Thanksgiving Weekend: 50 Free Guided Walking Tours

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.

2017 Thanksgiving Weekend Free Tours

Thursday, November 23

• 10:00 am – Historic Market Street: Path Of Gold
• 11:00 am – Japanese Tea Garden – 11AM  – admission fee to the garden required
• 11:00 am – 1906: Earthquake And Fire
• 1:00 pm – Japanese Tea Garden – admission fee to the garden required
• 2:00 pm – Making Waves on the Waterfront

Friday, November 24

• 9:30 am – Japanese Tea Garden (free – no admission fee required for 9:30am tour)
• 10:00 am – South of Market Architecture Stroll
• 10:00 am – City Scapes And Public Places
• 11:00 am – Japanese Tea Garden – 11AM – admission fee to the garden required
• 11:00 am – Fisherman’s Wharf: A Hidden History
• 1:00 pm – Alfred Hitchcock’s San Francisco
• 1:00 pm – American History in Golden Gate Park
• 1:00 pm – Japanese Tea Garden – admission fee to the garden required
• 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

Saturday, November 25

• 10:00 am – Ferry Building
• 10:00 am – North Beach
• 10:00 am – Omni Hotel Walk
• 10:00 am – Chinatown
• 10:00 am – A Touch of Glass: Glass in San Francisco’s Commercial Architecture
• 11:00 am – Pacific Heights Mansions
• 11:00 am – Fort Mason Historic District
• 11:00 am – Golden Gate Park: West End
• 11:00 am – Coit Tower Murals
• 11:00 am – Castro: Tales Of The Village
• 11:00 am – Port of San Francisco: Turbulent Waterfront
• 1:00 pm – Japanese Tea Garden– admission fee to the garden required
• 1:00 pm – Presidio: From Military Post to Earthquake Refuge to National Park
• 1:00 pm – 1906: Earthquake And Fire
• 1:00 pm – Telegraph Hill Stairway Hike
• 1:00 pm – Scandalous Murals of Rincon Center
• 1:30 pm – 1850’s San Francisco: Paris Of The Pacific
• 2:00 pm – Silent Film San Francisco
• 2:00 pm – Land’s End: Sutro Heights
• 2:00 pm – Japantown

Sunday, November 26

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