Find the BestWalking Tours in San Francisco
Don't let our famous hills fool you. San Francisco is best seen on foot. Consider these walking tours for your next visit.
San Francisco is one of America's most scenic big cities. Thanks to beautiful, temperate weather that lingers year-round, it's also one of America's best cities to explore on foot.
Tour companies throughout San Francisco offer a selection of guided walking tours that allow you to experience different neighborhoods or check out particular sites or even businesses that spark your fancy.
If you're looking for the best walking tour in San Francisco, check out some of these options.
Quick, Convenient Tours
If you don't have much time but still want to take in as much of the city as you can, the following walking tours are good options for you.
Haight Ashbury Flower Power Walking Tour
Want to revisit the hippie heyday or the Summer of Love? The Haight Ashbury Flower Power Walking Tour is the best tour for you. This tour walks you through the neighborhood's beautiful Victorian architecture and details the area's storied past.
Wok Wiz Tours
Take a walking tour through Chinatown and enjoy its sights and sounds with Wok Wiz Tours. This tour will give you an overview of the history of the neighborhood, culminating in a dim sum lunch in one of Chinatown's best restaurants.
All About Chinatown Tours
All About Chinatown is another walking tour that gives you a deeper look into San Francisco's Chinatown. You can take their food tour to sample all of the neighborhood's best culinary delights. You can also walk through historic landmarks, browse famous markets and look inside a hidden Buddhist temple.
San Francisco By Gilles
Parlez-vous Français? If so, the San Francisco By Gilles walking tour is the right walking tour for you. This tour, given entirely in French, takes you through multiple San Francisco neighborhoods and gives you a good general introduction to the history and culture of the city.
City Guides
City Guides offers tours in a variety of neighborhoods, focused on a number of different topics—and they're all free! Led by local volunteers who are passionate about San Francisco, a tour with City Guides is an easy, authentic, and affordable way to explore the city.
Food Tours
There is no doubt that San Francisco is one America's culinary capitals. If you're a traveler who loves to eat, one of these walking tours is sure to satisfy you.
Local Tastes of the City Tours
Want to learn about the incredible food in San Francisco? Local Tastes of the City is the walking tour for you. Explore the food history and culture in multiple neighborhoods, including North Beach, Chinatown and others.
SF on Tap Tours
Our city has a great beer scene to pair with its awesome food scene. Taste some of the best local brews during a SF on Tap Tour. This tour is limited to 12 people, so you get loads of personal attention, and it walks you to the city's best breweries. Plus, you can get a taste of the beers made on site at each stop.
Avital Food Tours
Don't just taste the food on your walking tour; learn about how and where it's made. Avital Food Tours takes you to some of the city's best restaurants, then gets you behind the scenes to meet the restaurant's owners, managers, chefs and more.
Customizable Tours
If you're visiting with a big group and you want to make sure your tour fits everyone's needs, then try one of these tours.
Edible Excursions
Edible Excursions is the right choice for a group that wants to learn about food, but that wants to have a say in what's on the menu. Looking to sample San Francisco's best BBQ or the city's most unusual delicacies? Edible Excursions can create an itinerary just for you.
Go Behind the Scenes at Oracle Park
Oracle Park is home to the three-time World Series Champion San Francisco Giants. If you love baseball, you can take a Behind the Scenes tour, where you'll go through the dugout, the visitors' batting cage, the press box and more. Customize a tour through the park for a group of any size.
Unusual Tours
Looking to take a deep dive into one of your more specific interests? No problem; there's something for everyone in San Francisco.
San Francisco Ghost Hunt Walking Tour
San Francisco is a city with a rich past — and maybe even a haunted one. Learn about some of the city's most haunted neighborhoods on the two-hour San Francisco Ghost Hunt Walking Tour.
More Tours of San Francisco
Discover the perfect tour for you and your fellow travelers. From self-guided to expert-led, by bike or boat, focused on food or culture, the options are endless!
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