48 Free Guided Walking Tours of SF

Relatives in town? Show off our beautiful city by taking them on one of San Francisco City Guides free guided walking tours of San Francisco’s greatest neighborhoods. There is a full slate of free tours on Thanksgiving weekend, Thursday through Sunday.

Tour starting times range from 9:30 am to 2 pm and there are 50 different tours for you to choose from over the four day weekend including the Japanese Tea Garden (yes, even on Thanksgiving Thursday), Alfred Hitchcock’s San Francisco, 1850’s San Francisco: Paris Of The Pacific and many more.

Please note that the Japanese Tea Garden admission is required except for any 9:30am morning tours.

2018 Thanksgiving Weekend Free Tours

Thursday, November 22

• 10:00 am – Historic Market Street: Path Of Gold (Tour Cancelled)
• 11:00 am – Japanese Tea Garden – 11AM – $6 Residents / $9 Residents Admission
• 11:00 am – Golden Gate Bridge
• 11:00 am – 1906: Earthquake And Fire
• 1:00 pm – Japanese Tea Garden – $6 Residents / $9 Residents Admission
• 2:00 pm – Nob Hill (Tour Cancelled)
• 2:00 pm – Making Waves on the Waterfront

Friday, November 23

• 9:30 am – Japanese Tea Garden
• 10:00 am – South of Market Architecture Stroll
• 10:00 am – City Scapes And Public Places
• 10:00 am – Russian Hill Stairways
• 11:00 am – Fisherman’s Wharf: A Hidden History
• 11:00 am – City Hall and the Civic Center
• 1:00 pm – Art Deco Marina
• 1:00 pm – Presidio: From Military Post to Earthquake Refuge to National Park
• 1:00 pm – Japanese Tea Garden – $6 Residents / $9 Residents Admission
• 1:30 pm – City Scapes And Public Places
• 1:30 pm – Gold Rush City

Saturday, November 24

• 10:00 am – Chinatown
• 10:00 am – A Touch of Glass: Glass in San Francisco’s Commercial Architecture
• 10:00 am – North Beach (Tour Cancelled)
• 10:00 am – Ferry Building
• 10:00 am – Omni Hotel Walk
• 11:00 am – Golden Gate Park: West End
• 11:00 am – Pacific Heights Mansions
• 11:00 am – Japanese Tea Garden – 11AM – $6 Residents / $9 Residents Admission
• 11:00 am – Port of San Francisco: Turbulent Waterfront
• 11:00 am – Castro: Tales Of The Village (Tour Cancelled)
• 11:00 am – Coit Tower Murals
• 1:00 pm – Japanese Tea Garden – $6 Residents / $9 Residents Admission
• 1:00 pm – Scandalous Murals of Rincon Center
• 1:00 pm – 1906: Earthquake And Fire
• 1:00 pm – Presidio: From Military Post to Earthquake Refuge to National Park
• 1:00 pm – Telegraph Hill Stairway Hike
• 1:30 pm – 1850’s San Francisco: Paris Of The Pacific
• 2:00 pm – Land’s End: Sutro Heights
• 2:00 pm – Japantown
• 2:00 pm – Silent Film San Francisco

Sunday, November 25

• 10:00 am – Creating Downtown
• 11:00 am – Alfred Hitchcock’s San Francisco
• 11:00 am – Japanese Tea Garden – 11AM – $6 Residents / $9 Residents Admission
• 11:00 am – Castro: Tales Of The Village
• 11:00 am – Mission Dolores Neighborhood
• 11:00 am – Golden Gate Bridge
• 11:00 am – Haight-Ashbury
• 11:00 am – Billionaire’s Row: Outer Broadway Architecture
• 1:00 pm – Murals And The Multi-Ethnic Mission
• 1:00 pm – Japanese Tea Garden – $6 Residents / $9 Residents Admission
• 2:00 pm – Gold Rush City
• 2:00 pm – Nob Hill
• 2:00 pm – Land’s End: Sutro Heights
• 2:00 pm – Victorian San Francisco