Plan your itinerary for your private half-day San Francisco tour and travel in style in a restored vintage Volkswagen bus. Customize your tour to your interests, whether you want to cover city highlights like the Painted Ladies, Golden Gate Bridge, and Twin Peaks, or venture further afield to Muir Woods, Sausalito, or Half Moon Bay. The bus accommodates up to seven passengers, perfect for family and friends.

Have more flexibility with a private tour
Hear insightful commentary from your guide
Access places that larger buses cannot go
Bottled water, and local beer or wine provided

What To Expect

San Francisco

What makes our company unique is we have the vision of “ where vintage meets modern” we have USB ports in our bus, we have our buses fully restored and updated with modern amenities – and we are small buses so we can go to places that bigger buses are not allowed to: Twin peaks, Lombard Street, the Painted Ladies and the Full House, mural alleys in the Mission etc.

We also offer complimentary light snacks and water in the morning, and complimentary local crafts beer and California wine on our afternoon tours and Private tours. Guests can also BYOB.
3 hours • Admission Ticket Free

Fisherman’s Wharf

We will gladly pick you up from your hotel, or in the Fisherman’s Wharf and Union Square areas.

Possible places to visit:
• Union Square
• North Beach
• Fisherman’s Wharf
• The Marina
• Palace of Fine Arts
• The Presidio
• Golden Gate Bridge
• Fort Point
• Golden Gate Park
• Alamo Square
• The Haight
• Twin Peaks
• The Castro
• The Mission
• Civic Center
• Sausalito
• Muir Woods
• Napa
• Sonoma
• Pacific Highway 1
• Half Moon Bay
• Marin Headlands
• Treasure Island
• And Beyond…

Painted Ladies Tour Company is fully licensed through the California Public Utilities Commission PSG 0034808 as a Charter and Sightseeing company.

NOTE ON BOOKING: UP TO 7 PEOPLE MAKE TAKE THIS TOUR, BUT BOOK ONLY 1 TRAVELER
5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Highlight

Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability
Not wheelchair accessible
pick a morning or afternoon or evening tour to suit your schedule
Stroller accessible
we are open to your creative ideas of what you would like to do/see/experience during your time slot.
Service animals allowed
Custom Pick up and drop of within San Francisco city limits
Near public transportation
We typically charge gratuity for our Private Tours- tips make up a large chunk of our tour guide income in the US.
Infants must sit on laps
Most travelers can participate
Anyone showing symptoms of COVID 19, including fever, cough or shortness of breath won’t be able to participate.
This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate

Include

Professional guide
Access to districts where the large buses are banned from (Painted Ladies, Murals, Twin Peaks, Coit tower, drive down Lombard street,
Bottled water
Local Craft beer and wine or BYOB
Hear stories about famous Rock stars of the 60’s like Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendriks, Grateful dead,
NOTE ON BOOKING: UP TO 6 PEOPLE MAKE TAKE THIS TOUR, BUT BOOK ONLY 1 TRAVELER
Snacks
Hotel pickup from hotels in Union Square and Fisherman’s Wharf

Exclude

Gratuity, credit card required for guide’s tips, 15%, 18 or 20%