Free Walking Tour Weekend

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 Thanksgiving weekend 2012 Thursday through Sunday

Tour starting times range from 9:30a to 2p and there are 43 different tours for you to choose from over the four day weekend including the Japanese Tea Garden (Thu 1pm), Gold Rush City (Fri. 1:30p), North Beach (Sat 10am), Victorian San Francisco (Sun 2p) and many more.

San Francisco City Guides Walking Tours
All are free but donations are accepted. 

Thursday, November 22, 2012
yes, even on Thanksgiving the tours listed below are scheduled to take place. 

• 10:00 am – Palace Hotel
• 11:00 am – Art Deco Marina
• 1:00 pm – Japanese Tea Garden
• 2:00 pm – Making Waves on the Waterfront

Friday, November 23, 2012

• 9:30 am – Japanese Tea Garden/Stow Lake/Strawberry Hill
• 10:00 am – South of Market Architecture Stroll
• 10:00 am – City Scapes And Public Places
• 11:00 am – Fisherman’s Wharf: A Hidden History
• 1:00 pm – Japanese Tea Garden
• 1:30 pm – Gold Rush City
• 1:30 pm – City Scapes And Public Places

Saturday, November 24, 2012

• 10:00 am – Omni Hotel Walk
• 10:00 am – North Beach
• 10:00 am – South Beach and the South End Historic Warehouse District 
• 10:00 am – Palace Hotel
• 10:00 am – Chinatown
• 11:00 am – Golden Gate Park: West End
• 11:00 am – Pacific Heights Mansions
• 11:00 am – Castro: Tales Of The Village
• 11:00 am – Embarcadero South: Turbulent Waters
• 11:00 am – Coit Tower Murals
• 11:00 am – Fairmont Hotel (RSVP required)
• 12:00 pm – Ferry Building
• 1:00 pm – Telegraph Hill Stairway Hike
• 1:00 pm – Japanese Tea Garden
• 1:00 pm – Fire Department Museum
• 1:00 pm – 1906: Presidio & The Earthquake
• 1:30 pm – Controversial Murals of Rincon Center
• 2:00 pm – Making Waves on the Waterfront
• 2:00 pm – Japantown, Urban Renewal and Fillmore Jazz
• 2:00 pm – Land’s End: Sutro Heights

Sunday, November 25, 2012

• 11:00 am – Castro: Tales Of The Village
• 11:00 am – Rising Steel: Two Centuries Of San Francisco Architecture
• 11:00 am – Haight-Ashbury
• 11:00 am – Alfred Hitchcock’s San Francisco (please note this tour is very popular which makes it often overcrowded and unenjoyable)
• 11:00 am – Billionaire’s Row: Outer Broadway Architecture
• 11:00 am – Golden Gate Bridge
• 1:00 pm – Japanese Tea Garden
• 1:00 pm – Golden Gate Park: East End
• 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