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Free Walking Tours of San Francisco

We are local volunteers who love the City, its history, lore and legends...and we're ready to share it all with you.
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Palace Hotel Centennial Offer

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The celebration of the Palace Hotel's 1909 reopening continues into 2010. Enjoy a 2-course lunch in the beautiful Garden Court for just $19.09 and combine your lunch with a tour of the historic hotel.
For more information or to make a reservation, click: http://sfpalace.com/Upcoming-Events

Golden Gate Park Tours

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New in 2010! San Francisco City Guides and San Francisco Parks Trust have joined forces to offer enticing new tours of Golden Gate Park. The first tours to be offered are:

Private Group Tours

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Play tourist on your own turf and explore San Francisco the best way possible - on foot with City Guides. For a modest donation, let us arrange a private tour for your group.

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Our Guides Write

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GuideLines is the monthly newsletter for City Guides containing historical articles written by our tour guides.

Click here to learn more about the fascinating history of San Francisco.

Keep In Touch

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 Upcoming Tours    

Tuesday September 14    
10:00 am - Palace Hotel
10:00 am - Rising Steel: Two Centuries Of San Francisco Architecture
10:00 am - North Beach
11:00 am - Historic Murals Of Rincon Center
11:00 am - Castro: Tales Of The Village
12:00 pm - Ferry Building
1:30 pm - Historic Market Street: Path Of Gold

Wednesday September 15    
10:00 am - Theatre In San Francisco
10:00 am - Golden Gate Park Stroller Walk
11:00 am - Gold Rush City
1:00 pm - Japanese Tea Garden
2:00 pm - Downtown Deco
2:00 pm - Nob Hill

Thursday September 16    
10:00 am - South Beach and the South End Historic Warehouse District
11:00 am - Landmark Victorians Of Alamo Square
11:00 am - Civic Center & City Hall
11:00 am - Golden Gate Bridge
11:00 am - Embarcadero South: Ruth Miller Ramble
12:00 pm - Ferry Building
1:00 pm - Japanese Tea Garden
1:00 pm - Fort Mason To Aquatic Park
1:00 pm - Fire Department Museum
2:00 pm - Nob Hill
2:00 pm - Palace Hotel
5:30 pm - Telegraph Hill Hike

Friday September 17    
9:30 am - Japanese Tea Garden/Stow Lake/Strawberry Hill
10:00 am - Golden Gate Park: East End
10:00 am - City Scapes And Public Places
10:00 am - South of Market Architecture Stroll
11:00 am - Fisherman's Wharf
1:00 pm - Fire Department Museum
1:00 pm - 1906: Presidio & The Earthquake
1:30 pm - City Scapes And Public Places
1:30 pm - Gold Rush City

Saturday September 18    
10:00 am - North Beach
10:00 am - Palace Hotel
10:00 am - Omni Hotel Walk
10:00 am - Chinatown
11:00 am - Pacific Heights Mansions
11:00 am - Sigmund Stern Grove
11:00 am - Castro: Tales Of The Village
11:00 am - Mission Murals
11:00 am - Coit Tower Murals
11:00 am - Landmark Victorians Of Alamo Square
12:00 pm - Ferry Building
1:00 pm - Telegraph Hill Hike
1:00 pm - Palace Of Fine Arts/Marina
1:00 pm - Fire Department Museum
1:30 pm - Mt. Davidson Hike
2:00 pm - Japantown, Urban Renewal and Fillmore Jazz
2:00 pm - Land's End: Sutro Heights

Sunday September 19    
10:00 am - Theatre In San Francisco
10:00 am - Cow Hollow
11:00 am - Castro: Tales Of The Village
11:00 am - Haight-Ashbury
11:00 am - Mission Dolores Neighborhood
11:00 am - Downtown Deco
11:00 am - Golden Gate Bridge
1:00 pm - Japanese Tea Garden
1:00 pm - Fire Department Museum
1:00 pm - Golden Gate Park: East End
1:30 pm - Noe Valley: A Village Within the City
2:00 pm - Nob Hill
2:00 pm - Gold Rush City
2:00 pm - Victorian San Francisco
7:00 pm - North Beach By Night

Monday September 20    
9:30 am - Japanese Tea Garden
10:00 am - Chinatown
10:00 am - 1906: Earthquake And Fire
11:00 am - Fisherman's Wharf
1:30 pm - Chinatown
3:00 pm - Diego Rivera Mural at the Stock Exchange Tower
7:00 pm - North Beach By Night

Tuesday September 21    
10:00 am - Russian Hill Stairways
10:00 am - Palace Hotel
11:00 am - Pacific Heights Mansions
11:00 am - Castro: Tales Of The Village
12:00 pm - Ferry Building
1:30 pm - Historic Market Street: Path Of Gold

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