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It’s time to learn more about your city and get out and walk. San Francisco City Guides offers free walking tours just about every day.

All tours are free and open to the public, but donations are welcome.

Memorial Day Weekend Walking Tours 2025 | SF City Guides
May 22-25, 2026
FREE*, but donations are appreciated
RSVP Required

Memorial Day Weekend Walking Tours

Friday, May 22 – Monday, May 25, 2026

Friday, May 22

9:30 am – Japanese Tea Garden*
10:00 am – Cable Cars: Halfway to the Stars
10:30 am – Cityscapes and Public Places
11:00 am – Fisherman’s Wharf: A Hidden History
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
2:00 pm – A Touch of Glass: Glass in San Francisco’s Commercial Architecture
2:00 pm – Bohemians and Other Unconventional Women
3:00 pm – Golden Gate Park: East End, Creating San Francisco’s Great Urban Park
4:00 pm – Embarcadero Skyway and Art Tour

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Saturday, May 23

9:30 am – Welcome to San Francisco
10:00 am – Coit Tower Murals
10:00 am – Downtown Walks from the Omni Hotel
10:00 am – Fort Mason to Aquatic Park
10:00 am – Mission Murals
10:00 am – North Beach
10:30 am – Ferry Building
11:00 am – Castro: Tales of the Village
11:00 am – Fairmont Hotel
11:00 am – Golden Gate Bridge
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
1:30 pm – Embarcadero Skyway and Art Tour
2:00 pm – 1906: Earthquake and Fire
2:00 pm – Fort Mason Historic District
2:00 pm – Land’s End: Sutro Heights
2:00 pm – Making Waves on the Waterfront
3:00 pm – 1850’s San Francisco: Paris of the Pacific

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Sunday, May 24

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 West – Dutchman’s Flat to Dogpatch
11:00 am – Downtown Deco
11:00 am – Haight-Ashbury
1:00 pm – Barbary Coast: The Devil’s Playground
1:00 pm – Gold Rush City
1:00 pm – Japanese Tea Garden*
1:00 pm – Presidio: From Military Base to National Park with Tunnel Tops
2:00 pm – Architecture Downtown
2:00 pm – Victorian San Francisco
3:00 pm – Inner Richmond District: The Wild Side — Beertown, Barracks and Buffalo Bill

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Monday, May 25 (Memorial Day)

9:30 am – Japanese Tea Garden*
10:00 am – Palace of Fine Arts / Marina
10:30 am – Telegraph Hill Stairway Hike
11:00 am – Gardens in the Sky: Salesforce Transit Center and Rooftop Park
11:00 am – Golden Gate Park: Mid Park Ramble — Hidden Gems, Rarely Visited
1:00 pm – Architecture Downtown
1:00 pm – Bohemians and Other Unconventional Women
1:00 pm – Japanese Tea Garden*
1:00 pm – Presidio: From Military Base to National Park with Tunnel Tops
2:00 pm – Making Waves on the Waterfront

*Japanese Tea Garden is free admission for San Francisco residents with valid ID. Free entry for all Monday, Wednesday, Friday from 9am to 10pm. Otherwise Non-residents pay $15 for M-F admission and $18 for weekend admission from February to November. Please note prices can change. Please check gggp.org for the latest updates and admission fees