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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #1 of 636 attractions in San Francisco

The City Segway Tour is a good way to get acquainted with a big and hilly city like San Francisco.  The advantage of the Segway is that you get the same close "eye level" view of the city as you would

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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #2 of 636 attractions in San Francisco

Silver Lion Service provides Custom driving tours around San Francisco, the San Francisco Bay Area all the way up to Reno & Tahoe.  The personal service makes Silver Lion Service unique and a...

Attraction type: Tour
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #3 of 636 attractions in San Francisco

To see San Francisco from a little different vantage point, take a tour with the original San Francisco Guided Segway Tour company. The San Francisco Day Segway tours explore the San Francisco...

Attraction type: Tour
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #4 of 636 attractions in San Francisco
Attraction type: Tour
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #5 of 636 attractions in San Francisco

Mr. Toad's Tours offers a great City Tour in Vintage Touring Cars. Because their vehicles are so small, they can create an experience that is very personal. Tours leave from Fisherman's Wharf and you...

Attraction type: Tour
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #6 of 636 attractions in San Francisco

Urban Trek USA's brochure shows it focuses on making the guests' sightseeing exper... of San Francisco better than being aboard a tour bus and also to promote an environmentally friendly way of doing...

Attraction type: Tour
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #7 of 636 attractions in San Francisco

Recently named one of the best new tours in San Francisco, this is the only city tour you need to take. Guests visit all of the major neighborhoods in San Francisco, while viewing 70 clips from 55+ movies on board our “Theater-on-Wheels.” Our actors/comedians-turned-guides match these clips with locations right outside the bus’ windows. Learn all about San Francisco and the movies filmed here. Our goal is to make this the most memorable tour our guests ever take.

Attraction type: Tour
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #8 of 636 attractions in San Francisco

The address above is where you meet to join the tour group. Phone: 415-722-8677

Attraction type: Group tour/boat; Tour
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #9 of 636 attractions in San Francisco

Alcatraz Island, located in the middle of San Francisco bay, is a must-see attraction for any visitor to the area.  One of the most infamous prisons in the country for housing notorious criminals...

Attraction type: Historic site; National park; Old jail; Island; Nature reserve; Lighthouse; Other; Natural history museum
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #10 of 636 attractions in San Francisco

Unique walking tours of Chinatown, a city within a city.

Attraction type: Tour
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #11 of 636 attractions in San Francisco

Stoked SF is a private adventure guide service with tours for mountain biking, sea kayaking, hiking and surfing in Marin, CA just minutes from San Francisco, over the Golden Gate Bridge.  Stoked SF...

Attraction type: Tour
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #12 of 636 attractions in San Francisco

Best way to see and enjoy the bridge is to drive to either side park your vehicle (Note the toll is for southbound traffic only and is $6.00 per car) and then walk across. There is usually plenty of...

Attraction type: Bridge; Other
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #13 of 636 attractions in San Francisco
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #14 of 636 attractions in San Francisco

A great way to get a personal feel for an interesting part of San Francisco.  It was an enjoyable mixture of seeing some of San Francisco's most notable sights (ie: Coit Tower, St. Peter & Paul...

Attraction type: Tour
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #15 of 636 attractions in San Francisco

Tours depart from The Cannery at Fisherman's Wharf

Attraction type: Tour
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #16 of 636 attractions in San Francisco

The Urban Safari's tour is humorous and informative at the same time. The tour guide has an attitude next to none (in a good way). They have a number of tours departing at different times of day for...

Attraction type: Tour
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #17 of 636 attractions in San Francisco

This is a great way to have some fun. Take an 80-min Surf & Turf Duck Tour of San Francisco and the Bay. Check out the website for details.   

Attraction type: Tour
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #18 of 636 attractions in San Francisco
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #19 of 636 attractions in San Francisco

Unwinding DNA, building a Spectroscope or exploring the brain are some of the many exciting interactive activities people of all ages can enjoy.

Attraction type: Science museum; Children's museum; Other
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #20 of 636 attractions in San Francisco

World War II submarine docked at Pier 45.

Attraction type: Maritime museum
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