12 Free Guided Walking Tours of SF for Valentine’s Day 2025

Got a long weekend? Take a guided walk around San Francisco and learn something new about the city you love over Valentine’s Day and President’s Day Weekend.

2025 President’s Day Weekend Walking Tours
February 14-17, 2025
All Over San Francisco
FREE, but donations are greatly appreciated

San Francisco City Guides Schedule

Friday, February 14, 2025 – 12 Tours
9:30 AM: Japanese Tea Garden*
10:00 AM: City Hall and the Civic Center
10:00 AM: Cityscapes And Public Places
11:00 AM: Cable Cars: Halfway to the Stars
11:00 AM: Fisherman’s Wharf: A Hidden History
11:00 AM: Mission Murals
11:00 AM: Presidio: From Military Base to National Park with Tunnel Tops
12:00 PM: Murals And The Multi-Ethnic Mission District
1:00 PM: Architectural Gems South of Market
1:00 PM: Cityscapes And Public Places
1:00 PM: Japanese Tea Garden*
1:30 PM: Gold Rush City

Saturday, February 15, 2025 – 22 Tours
10:00 AM: 1840s San Francisco and the Astonishing Legacy of America’s “First Black Millionaire” (No Tour Today)
10:00 AM: Coit Tower Murals
10:00 AM: Ferry Building
10:00 AM: Mission Murals
10:00 AM: North Beach
10:30 AM: Golden Gate Park: East End – Flowers & Tunnels & Bears, Oh My!
10:30 AM: Golden Gate Park: West End – Breakers, Old Trains & Windmills!
11:00 AM: 1850’s San Francisco: Paris Of The Pacific
11:00 AM: Alamo Square and its Painted Ladies
11:00 AM: Castro: Tales Of The Village
11:00 AM: Fairmont Hotel
11:00 AM: Golden Gate Park: American History – Memories in Trees, Stone & Bronze
11:00 AM: Pacific Heights Mansions
1:00 PM: Japanese Tea Garden*
1:00 PM: Presidio: From Military Base to National Park with Tunnel Tops
2:00 PM: 1906: Earthquake And Fire
2:00 PM: Boom & Bust
2:00 PM: Corona Heights Stairways
2:00 PM: Japantown
2:00 PM: Land’s End: Sutro Heights
2:00 PM: Making Waves on the Waterfront
2:00 PM: Silent Film San Francisco
2:00 PM: Telegraph Hill Stairway Hike

Sunday, February 16, 2025 – 19 Tours
10:00 AM: A Touch of Glass: Glass in San Francisco’s Commercial Architecture
10:00 AM: Cow Hollow
10:30 AM: 1850’s San Francisco: Paris Of The Pacific
10:30 AM: Mission Dolores Neighborhood
10:30 AM: Russian Hill: Architecture and Culture of an Island in the City
11:00 AM: Alfred Hitchcock’s San Francisco
11:00 AM: Billionaires’ Row: Outer Broadway Architecture
11:00 AM: Castro: Tales Of The Village
11:00 AM: Dogpatch and Potrero Point
11:00 AM: Downtown Deco
11:00 AM: Golden Gate Bridge
11:00 AM: Golden Gate Heights Stairways
11:00 AM: Haight-Ashbury
1:00 PM: Japanese Tea Garden*
1:00 PM: Presidio: From Military Base to National Park with Tunnel Tops
1:00 PM: Terrific Street: The Devil’s Playground
1:00 PM: Victorian San Francisco
2:00 PM: Architecture Downtown
2:00 PM: Art Deco Marina (No Tour Today)
2:00 PM: Gold Rush City

Monday, February 17, 2025 – 11 Tours
9:30 AM: Japanese Tea Garden*
11:00 AM: Beat Generation in SF: Rebels, Writers, and Visionaries
11:00 AM: Fisherman’s Wharf: A Hidden History
11:00 AM: Pacific Heights Mansions
1:00 PM: Architecture Downtown
1:00 PM: Japanese Tea Garden*
1:00 PM: Making Waves on the Waterfront
1:00 PM: Palace Of Fine Arts/Marina
1:00 PM: Presidio: From Military Base to National Park with Tunnel Tops
1:30 PM: Chinatown
2:00 PM: Chinatown Family Associations, Tongs and Gangs

*Although the tour itself is free, the afternoon Japanese Tea Garden tour may require separate admission charge to the gardens.

Japanese Tea Garden Admission Fee:
FREE for San Francisco Residents w/ ID
FREE for Everyone from 9-10 am on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays

Non Resident Fees
Adults: $12-16 (depends on season)

(February – November) $14
(December – January) $12
(Weekends year-round) $16

Seniors (ages 65+ w/ID) $7
Youth (ages 12-17) $7
Children (ages 5-11) $3
Children (under 5) FREE