Official Alcatraz Prison Tour + Open-Top Bus Sunset Tour

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Ratings come from 7 reviews collected by our booking partner. They are travellers' own words, in the order they were written — never reordered to flatter the experience.

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• 2Not worth the money i paid

  The bus tour is not worth the price. There’s two places that we can’t go coz there’s something going on so the driver said we have to cut the tour. I think i need a rain check for the next tour.

  Agnes QJuly 2023via Tripadvisor

• 3Alcatraz is great but give the open top bus tour a miss!

  Visiting Alcatraz is well worth it. The ferry is well organized and you get some lovely views of the bay. Alcatraz is very interesting and we enjoyed the audio tour. The island itself is very nice with a lot of nice views and photo opportunities. The open top bus tour is not worth it. It was not time well spent and it takes around 2hrs, much longer than the advertised time.

  jamesmR2404UKJuly 2023via Tripadvisor

• 5Alcatraz tour

  The boat ride was great. The audio tour was very informative and easy to follow. We had a wonderful time touring and taking pictures

  julielD2457KIJune 2023via Tripadvisor

• 4Nice easy way to see SF quickly

  I loved the Hop on/off option. I did a full loop on my first one and only got off at Golden Gate Bridge for that loop. Then based I wanted to do, I got off at various stop. Using this bus to stop at the museums is not good use of the day pass. The evening tour was pretty cool with an opportunity to get a beautiful picture of SF from Treasure island across the bay, plus to get closer to some places not seen on the day tour such as the Nob Hill, Fairmont Hotel etc…Bring a jacket though as it gets chilly. The staff were very nice and tour recording was very informative . Good app too to use off the bus .

  BostonOMJanuary 2023via Tripadvisor

• 1Very Disappointing!

  We did get to see a lot of San Francisco but the communication between drivers and customers about what to expect and rules of riding the bus made this painful. Driver was yelling at people to sit down on top and not telling people how to use earphones or even take earphones so you could hear the narration, made this an afternoon I want to forget. Add to that , the bus will only hold so many people but he let more than the limit board and then had to tell them to get off! I didn't even bother to come back for the night tour which I was looking forward too but I just couldn't take anymore

  Patricia PJuly 2022via Tripadvisor

• 2Very disappointing about the night tour.

  The night tour was done in bright sunlight. We return and night lights was just coming on. The night tour should have started at7:30 pm instead of 6:30pm. Very disappointing. I brought people from overseas to see San Francisco at night and they did not get to see that experience.

  Oneil_RMarch 2021via Viator

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How it compares in San Francisco

• Its from-price is 69% above the median of the 22 hop-on hop-off we list in San Francisco.
• It is shorter than most of them.
• By number of reviews it ranks 15 of 22.

About San Francisco

San Francisco crowds steep hills onto a peninsula between the Pacific and its bay, with cable cars, the Golden Gate Bridge and colourful neighbourhoods.

The Golden Gate Bridge spans the strait at the mouth of the bay, often wrapped in fog, and walking or cycling across it is a classic. Boats cross to Alcatraz, the former island prison, while Fisherman's Wharf is known for seafood and the sea lions that bask on the docks of Pier 39. The Ferry Building is a food lover's market.

Top-ranked sights in San Francisco: Golden Gate Bridge, Union Square, San Francisco Chinatown.

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