’ and ‘outs’ so you fully discover San Francisco’s famous landmarks, even stopping for you to photograph and explore. 

As a private tour, there is flexibility to linger or skip a stop. Below is a typical half-day city tour. 

Roll Through SF’s Waterfront to the Palace of Fine Arts

After a convenient pickup, your city tour begins on San Francisco’s waterfront and rolls through the Marina District. At the lovely Palace of Fine Arts, you will have the chance to stop and photograph the historic building and grounds.

Cruise Across the Bay on the Golden Gate Bridge

Now, on to the main event—a trip across the Golden Gate Bridge!

This San Francisco highlights tour will take you to Land’s End where you can stretch your legs while overlooking Sutro Baths and the Pacific Ocean coastline. Later, you will be blown away by the beauty of Golden Gate Park.

Neighborhoods of the Haight, Castro and Chinatown

For the last portion of the tour, your guide will explain the historic and cultural importance of neighborhoods like Haight-Ashbury, Castro, Nob Hill, and Chinatown. Finally, in North Beach, we’ll point out Lombard Street, Coit Tower, Washington Square and more.

We say “goodbye” at your pickup location or any other spot in San Francisco that your group desires. 

Things to Know About this Tour

Want to make changes to the itinerary described here? Just ask. Our private tours department is here to help with your private tour every step of the way. Requests may alter the quoted price. Reach us at: (415) 357-0700 or charters@extranomcial.com.

Itinerary

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  • Hour 1 Convenient Pickup, Explore Fisherman’s Wharf

  • Hour 2 Golden Gate Bridge, Presidio & Land’s End

  • Hour 3 Parks and Other San Francisco Treasures

  • Hour 4 Chinatown, Union Square and North Beach

Times listed are approximations. Traffic and unforeseen events can cause delays.  Please do not make flight/travel arrangements on the same day as your tour

What Our Guests Are Saying About Us

Highly recommend!

We booked 2 tours. One to Muir Woods and the City tour. Both tours were excellent. Our driver guide was a history professor and was very thorough and entertaining. We highly recommend Extranomical for value. They gave us a totally new outlook of a city we thought we knew.

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R. Rodriguez, TripAdvisor

Wondeful time!

Don was awesome, we had such a wonderful time around SFO, the tour was very sharp and we love the townthank you so much!!

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MiguelR1354 , TripAdvisor

Such a friendly guide

Very informative friendly tour guide who went above and beyond she was very lovely easy to talk to and answered all questions etc your was 4 hours with some stop offs

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Leanne G, TripAdvisor

Amazing!

The guide was funny, and somehow managed to talk about everything and everywhere we were seeing without the spiel becoming boring or "too much." Thank you for an amazing morning!

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bradp1979, TripAdvisor

Amazing!

Great tour! There is so much to learn about San Francisco that I felt like my head was going to explode! The guide was funny, and somehow managed to talk about everything and everywhere we were seeing without the spiel becoming boring or "too much." Thank you for an amazing morning!

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bradp1979, TripAdvisor

Wonderful time!

We got to see so much of the city that we knew we wouldn't have a chance to see while we were there for only a short time. And they also have a very accommodating customer service.

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Sherpa316853748snsnn, TripAdvisor

Wonderful time!

I had a wonderful time. I loved our guide - he was very knowledgable, caring, kept track of everyone and communicated well. We got to see so much of the city that we knew we wouldn't have a chance to see while we were there for only a short time. And they also have a very accommodating customer service. Thank you Extranomical Tours and for your customer service

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Sherpa316853748snsnn, TripAdvisor

Fantastic guide

Kimmy, our guide from Extranomical tours did a fantastic job. She was friendly and professional; it was a lot fun, and we learned so many interesting facts and history about San Francisco.

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Marcela B, TripAdvisor

Fantastic guide

If you have just a few days in San Francisco, this is a great way to visit the most iconic places in the city. I recommend you take this tour the first day, that way you’ll know which places you really want to visit. Kimmy, our guide from Extranomical tours did a fantastic job. She was friendly and professional; it was a lot fun, and we learned so many interesting facts and history about San Francisco.

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Marcela B, TripAdvisor

Nice guide

Really nice guide who had a lot to say about the city and knew a lot of information! We did 3 stops with plenty of time to look around!

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Magdalena , GetYourGuide

Interesting tour

The guide grew up in San Francisco and took us through many interesting parts of the city. It was a good mix of regular sightseeing and inside information.

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Ralf , GetYourGuide

Interesting tour

The guide grew up in San Francisco and took us through many interesting parts of the city. It was a good mix of regular sightseeing and inside information. The group was just right with six people to take individual wishes into account. We recommend!!!!

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Ralf , GetYourGuide

Amazing experience

We had an amazing afternoon. Really extensive tour and I don't think we missed anything in San Francisco. Most of all: our SF-local driver guide was amazing!

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Anonymous , GetYourGuide

Amazing experience

We had an amazing afternoon. Really extensive tour and I don't think we missed anything in San Francisco. It was really nice that we were only with a small group and small van so the car could sometimes stop on the road side whenever we passed an interesting landmark that we wanted to learn more about. The small group also allowed for questions and the climatized van with the huge windows was really optimal for sightseeing. Most of all: our SF-local driver guide was amazing!

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Anonymous , GetYourGuide

Worth your time

This tour is really worth your time. You really get a great lesson on the history of San Francisco. Our tour guide, Kimmy, was very knowledgeable and capable of answering any questions we had.

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Karolyn Christley, TripAdvisor

Friendly staff!

From the very start, great communication. They put together a great private tour for my group in San Francisco that went off without a hitch. They were on time, friendly and will definitely recommend them and use their services again.

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Pat Graham, TripAdvisor

Informative guide!

Don was an amazing tour guide and was able to show us all the important SF spots we wanted to visit as a family. He was informative and never rushed. Highly recommend him!

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