60 Free Guided Walking Tours of San Francisco (MLK Weekend 2025)

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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 over MLK weekend.

2025 MLK Weekend Tour Schedule
All walks are free, although donations to the tour guides are, of course, appreciated.

Friday, January 17, 2025

• 9:30 AM: Japanese Tea Garden*
• 10:00 AM: Architectural Gems South of Market
• 10:00 AM: Cityscapes And Public Places
• 10:00 AM: Embarcadero South: A Turbulent Port
• 11:00 AM: Cable Cars: Halfway to the Stars
• 11:00 AM: Mission Murals
• 1:00 PM: Cityscapes And Public Places
• 1:00 PM: Golden Gate Park: East End – Flowers & Tunnels & Bears, Oh My!
• 1:00 PM: Japanese Tea Garden*
• 1:00 PM: Presidio: From Military Base to National Park with Tunnel Tops
• 1:30 PM: Gold Rush City

Saturday, January 18, 2025

• 10:00 AM: 1840s San Francisco and the Astonishing Legacy of America’s “First Black Millionaire”
• 10:00 AM: Coit Tower Murals
• 10:00 AM: Ferry Building
• 10:00 AM: Mission Murals
• 10:00 AM: North Beach
• 10:00 AM: Online – Land’s End: Sutro Heights
• 10:00 AM: Russian Hill Stairways
• 10:30 AM: Golden Gate Park: East End – Flowers & Tunnels & Bears, Oh My! (No Tour Today)
• 10:30 AM: Golden Gate Park: West End – Breakers, Old Trains & Windmills!
• 10:30 AM: Mission Bay: Hidden Waters
• 11:00 AM: 1850’s San Francisco: Paris Of The Pacific
• 11:00 AM: Alamo Square and its Painted Ladies
• 11:00 AM: Castro: Tales Of The Village
• 11:00 AM: Fairmont Hotel
• 11:00 AM: Pacific Heights Mansions
• 12:00 PM: Corona Heights Stairways
• 1:00 PM: Boom & Bust
• 1:00 PM: Chinatown
• 1:00 PM: Japanese Tea Garden*
• 1:00 PM: Presidio: From Military Base to National Park with Tunnel Tops
• 1:30 PM: Cable Cars: Halfway to the Stars
• 2:00 PM: Japantown
• 2:00 PM: Land’s End: Sutro Heights
• 2:00 PM: Making Waves on the Waterfront

Sunday, January 19, 2025

• 10:30 AM: Architectural Gems South of Market
• 10:30 AM: Golden Gate Park: Mid Park Ramble – Hidden Gems, Rarely Visited
• 10:30 AM: Mission Dolores Neighborhood
• 11:00 AM: Billionaires’ Row: Outer Broadway Architecture
• 11:00 AM: Castro: Tales Of The Village
• 11:00 AM: Dogpatch and Potrero Point
• 11:00 AM: Golden Gate Bridge
• 11:00 AM: Golden Gate Heights Stairways
• 11:00 AM: Haight-Ashbury
• 11:30 AM: Chinatown
• 1:00 PM: Japanese Tea Garden
• 1:00 PM: Presidio: From Military Base to National Park with Tunnel Tops
• 1:00 PM: Victorian San Francisco
• 2:00 PM: Architecture Downtown
• 2:00 PM: Art Deco Marina
• 2:00 PM: Gold Rush City (No Tour Today)
• 2:00 PM: Nob Hill

Monday, January 20, 2025 – MLK Day

• 9:30 AM: Japanese Tea Garden*
• 10:30 AM: Gardens in the Sky: Salesforce Transit Center and Rooftop Park
• 11:00 AM: Fisherman’s Wharf: A Hidden History
• 1:00 PM: Architecture Downtown
• 1:00 PM: Japanese Tea Garden*
• 1:00 PM: Palace Of Fine Arts/Marina
• 1:00 PM: Presidio: From Military Base to National Park with Tunnel Tops
• 1:00 PM: Scandalous Murals of Rincon Center
• 1:30 PM: Chinatown
• 1:30 PM: Chinatown Family Associations, Tongs and Gangs

*Free for San Francisco Residents. Please note for Japanese Tea Garden tours, a garden admission charge is required, except for free entry for San Francisco residents with ID, Gardens of Golden Gate Park members, Veterans, and those eligible for the Museums for All program. Admission is free for everyone before 10 AM on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays