Thanksgiving Weekend: 57 Free Guided Walking Tours
Explore San Francisco with dozens of free walking tours on the holiday weekend
By Johnny Funcheap - posted 11/22/2016
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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 57 walking 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.
2016 Thanksgiving Weekend Free Tours
Tours are free, but donations/tips for the guide are always appreciated.
Thursday, November 24
- 11:00 am – Japanese Tea Garden – 11AM (Tour is free, but admission to garden is required – Adult: $6 (Residents), $8 (Non-Residents).)
- 1:00 pm – Japanese Tea Garden
Friday, November 25
- 9:30 am – Japanese Tea Garden (free admission to the garden before 10am)
- 10:00 am – South of Market Architecture Stroll
- 10:00 am – A Touch of Glass: Glass in San Francisco’s Commercial Architecture
- 10:00 am – City Scapes And Public Places
- 10:00 am – Chinatown
- 11:00 am – Fisherman’s Wharf: A Hidden History
- 11:00 am – Chinatown Family Associations, Tongs and Gangs: A Historic Look
- 1:00 pm – Japanese Tea Garden (Tour is free, but admission to garden is required – Adult: $6 (Residents), $8 (Non-Residents).)
- 1:00 pm – Presidio: From Military Post to Earthquake Refuge to National Park
- 1:30 pm – Gold Rush City
- 1:30 pm – City Scapes And Public Places
- 2:00 pm – Golden Gate Bridge
- 2:00 pm – Alfred Hitchcock’s San Francisco
- 2:00 pm – Land’s End: Sutro Heights
Saturday, November 26
- 10:00 am – Russian Hill, Architecture and Culture of an Island in the City (New Tour)
- 10:00 am – Chinatown
- 10:00 am – Omni Hotel Walk
- 10:00 am – North Beach
- 10:00 am – Ferry Building
- 10:00 am – 1906: Earthquake And Fire
- 11:00 am – Fairmont Hotel Tour – RSVP Required
- 11:00 am – Golden Gate Park: West End
- 11:00 am – Mission Dolores Neighborhood
- 11:00 am – Pacific Heights Mansions
- 11:00 am – Fort Mason Historic District
- 11:00 am – Japanese Tea Garden – 11AM (Tour is free, but admission to garden is required – Adult: $6 (Residents), $8 (Non-Residents).)
- 11:00 am – Port of San Francisco: Turbulent Waterfront
- 11:00 am – Castro: Tales Of The Village
- 11:00 am – Coit Tower Murals
- 1:00 pm – Japanese Tea Garden (Tour is free, but admission to garden is required – Adult: $6 (Residents), $8 (Non-Residents).)
- 1:00 pm – Scandalous Murals of Rincon Center
- 1:00 pm – Castro: Tales Of The Village
- 1:00 pm – Telegraph Hill Stairway Hike
- 1:00 pm – Presidio: From Military Post to Earthquake Refuge to National Park
- 1:30 pm – 1850’s San Francisco: Paris Of The Pacific (New Tour)
- 2:00 pm – Silent Film San Francisco
- 2:00 pm – Land’s End: Sutro Heights
- 2:00 pm – Making Waves on the Waterfront
- 2:00 pm – Japantown, Urban Renewal and the Fillmore District
Sunday, November 27
- 10:00 am – Rising Steel: 20th Century Downtown Architecture
- 11:00 am – Art Deco Marina
- 11:00 am – Alfred Hitchcock’s San Francisco
- 11:00 am – Haight-Ashbury
- 11:00 am – Mission Dolores Neighborhood
- 11:00 am – Castro: Tales Of The Village
- 11:00 am – Billionaire’s Row: Outer Broadway Architecture
- 11:00 am – Golden Gate Bridge
- 12:00 pm – American History in Golden Gate Park
- 1:00 pm – Golden Gate Park: East End
- 1:00 pm – Murals And The Multi-Ethnic Mission
- 1:00 pm – Japanese Tea Garden (Tour is free, but admission to garden is required – Adult: $6 (Residents), $8 (Non-Residents).)
- 2:00 pm – Embarcadero Skyway
- 2:00 pm – Nob Hill
- 2:00 pm – Gold Rush City
- 2:00 pm – Victorian San Francisco
