San
Francisco Tours - You can take the 49-Mile
Scenic Drive tour, which is self-guided. It is 49-mile
drive that you will stop to walk across the Golden
Gate Bridge or to have tea in the Park's Japanese
Tea Garden. If that is what you like to do you can.
The San Francisco Visitor Information Center, at Powell
and Market streets has the maps for this tour and
they are free.
You can take a BART Tour. It is a commuter system,
which stands for the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART).
It runs along 79 miles of rail and underneath the
bay, it runs through one of the longest underwater
transit tubes in the world. Tickets sell for $3.80
for an "Excursion Ticket,"
for up to 3 hours you can travel on it and sight see
everything you wish. For more information, call tel.
415/989-BART (2278).
If you wish to see the city by boat you may take
a Boat Tour. There are many of them
most start out from the Fisherman's Wharf. Or if you
like to travel by bus, then try the Bus Tours--Gray
Line (tel. 888/428-6937 or 415/434-8687) Free pickup
and return are available between certain hotels. There
is even a tour for wine lovers see Tours in San Francisco
Wine Tours www.inetours.com. Then you may wish to
see the area via a seaplane. See San Francisco Seaplane
Tours at this link www.seaplane.com
There are so many ways to see the city and we hope
that you find a way that suits you. Most people find
they do prefer to see the city area on foot, you can
see a lot more in a short time, but we will leave
that decision up to you. However you decide to see
San Francisco it is a great city
and we are sure you will agree. Below is the contact
information for some of the tours offered in the area
and there are plenty more. Check with the Visitors
Center for more information on tours offered in the
area.
Tours in San Francisco. Wine Tours
www.inetours.com
San Francisco Seaplane Tours
www.seaplane.com
Blue & Gold Fleet
PIER 39, Fisherman's Wharf
415/773-1188
www.blueandgoldfleet.com
Bus Tours--Gray Line
888/428-6937
415/434-8687
Do it Yourself Excursions
www.sfvisitor.org/visitorinfo/html/walkpdfs.html
The Red & White Fleet
Pier 43 ½
415/447-0597
www.redandwhite.com
