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San Francisco: Alcatraz Tickets and Chinatown Walking Tour

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San Francisco: Alcatraz Tickets and Chinatown Walking Tour

Activity provider:Walks - US
4.4  / 599 reviews

From US$ 104 per person

Enjoy quintessential San Francisco with pre-reserved Alcatraz Island tickets and an impeccably guided walking tour of the largest Chinatown and North Beach neighborhoods.

About this activity

Cancellation policy
This activity is non-refundable
Duration 7 hours
Check availability to see starting times.
Live tour guide
English
Audio guide included
English

Experience

Highlights
  • Enjoy a pre-reserved Alcatraz Island ticket and explore with the award-winning Cellhouse audio guide
  • Get all the best tips and tricks for visiting Alcatraz like a local and plan an impeccable day in San Francisco
  • Discover all the hidden spaces in Chinatown in the company of an incredible, entertaining guide
  • Taste fortune cookies, hot off the press, at the Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Factory
  • Wander in North Beach, San Francisco's Little Italy and visit some cinematic sites
Full description

Explore the bustling streets of San Francisco's Chinatown on a guided walking tour and try some fortune cookies. Take the ferry to Alcatraz Island for an audio-guided tour of the notorious prison.

Begin your day with a local guide near the Dragon Gate of San Francisco's beloved Chinatown. Weave through time and space down the main street for a walking tour through a neighborhood lined with dragon lanterns, imperial terracotta statues, and all the adornment of a "Little Shanghai." Hear the stories of the former streets and alleys — how it came to be and the more seedy aspects of its Gold Rush foundations. Discover how the neighborhood has transformed over the decades. See neighborhood landmarks including Waverly Place and St. Mary’s Cathedral. Stop into a traditional apothecary featuring fascinating Chinese medicine. Snack on some fresh fortune cookies, a San Francisco invention, and take some home for the road (on us!). After your Chinatown tour, head out for lunch on your own into 2 incredible foodie neighborhoods. Your guide will set you up to find all the "locals only" spots and provide you with an easy map so you can enjoy San Francisco's eclectic cuisine options. After lunch, make your way to Alcatraz where your guide will give you all the insider information on how best to make the most of your time on the island. On the ferry ride, take in views of the Golden Gate Bridge and the bay. Explore the infamous Alcatraz prison, accompanying your visit with an award-winning audio guide.

Includes
  • Alcatraz Island ticket
  • Round-trip ferry
  • Audio guide on the island
  • Guided walking tour of Chinatown
  • Fortune cookie tasting
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Tips

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Meeting point

Meet your guide outside The Irish Bank at 10 Mark Lane. Your guide will be holding a Walks sign.

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Important information

What to bring

  • Passport or ID card
  • Comfortable shoes
  • Warm clothing

Not allowed

  • Baby strollers

Know before you go

  • Alcatraz may move your ticket time up until three weeks prior to the tour, and you will receive an email confirmation from us with your tour time as soon as Alcatraz confirms
  • Until you receive your confirmation, do not assume your tour is at the time you saw online or in your initial email confirmation
  • Due to policies governed by Alcatraz, you must provide the name and birthdate for each person visiting the island, and you will be asked to provide this information by the tour operator after booking
  • All travelers over the age of 18 must bring ID for their Alcatraz tour
  • Without ID, tickets cannot be released for you to travel to Alcatraz
  • Wheelchair users may have difficulty with the Chinatown section of this tour

Customer reviews

Overall rating

4.4 /5

based on 99 reviews

Review summary

  • Guide
    4.5/5
  • Transportation
    4.2/5
  • Service
    4.6/5
  • Organization
    4.4/5

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We meet with our guide in the entrance of Chinatown and we walked through different and historical places until we got to North Beach where we stopped for a lunch break and then we met again to go to pier 33 and get into our ferry to Alcatraz. Such a wonderful guide (his name is Chet) and an unforgettable experience!

July 17, 2023

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melanie – United StatesVerified booking

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Maggie was such a fantastic guide!!! She is so full of knowledge about the history of SF and had so many tips to share with us. She was really invested in making sure our group got the absolute most out of the tour that we could. Between her extensive personal experiences and the research she has done on Chinatown, we learned so much about the history and contemporary life of the area. She is so personable that it felt like an old friend was showing you around SF and pointing out all of the cities quirks and easter eggs. I can’t recommend her enough!

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May 21, 2022

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Allison Verified booking

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This tour is a great way to see three iconic San Francisco landmarks in a day without feeling to hurried. Our guide. Eddie was great, particularly for the walk through Chinatown which is clearly dear to his heart. On this matter he was very knowledgeable, and we went back to sample his food recommendation which were very tasty. Doing Alcatraz and cable car trip in our own time was a good way of doing it. Only minor complaint was the limited directions on how to find the lower terminus of the California Street cable car. That could of been made clearer.

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October 15, 2019

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David Verified booking

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