San Francisco Haunted Marina Self Guided Ghost Tour
- 1h 30m
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- Guided in English
- Instant confirmation
Highlights
Most people see the Palace of Fine Arts in daylight. After dark, with the rotunda lit up over the lagoon, it's where this ghost hunt begins. From there the Questo app leads you through the Marina District, along Lombard and Chestnut and down to the water by the Marina Green. On the way you'll catch ten ghosts, each one by solving the puzzle it left behind: a hidden word in a bride's last note, a year buried in a senator's evidence, a closet key tucked inside one of a librarian's books. One of the ten has been feeding you a false clue, and the final puzzle is spotting who. None of these ghosts are historical. They were written for the game, so nobody in your group can know the ending in advance. Allow about 90 minutes for 1.7 miles of flat, easy walking. You can start at any hour, play solo or in a group, and lean on hints or 24/7 chat support whenever you need to.
Inclusions
What's included
- Full availability: Every day of the year.
- Flexibility: start, take a break and continue at your own pace.
- Access to the self-guided city exploration game in the Questo app
What's not
- Live game master or physical guide
- Private transportation
- Meals
Itinerary
You'll start beside the Palace of Fine Arts, where the app hooks you up as a ghost hunter and checks your sight with a puzzle of glowing glyphs. Your first ghost is close by on Bay Street, a bride whose future mother-in-law poisoned her bouquet. Her last note hides the word you need.
At the Lyon Street gate to the Presidio, a block from the Lucasfilm campus, a young doctor is still trying to save a patient he lost in 1952. You'll work through his chart of numbers and blood bags until the right type gives itself away.
The hunt moves into the Marina's residential streets around Richardson Avenue and Lombard, then onto Chestnut Street, the neighborhood's main shopping strip. You'll find a code in an actor's last speech, work out the year at the heart of a senator's corruption case, compare four years of class registers to find the pupil who really went missing, expose an antique dealer's fakes, and use a wildlife poster with all the wrong animals to pick out the book that opens a librarian's closet.
The last stretch runs along Bay and Beach Streets toward the Marina Green and the yacht harbor. You'll date a professor's artifacts, empty a burning hotel in the right order and look into a priest who vanished in 1984. Then it's back to the Palace lagoon, where all ten clues come together and you name the ghost who lied.
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Know before you go
- Meeting point
- The game starts at the Palace of Fine Arts. After booking, we'll message you a code and activation link. Activate with your own email, then log in to the Questo app with that email. No message? Open the Questo app, tap "Bought a quest somewhere else?" and enter your booking reference number.
- Pickup
- Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Operated by
- Questo
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- A charged smartphone with internet is required to play the game in the Questo app
- Comfortable walking shoes are recommended
How it compares in San Francisco
- Its from-price is 93% below the median of the 999 experiences we list in San Francisco.
- It is shorter than most of them.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
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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