San Francisco Essential Hop-On Hop-Off Tour, Bus & Sightseeing Tours

Enjoy the best of San Francisco with our 1-day Essential Ticket!

One of the undeniable highlights of our San Francisco Bus Tour is the journey across the iconic Golden Gate Bridge, with top-deck views across the bay. However, with its diverse neighborhoods, lively entertainment hub and bustling shopping district, there are so many other great areas of the Golden City to explore. Hop on with us to discover the best of San Francisco.

Hop on, hop off

Explore San Francisco at your own pace.

Make the most of your time in San Francisco with our flexible hop-on, hop-off sightseeing tours. Explore the city's sights at your own pace - you'll have the freedom to hop off the tour at any of our conveniently located stops, and rejoin when you're ready.

See all the top Landmarks

Big Bus gets you closer to the city's best sights.

Immerse yourself in Chinatown, reel in revelry at Fisherman's Wharf and hang out in the hippy mecca of Haight Ashbury. With Big Bus Tours you'll get to take in the best of San Francisco, including an unmissable ride over the Golden Gate Bridge - enjoy this bucket-list moment from the upper deck of our open-top, double-decker buses.

Free Walking Tour

Discover San Francisco's Chinatown

Discover more of San Francisco with a complimentary Chinatown Walking Tour. Walk through this world-famous historic neighborhood. See the magnificent Chinatown gates, the busy marketplace and the vibrant mix of historical and modern day culture. This tour is led by a qualified guide who will give you an insight into the area’s history and must-see locations. You can join the Chinatown Walk from Stop 2 (North Beach / Chinatown). Tour departs daily at 1:00pm . The Walking Tour duration is approximately 1 hour.

Free Bike Rental

Rent for 1 hour, get 1 hour free.

Blazing Saddles offers Big Bus Tours customers 1 hour free with the purchase of a 1-hour bike rental. This deal is available from any Blazing Saddles shop, where the team will equip you with all the necessary gear and explain how to make the most of cycling in San Francisco.

Free Mobile App - Now with live bus arrival times!

Download our free mobile app for the perfect pocket companion to your sightseeing adventure. Our new live bus arrival times feature shows you exactly where the bus is along the route, along with an ETA for your nearest stop! This gives you the freedom to make the most of your time exploring. In addition to live bus arrival times, you'll also get detailed maps and route information, stop images, walking directions, facts about famous landmarks and attractions, ticket offers and more. Save memory-making minutes

Flexible Ticket

You can change your ticket date!

This ticket is fully flexible, which means you can change your ticket date to another travel date within 14 days of your original date, up to 72 hours before beginning your bus tour!

Pre-recorded Commentary - Available in 10 languages.

Pre-recorded commentary is available in 10 languages on all Red Route buses via complimentary headphones that you can keep when you hop off the bus. Languages featured include English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Mandarin, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese and Cantonese.

Complete Tour Duration: 2 Hours 10 Minutes

Frequency: Every 15 Minutes

Schedule and Departure Times (First and last bus shown for each stop):

• 10:00 - 17:00 Big Bus Tours Visitors' Center - 99 Jefferson St, San Francisco, CA 94133 (corner of Jefferson and Mason Streets)

          *FISHERMAN´S WHARF *BLAZING SADDLES *ARTOON ART MUSEUM *RED AND WHITE - 1-HOUR BAY CRUISE 

          *PLAYERS ARCADE & LUAU LOUNGE SECRET TIKI BAR *THE S.S. JEREMIAH O'BRIEN *RIPLEY’S BELIEVE IT OR

          NOT! *FISHERMEN'S CHAPEL *MADAME TUSSAUDS & SAN FRANCISCO DUNGEON *U.S.S. PAMPANITO SUBMARINE

• 10:07 - 17:07 North Beach / Chinatown - 329 Columbus Ave (white zone next to The Baked Bear, just NW of the corner of Broadway and Columbus)

*COIT TOWER

• 10:13 - 17:13 Embarcadero Center- Clay St (between Battery & Front Streets)

          * EMBARCADERO  *EXPLORATORIUM

• 10:16 - 17:16 Ferry Building - 1 Market Street (Between Steuart & Spear Streets)

          *RAILWAY MUSEUM  *FERRY BUILDING  *FERRY PLAZA FARMERS MARKET  *EMBARCADERO

• 10:26 - 17:26 Union Square South - 280 Geary St (opposite Macy's entrance, next to steps)

          *UNION SQUARE  *SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART

• 10:30 - 17:30 Redemption Center / Hilton Hotel - Mason Street, between O'Farrell and Ellis Streets (outside Hilton Hotel entrance)

• 10:40 - 17:40 Civic Center - 350 McCallister Street (White Zone outside Earl Warren Building)

          *CIVIC CENTRE  *ASIAN ART MUSEUM  

• 10:50 - 17:50 Alamo Square - 944 Fell Street (next to Mosaic wall near corner with Pierce St) *AFRICAN AMERICAN ART & CULTURE COMPLEX  *ALAMO SQUARE PARK  *PAINTED LADIES
• 11:00 - 18:00 Haight Ashbury - 1816 Haight Street (opposite Cha Cha Cha restaurant)

         *HAIGHT ASHBURY

• 11:07 - 18:07 Golden Gate Park (Monday - Saturday only) - 55 Music Concourse Drive (outside California Academy of Sciences)

         *JAPANESE TEA GARDEN  *BOTANICAL GARDENS  *CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES  *DE YOUNG MUSEUM 

          *DEYOUNG MUSEUM & LEGION OF HONOR MUSEUM

• 11:07 - 18:07 Golden Gate Park (Sundays and Public Holidays only) - Bus stop at North-West corner of Lincoln Way & 9th Ave (Sundays + Public Holidays only

        *BOTANICAL GARDENS

• 11:22 - 18:22 North Vista Point / Golden Gate Bridge - North Vista Point, Sausalito, CA 94965 (lookout parking area off highway)

        *GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE

• 11:32 - 18:32 Palace of Fine Arts - 1105 Gorgas Avenue (south corner of Richardson Ave and Gorgas Ave)

        *PALACE OF FINE ARTS  *GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE  *PRESIDIO PARK

• 11:37 - 18:37 Marina / Cow Hollow - 2101 Lombard Street (SW corner of Lombard and Fillmore Sts)

        *MARINA DISTRICT

• 11:39 - 18:39 Lombard Street - 1599 Lombard St San Francisco, CA 94123m (outside Buena Vista Motor Inn near corner with Gough St)

         *LOMBARD STREET

• 11:45 - 18:57 Pier 35 / Cruise Terminal - 1454 The Embarcadero (outside Pier 35 cruise terminal entrance)

        *ALCATRAZ ISLAND

• 11:52 - 18:52 Pier 39 - The Embarcadero, bus stop outside the entrance to Pier 39, Fisherman’s Wharf

        *PLAYERS ARCADE AND LUAU LOUNGE SECRET TIKI BAR  *PIER 39  *SEA LIONS  *AQUARIUM OF THE BAY

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