The Open Top Sightseeing Tour showcases the best views in San Francisco.
Sit back and relax as you cruise through the city on an open top bus and learn about San Francisco's unique history. You have the choice of a personal recorded or entertaining live commentary.
You have the opportunity to hop on and off the bus at many places of interest; to explore, visit attractions or to take refreshment before hopping back onboard to continue your journey.
The tour's main highlight is the journey over the fabled Golden Gate Bridge and the stunning views back across San Francisco Bay from Vista Point. Bring your camera to help capture some memorable moments.
See all the sights
Our sightseeing buses allow you to experience the amazing views of San Francisco from an open top bus.
From the bus you can observe the amazing attractions of San Francisco, such as the Golden Gate Bridge. The tour will allow you to enjoy the panoramic views of the bridge from either side of the bay and delight in your open-top vantage point above all other traffic as you cross in both directions.
It is possible to hop-off the bus at any stage of your tour in order to explore San Francisco at your leisure.
Enjoy an entertaining live commentary
While you take in the wonderful sights of San Francisco, one of our experienced guides will provide you with an entertaining commentary, pointing out various landmarks and explaining their significance to the San Francisco story.
Whether it is your first time to San Francisco or have lived here all your life, you are guaranteed to discover something new and interesting about the city
The Tour guides will do their best to give you an insight into the city's culture and are also happy to provide you with advice on places to visit, places to eat and drink, or anything else you wish to know about San Francisco.
Personal recorded commentary in a choice of languages
As you tour San Francisco you can enjoy an informative and entertaining commentary, delivered to you through headphones. The commentary points out significant buildings and landmarks.
The personal recorded commentary is available in your choice of 8 languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Japanese or Mandarin Chinese. Complimentary headphones are provided as you get on the bus.
Hop-on, Hop-off at 20 stops
The hop-on, hop-off facility is a great benefit of the San Francisco Sightseeing Tour that enables you to explore all the sights at your leisure. There are 20 locations where you can get off the bus at your leisure, to visit attractions and monuments or explore places of interest.
The hop-on, hop-off facility gives you the freedom to plan your own itinerary and to visit the places that interest you. You can hop on and off the open-top buses as many times as you want within the validity period of your ticket. Of course, you are welcome to remain on the bus for the whole of the tour if you don't want to get off.
Buses every 20 minutes
The buses run every 20 minutes. This is to ensure that you are able to start the tour at your convinience and also that a bus is ready regularly in order for you to hop-on and continue your sightseeing tour after exploring the many attractions in San Francisco.
Free Walking Tour
There is a free walking tour of North Beach and Little Italy included in our tour. An experienced guide will navigate you around by foot, whilst telling you interesting facts about the area and answering any questions that you may have.
The walking tour takes approximately 1 hour and operates twice a day, 11am and 3pm from 1st May until 31st October.
Your Choice of a 24 or 48 hour ticket
A 24 hour tour of San Francisco is the very best way to see the city in such a small space of time. It allows you to see the most interesting and attractive landmarks, such as the Painted Ladies and Chinatown . It is possible to hop-off the bus at any time in order to explore these landmarks and attractions at your own pace.
It is also possible to spread your tour out over a longer period of time as we also offer a 48 hour ticket. This allows us to transport you conveniently from place to place as well as help to familiarise you with San Francisco.
*Free 1 hour cycle hire with the 48 hour ticket
With a 48 hour ticket you are offered one hour free bike rental.
This could be used to explore a bit more of San Francisco by bicycle or to even cross the Golden Gate Bridge!