2021 Thanksgiving Weekend Free Guided Walking Tours in SF (Nov. 25-28)

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 33 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.

*Although the tour itself is free, the afternoon Japanese Tea Garden tour may require separate admission charge to the gardens.

*Japanese Tea Garden Admission Fee
– Mon, Wed, Fri: FREE admission for entrance between 9 am and 10 am
– San Francisco Resident Fee – $7 Adult (Must show ID)
– Non-Resident Fee – $10 Adult (Oct-Feb), $12 Adult (March-Sept)
– Prices updated 10/1/19

2021 Thanksgiving Weekend Free Tours

• Thursday November 25
  • 1:00 pm – Japanese Tea Garden*
  • 2:00 pm – Making Waves on the Waterfront

• Friday November 26
  • 9:30 am – Japanese Tea Garden
  • 10:30 am – Fisherman’s Wharf: A Hidden History
  • 1:30 pm – Gold Rush City
  • 2:00 pm – Japantown

• Saturday November 27
  • 10:00 am – Coit Tower Murals
  • 10:00 am – Ferry Building
  • 10:00 am – Old South Park
  • 10:30 am – Billionaires’ Row: Outer Broadway Architecture
  • 11:00 am – 1850’s San Francisco: Paris Of The Pacific
  • 11:00 am – Castro: Tales Of The Village
  • 11:00 am – Golden Gate Park: American History Memories in Trees, Stone & Bronze
  • 11:00 am – Golden Gate Park: West End Breakers, Old Trains & Windmills!
  • 11:00 am – Pacific Heights Mansions
  • 1:00 pm – Fort Mason To Aquatic Park
  • 1:00 pm – Nob Hill
  • 1:00 pm – Presidio: From Military Base to National Park
  • 2:00 pm – 1906: Earthquake And Fire
  • 2:00 pm – Land’s End: Sutro Heights
  • 2:00 pm – Telegraph Hill Stairway Hike

• Sunday November 28
  • 10:30 am – Chinatown Family Associations, Tongs and Gangs
  • 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 – Golden Gate Bridge
  • 11:00 am – Haight-Ashbury
  • 11:00 am – Mission Dolores Neighborhood
  • 11:00 am – Pacific Heights Mansions
  • 11:00 am – Palace Of Fine Arts/Marina
  • 1:00 pm – Japanese Tea Garden*
  • 2:00 pm – Gold Rush City
  • 3:00 pm – Nob Hill