Each loop/tour lasts approximately 90 minutes if you stay on the bus, but you can take as long as you like at each of the hop-on/hop-off stops. Your ticket will be valid for 48 hours of unlimited travel from the time of first use.

See San Francisco with the ORIGINAL hop-on/hop-off open top double-decker bus tour. The fully narrated loops (tours) with live guides depart throughout the day and pass most of the major attractions in San Francisco. Hop-on/hop-off* at any or all of the 11 stops around San Francisco to browse, shop or take pictures at your own pace. Then hop on the next bus that comes along; buses arrive every 30 minutes. Tickets are valid for unlimited use for 48 hours. Hop On - Hop Off service available from 9:00am (departures from main terminal) to 4:00pm. Additional fees apply for admission to attractions.

DOWNTOWN LOOP:

This “Best of San Francisco” tour that covers all of the best sights and sounds of the City with 11 hop-on/hop-off stops!

Fisherman’s Wharf: Cable Cars, Ghirardelli Square, Hyde Street Pier, The Anchorage and The Cannery, Maritime Museum, Aquatic Park, Pier 39/sea lions, Bay Cruise, Alcatraz views, Wax Museum, Boudin Bakery, USS Pampanito, shopping.

Barbary Coast: Levi's Plaza, Fog City Diner, Telegraph Hill, Filbert Street Steps to Coit Tower

Ferry Building: Ferries, Farmers Market, BART, Embarcadero Shopping, AT&T Ballpark, Bay Bridge

South of Market: Moscone Center, Metreon Center, Yerba Buena Gardens, SFMOMA, CalTrain

City Hall/Civic Center: San Francisco City Hall, Asian Art Museum, Opera House, Ballet, Civic Center, Main Library, Hayes Valley Shops

Nob Hill: Historic Nob Hill hotels, crossing cable cars

Union Square: Major Department Stores, San Francisco Shopping Center, Crocker Galleria, Hotels, Theatres and Cable Car, Union Square Hotels, Restaurants

Chinatown Gate: Pagoda Gates, Portsmouth Square, Chinatown shopping and restaurants, Old St. Mary’s Church.

Chinatown/Financial District: Financial District, Transamerica Pyramid, Bank of America Building, Fortune Cookie Factory

North Beach: Italian District Restaurants, Coit Tower, Washington Square

Lombard Street: Crookedest Street, Russian Hill, Hyde Street Cable Car

GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE & SAUSALITO LOOP:

This tour lasts approximately 90 minutes and departs from Fisherman’s Wharf. Stay on the bus and the full loop takes 90 minutes or hop on – hop off for exploring on your own.

The first stop is at the Palace of Fine Arts, a treasure from the 1915 Panama Pacific Exhibition that celebrated the opening of the Panama Canal.

After the photo stop at the Palace of Fine Arts it’s on to the exciting open-top trip across the Golden Gate Bridge with the wind in your hair, Alcatraz to the right and the Pacific Ocean to the left. There’s a stop at Vista Point for some of the best photos of the Golden Gate Bridge and City skyine. Hop off or stay on the bus if you have you ever wondered what’s on the other side of the Golden Gate Bridge! From the Golden Gate Bridge this loop travels into the picturesque coastal town of Sausalito. Spend the afternoon browsing the quaint shops and galleries, sipping cappuccino at an outdoor café or just exploring the waterfront where you’ll capture some of your best photos of San Francisco – the City by the Bay. When your through you can hop a ferry back to San Francisco (fare not included), catch the Muir Woods Loop (additional) or just wait for the next bus back to San Francisco.

If you return from Sausalito on the bus it’s back across the Golden Gate Bridge, into the Presidio National Park (a former military base and now home to the LucasFilm Letterman Complex), and a peek at the mansions of Pacific Heights, San Francisco’s priciest real estate.

The tour then returns to Fisherman’s Wharf. On your own time visit Ghirardelli Square, Hyde Street Pier, The Anchorage and Cannery, Maritime Museum, Aquatic Park, Pier 39 and sea lions, bay cruise departures, views of Alcatraz, Wax Museum, Boudin Bakery, USS Pampanito. Additional fees apply for admission to attractions.

The Golden Gate Park Loop departs from Union Square and heads along Geary St., past St. Mary's Cathedral and San Francisco's Japantown. From here you’ll visit Alamo Square, home to the world famous "Painted Ladies" Victorian houses.

The bus then whisks you towards beautiful Golden Gate Park. Hop off in the park so you can visit such renowned attractions as the De Young Museum, Japanese Tea Garden and the new multimillion dollar California Academy of Sciences which features an aquarium, a planetarium, a natural history museum and more all under one "living" roof.

On the return from Golden Gate Park, the bus visits the famous Haight Ashbury district then up to Alamo Square for a second time, passing directly in front of the "Painted Ladies" for a fantastic photo opportunity before visiting the Civic Center and returning to Union Square.

Departs Monday through Saturday at 10:30am and 2:30pm from Union Square. Additional fees apply for admission to museums and attractions

NIGHT LOOP:

This one-hour tour of San Francisco includes the best of San Francisco by night. The tour includes City Lights in theFinancial District, Chinatown, North Beach and the Embarcadero. The fully narrated tour with live guide departs from Fisherman’s Wharf at 6pm .

Tour operators and GuideYou assume no responsibility for delays caused by weather, breakdowns, traffic, accidents, parades or other conditions beyond control. Tour itinerary subject to change, some sights listed may be omitted due to conditions beyond the tour operators control. Omission of sights or attractions shall not constitute refund.