December is all about giving so San Francisco City Guides offers free guided walking tours of many different neighborhoods in the city. On Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, the day after, and another day after, they will be offering a full slate of free tours!
Here’s the 2016 Christmas Weekend Tour Schedule:
Saturday, December 24
- 10:00 am –Omni Hotel Walk
- 10:00 am –Russian Hill, Architecture and Culture of an Island in the City (New Tour)
- 10:00 am –Chinatown
- 10:00 am –North Beach
- 10:00 am –Ferry Building
- 10:00 am –1906: Earthquake And Fire
- 11:00 am –Pacific Heights Mansions
- 11:00 am –Japanese Tea Garden*
- 11:00 am –Castro: Tales Of The Village
- 11:00 am –Coit Tower Murals
- 11:00 am –Port of San Francisco: Turbulent Waterfront
- 1:00 pm –Japanese Tea Garden*
- 1:00 pm –Scandalous Murals of Rincon Center
- 1:00 pm –Presidio: From Military Post to Earthquake Refuge to National Park
- 2:00 pm –Silent Film San Francisco
- 2:00 pm –Japantown, Urban Renewal and the Fillmore District
- 2:00 pm –Making Waves on the Waterfront
- 2:00 pm –Land’s End: Sutro Heights
Sunday, December 25
- 10:00 am –Rising Steel: 20th Century Downtown Architecture
- 11:00 am –Castro: Tales Of The Village
- 11:00 am –Haight-Ashbury
- 11:00 am –Japanese Tea Garden*
- 1:00 pm –Golden Gate Park: East End
- 1:00 pm –Japanese Tea Garden*
- 2:00 pm –Alfred Hitchcock’s San Francisco
Monday, December 26
- 9:30 am –Japanese Tea Garden*
- 10:00 am –Chinatown
- 11:00 am –Fisherman’s Wharf: A Hidden History
- 11:00 am –Bawdy & Naughty
- 1:00 pm –Japanese Tea Garden*
- 1:30 pm –Chinatown
Tuesday, December 27
- 10:00 am –North Beach
- 10:00 am –City Scapes And Public Places
- 11:00 am –City Hall and the Civic Center
- 11:00 am –Castro: Tales Of The Village
- 12:00 pm –Ferry Building
- 1:00 pm –Japanese Tea Garden*
- 1:30 pm –Historic Market Street: Path Of Gold
*Please Note: The Japanese Tea Garden tour is free, but admission to the garden is still required – Adult: $6 (Residents); $8 (Non-Residents).
All walks are free, although donations to the tour guides are, of course, appreciated.
