What’s Inside
Written By Jason Cohen
Jason Cohen has led tours of the San Francisco area for almost twenty years, and has taken leadership roles in the local tour industry. He served as Board Chair of the nonprofit San Francisco City Guides, Board President of the San Francisco Tour Guide Guild, and Lead Tour Guide for San Francisco Comprehensive Shuttle Tours. He was awarded Travel Director of the Year for 2019 for Insight Vacations.
Jason’s most unusual tour experiences were leading a city tour for a European head of state in a Secret Service motorcade, and leading a 17-day tour of California for a member of the British Parliament and his family.
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Table of Contents
Overview
Introduction
Welcome!
Organization
Typical City Highlights
Tour Routes
Timings
Night Tours
Excursions
Special Issues for Motor Coaches
Geographic Orientation
Typical City Tour Areas
Neighborhood Tours
Fisherman’s Wharf
Alcatraz
Lombard Street-North Beach
Chinatown
Union Square
Civic Center
Alamo Square-Western Addition
Haight-Ashbury
The Castro
Twin Peaks
Golden Gate Park
Ocean Beach-Land’s End
Golden Gate Bridge
The Presidio
Palace of Fine Arts
California Street
Nob Hill
Market Street
Ferry Building-Embarcadero North
South Waterfront (Ferry Building to SFO)
Jackson Square-Barbary Coast
Van Ness Avenue
Montgomery Street-Financial District
Pacific Heights
South of Market
Mission District
Bay Bridge
Nearby Areas
Muir Woods
Sausalito
Wine Country
Silicon Valley
East Bay
Angel Island
History
Native Americans
European Explorations
Colonial Period
American Takeover
Gold Rush
1850s-1900
1906 Earthquake and Fire
Recent Times
Focus on: African American History
Focus on: Latinx History
Focus on: Filipino American History
Focus on: Other Communities
General Topics Names and Linguistics
Weather
Earthquakes/Geology
San Francisco Bay
Cable Cars
Food and Drink
Flowers and Trees
Songs
Movies and TV
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