Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Chinatown Alleyway Tours
TOUR
(
415-984-1478;
www.chinatownalleywaytours.org
;
adult/student $18/12;
11am Sat;
;
8X,
8AX, 8BX)
Neighborhood teens lead two-hour community nonprofit tours for up-close-and-personal
peeks into Chinatown's past (weather permitting). Book five days ahead or pay double for
Saturday walk-ins; cash only.
Public Library City Guides
TOUR
( 415-557-4266;
www.sfcityguides.org
; donations/tips welcome)
Volunteer historians lead nonprofit tours organized by neighborhood and theme: Art Deco
Marina, Gold Rush Downtown, Secrets of Fisherman's Wharf, Telegraph Hill Stairway
Hike and more.
Sea Foraging Adventures
TOUR
(
www.seaforager.com
; from $42 per person; calendar & reservations online)
California sealife expert Kirk Lombard leads guided adventures to secret foraging spots
around San Francisco's waterfront, finding urban edibles ranging from bullwhip seaweed
to eels under the Golden Gate Bridge.
Emperor Norton's Fantastic Time Machine
TOUR
(
http://emperornortontour.com/
;
tours depart from Union Square; $20;
tours 11am & 2:30pm Tue
& Sun; 2,38, Powell)
Gold Rush through Wild West legends in a 2¾-hour walking tour led by SF's self-pro-
claimed Emperor Norton, the eccentric schemer and Bay Bridge dreamer reincarnated by
SF historian Joseph Amster.
Haight-Ashbury Flower Power Walking Tour
WALKING
10:30am Tue & Sat, 2pm Thu, 11am Fri; 6, 71, N)
Take a long, strange trip through 12 blocks of hippie history in two hours, following the
steps of Jimi, Jerry and Janis - if you have to ask for last names, you totally need this tour.
Tours meet at the corner of Stanyan and Waller Sts; reservations required.
