Christmas Weekend: 47 Free Guided Tours of SF

San Francisco City Guides offer free guided walking tours of many different neighborhoods in the city and will be offering a full slate of free tours on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

Have friends and relatives in town with nothing to do? Gather up the folks and show off the magnificent city you love with one of the many tours happening around Christmas, and even on Christmas day.

Learn something new yourself and impress everyone at the upcoming NYE parties.

2018 Christmas Weekend Tour Schedule
All walks are free, although donations to the tour guides are, of course, appreciated.
*For Japanese Tea Garden Tour, Admission to garden required – $6.00 (Residents), $9.00 (Non-Residents) – except on the Monday and Wednesday 9:30 morning tour.

Saturday, December 22 – 18 Tours

Register for the 11 am Fairmont Hotel Tour
10:00 am – Chinatown
10:00 am – North Beach
10:00 am – Ferry Building
10:00 am – Russian Hill, Architecture and Culture of an Island in the City
10:00 am – Omni Hotel Walk
11:00 am – Pacific Heights Mansions
11:00 am – Port of San Francisco: Turbulent Waterfront
11:00 am – Castro: Tales Of The Village
11:00 am – Coit Tower Murals
11:00 am – Japanese Tea Garden (tour canceled)
1:00 pm – Japanese Tea Garden*
1:00 pm – Telegraph Hill Stairway Hike
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
1:30 pm – 1850s San Francisco: Paris Of The Pacific
2:00 pm – Silent Film San Francisco
2:00 pm – Japantown
2:00 pm – Land’s End: Sutro Heights

Sunday, December 23 – 15 Tours

10:00 am – Creating Downtown
11:00 am – Castro: Tales Of The Village
11:00 am – Alfred Hitchcock’s San Francisco
11:00 am – Mission Dolores Neighborhood
11:00 am – Landmark Victorians Of Alamo Square
11:00 am – Billionaire’s Row: Outer Broadway Architecture
11:00 am – Haight-Ashbury
11:00 am – Golden Gate Bridge
11:00 am – Japanese Tea Garden*
1:00 pm – Golden Gate Park: East End
1:00 pm – Japanese Tea Garden
1:00 pm – Murals And The Multi-Ethnic Mission
2:00 pm – Gold Rush City
2:00 pm – Nob Hill
2:00 pm – Victorian San Francisco

Monday, December 24 – 6 Tours

Any tour that is not indicated as canceled will be happening on this day.
9:30 am – Japanese Tea Garden
10:00 am – Chinatown
11:00 am – Fisherman’s Wharf: A Hidden History (tour canceled)
11:00 am – Bawdy & Naughty
11:00 am – Japanese Tea Garden (tour canceled)
1:00 pm – Japanese Tea Garden*
1:30 pm – Chinatown
2:00 pm – Embarcadero Skyway

Tuesday, December 25 – 8 Tours

Any tour that is not indicated as canceled will be happening on this day.
10:00 am – North Beach
11:00 am – Castro: Tales Of The Village
11:00 am – Landmark Victorians Of Alamo Square
11:00 am – City Hall and the Civic Center
11:00 am – Japanese Tea Garden*
12:00 pm – Ferry Building
1:00 pm – Japanese Tea Garden*
1:30 pm – Historic Market Street: Path Of Gold