San Francisco tour suggestions? - The DIS Discussion Forums

danacath · 06-06-2012, 10:54 PM

DH, myself and our 2 DD's (13 and 16) will be stopping in San Francisco for one day before continuing on to the Fresno area for a mission trip. We've seen SF before, but we will have DD's friend along, who has never been to SF. Time will be short, but we'd like to at least show her the GG bridge and some highlights of the city. We were thinking of doing a 4-hour afternoon tour and then getting a bite to eat before catching the BART back to our SFO hotel. Any advice on a good tour company or casual place to eat an early dinner? Thanks!

mamacatnv · 06-09-2012, 02:55 PM

There are several hop on/hop off bus tours that allows you to get on and off and wander around the main tourist attractions.
I'd use Yelp and or Trip Advisor

Our favorite meal would be at the Washington St. Bakery and Restaurant in China town, on Washington St. We just love it

gatorfreud · 07-07-2012, 02:30 PM

We live here, but my boys (7 and 9) and I did the big red double decker bus tour one day last year. You can see pretty much a lot of the highlights that way - hop on, hop off. Maybe pick one museum (we spent a few hours at the Exploratorium). Easy and fun!

Kim

danacath · 07-07-2012, 07:54 PM

Thanks for the replies. We ended up booking a 4-hour tour with Golden West Tours. It worked out really well for us. We were the only people on the tour, so we could spend as much or as little time at each stop as we wanted. Since our time in SF was so limited, we decided to use it for touring, and waited with dinner until we got back to our hotel. Looking forward to returning to SF some day when we have more time!

06-06-2012, 10:54 PM	#1
danacath I think DH was starting to question their sanity I feel like I must be forgetting something! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Nebraska Posts: 470	San Francisco tour suggestions? DH, myself and our 2 DD's (13 and 16) will be stopping in San Francisco for one day before continuing on to the Fresno area for a mission trip. We've seen SF before, but we will have DD's friend along, who has never been to SF. Time will be short, but we'd like to at least show her the GG bridge and some highlights of the city. We were thinking of doing a 4-hour afternoon tour and then getting a bite to eat before catching the BART back to our SFO hotel. Any advice on a good tour company or casual place to eat an early dinner? Thanks! __________________ July 1975 - Disneyland; April 1980's - 3 times offsite April 2001 - OKW; Dec. 2001 - AS Dec. 2002 - BWV Dec. 2003 - BWV and POR Sept. 2004 - Disneyland Feb. 2006 - ASM and BWV; June 2006 - Disneyland Jan. 2007- POP (Goofy's Marathon!); July 2007 - AS Jan. 2008 - BCV June 2010 - Disneyland; Dec. 2010 - BWV

06-09-2012, 02:55 PM	#2
mamacatnv I am the queen of straw! Almost anything can be fixed with pasta Do my DH's "Shorty Shorts" count? I go in search of code! Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Central Texas Y'all by way of N. Nevada Posts: 8,912	There are several hop on/hop off bus tours that allows you to get on and off and wander around the main tourist attractions. I'd use Yelp and or Trip Advisor Our favorite meal would be at the Washington St. Bakery and Restaurant in China town, on Washington St. We just love it __________________ MamaCatNV DH54 Me46DS 23 DD14 Baxter, Simon & Deck'Ster POFQ-1/1-1/9/07, ASMu-Dec 05/Jan 06 ASSp-Dec 99/Jan 00 Turn of the Century Thanks AidensMom

07-07-2012, 02:30 PM	#3
gatorfreud DIS Veteran Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: San Francisco Posts: 1,320	We live here, but my boys (7 and 9) and I did the big red double decker bus tour one day last year. You can see pretty much a lot of the highlights that way - hop on, hop off. Maybe pick one museum (we spent a few hours at the Exploratorium). Easy and fun! Kim __________________ Me DH DS9 DS7 6/04, 7/06 - Pop Century 12/06 - MVMCP, Contemporary 3/07 - All Star Sports 7/07 - Disney's Vero Beach 11/07 - MVMCP, POR and Coronado Springs 1/08 - Disneyland 3/08 - Camping at Fort Wilderness 6/08 - Saratoga Springs and SWW! 10/08- DLR, GCH no kids! 11/08 - DLR, DLH Thanksgiving 4/09- Off site 6/09 - CBR and Poly 9/09- DLR, DLH

07-07-2012, 07:54 PM	#4
danacath I think DH was starting to question their sanity I feel like I must be forgetting something! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Nebraska Posts: 470	Thanks for the replies. We ended up booking a 4-hour tour with Golden West Tours. It worked out really well for us. We were the only people on the tour, so we could spend as much or as little time at each stop as we wanted. Since our time in SF was so limited, we decided to use it for touring, and waited with dinner until we got back to our hotel. Looking forward to returning to SF some day when we have more time! __________________ July 1975 - Disneyland; April 1980's - 3 times offsite April 2001 - OKW; Dec. 2001 - AS Dec. 2002 - BWV Dec. 2003 - BWV and POR Sept. 2004 - Disneyland Feb. 2006 - ASM and BWV; June 2006 - Disneyland Jan. 2007- POP (Goofy's Marathon!); July 2007 - AS Jan. 2008 - BCV June 2010 - Disneyland; Dec. 2010 - BWV

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