2022 Thanksgiving Weekend: 44 Free Guided Walking Tours (SF)
Relatives in town? Show off the 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 44 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.
Tours are free, but donations to to the tour guides are greatly appreciated.
2022 Thanksgiving Weekend Free Tours
Thursday, November 24, 2022
- 10:30 am – Salesforce Transit Center
- 11:00 am – Golden Gate Bridge (No Tour Today)
- 11:00 am – Japanese Tea Garden*
- 1:00 pm – Japanese Tea Garden*
- 2:00 pm – Making Waves on the Waterfront
Friday, November 25, 2022
- 9:30 am – Japanese Tea Garden
- 11:00 am – Golden Gate Park: Mid Park Ramble/ Hidden Gems, Rarely Visited
- 11:00 am – Old South Park(No Tour Today)
- 1:00 pm – Cityscapes And Public Places
- 1:00 pm – Japanese Tea Garden*
- 1:00 pm – Palace Of Fine Arts/Marina
- 1:30 pm – Gold Rush City
- 2:00 pm – Salesforce Transit Center
Saturday, November 26, 2022
- 10:00 am – Coit Tower Murals
- 10:00 am – Ferry Building(No Tour Today)
- 10:00 am – Mission Murals
- 10:00 am – North Beach
- 11:00 am – 1850’s San Francisco: Paris Of The Pacific
- 11:00 am – Castro: Tales Of The Village
- 11:00 am – Pacific Heights Mansions
- 12:00 pm – Fairmont Hotel
- 1:00 pm – Japanese Tea Garden*
- 1:00 pm – Presidio: From Military Base to National Park with Tunnel Tops
- 1:00 pm – Scandalous Murals of Rincon Center
- 2:00 pm – 1906: Earthquake And Fire
- 2:00 pm – Japantown
- 2:00 pm – Land’s End: Sutro Heights
- 2:00 pm – Making Waves on the Waterfront
- 2:00 pm – Salesforce Transit Center
- 2:00 pm – Silent Film San Francisco
- 2:00 pm – Telegraph Hill Stairway Hike
Sunday, November 27, 2022
- 10:00 am – 1850’s San Francisco: Paris Of The Pacific
- 10:00 am – Applause! SF’s Performing Arts Hub
- 10:30 am – Mission Dolores Neighborhood
- 11:00 am – Alfred Hitchcock’s San Francisco
- 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 – Haight-Ashbury
- 11:00 am – Palace Of Fine Arts/Marina
- 1:00 pm – Architecture Downtown
- 1:00 pm – Golden Gate Park: American History / Memories in Trees, Stone & Bronze
- 1:00 pm – Japanese Tea Garden*
- 2:00 pm – Gold Rush City
- 2:00 pm – Nob Hill
- 2:00 pm – Victorian San Francisco
*Although the tour itself is free, the afternoon Japanese Tea Garden tour may require separate admission charge to the gardens for non-San Francisco residents
Japanese Tea Garden Admission Fee
FREE – San Francisco Residents and Veterans
FREE for all – Mon/Wed/Fri between 9am and 10am
Non-Residents
- Adults: (November – January) $10
- Adults: (February – October) $13
- Seniors (ages 65+ w/ID) $7
- Youth (ages 12-17) $7
- Children (ages 5-11) $3
Children (under 5) – FREE
