Excellent tour with Kai. Really fun way to see the city and learn all the culture. The bus is super cute.....well worth the money!
About Activity
What's Included
Includes
- Professional Driver/guide
- Fully narrated tour
Excludes
- Gratuities
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
Departure & Return
Departure Point
- Our buses will pull-up ON HYDE street near the corner of Hyde & Jefferson Street. Landmarks are side of the Argonaut Hotel or the park across the street.
Return
- Our buses will pull-up ON HYDE street near the corner of Hyde & Jefferson Street. Landmarks are side of the Argonaut Hotel or the park across the street.
Itinerary
A guided drive through the famous house of Jimi Hendrix, Janis and Joplin and the Grateful Dead, and the epicenter of the hippie movement at Haight-Ashbury!
In this guided drive by you will learn the history of Union Square and the Dewey Monument. Alongside, discover all the luxury and world famous brands.
View the amazing 1915-1930 architecture of City Hall, The Opera House, the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium and many more as well as learning events that shaped our history and the world.
No other building screams more San Francisco than the world famous hanging bridge: the Golden Gate Bridge. Learn the exciting stories and historic meaning of this, once the longest hanging bridge in the world, and all the memories that encapsulate. This is photo stop for an iconic view and perspective of the Bay, the Bridge and the natural habitat.
Join us, as we carefully maneuver the curves on what is considered the world's most crooked street! Our skilled drivers will have you singing along while taking pictures of some amazing views of the City.
Perhaps one of the most visited places in the city, the Wharf is a perfect place for eats, drinks and modern age museums like Ripley's Believe It Or Not, the Wax Museum, and the famous Pier 39!
Down the famous Grant Ave through the Dragon Gates into the heart of Chinatown. Learn the founding story of San Francisco and the effort of Chinese immigrants that made it happen!
It wasn't always sugar and flowers... at the start of the gold rush North Beach was famous for their nightlife, red light district, and the disappearance of sailors! This is a drive by that will surely have you coming back and discover the oldest dives in the City.
A guided discovery to the heart of Little Italy, an amazing corridor of food, live music, and pieces of the founding stories of companies that serve till this day nationwide!
A transformative neighborhood that empowered the LGBT movement to achieve the first openly gay elected official and an atmosphere of love and inclusion. One of the most fun places to be in the city!
Historically as the Latino district, it has some of the most vibrant and fun places to be in the City. From the locally loved Dolores Park, to the historic churches and amazing food to be found!
A modern day forest in a busy city, the Golden Gate park is a sanctuary for those who need the peace and calm that an urban forest can provide. The largest manmade park in America has many attractions: Museums, Lakes, playing fields, Buffalo Paddock and so much more!
Just up the street from our pick-up location, you can explore the iconic Cable Car (Powell-Hyde Line) which is one of the most pintoreques rides. In this vicinity you can explore the Hyde Street Pier and history ships, the Aquatic Park and maybe even jump in for a swim in our brisk waters!
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Reviews
Our guide was very knowledgeable of the city. He did a great job.
It’s a great experience and great way to see SF and many important places and landmarks with a fantastically entertaining and enjoyable tour guide who drives you around the town too; in a 1977 VW-Bus 😎
We only had a half day in San Francisco at the beginning of a longer trip. We wanted to see as much as possible without the challenge of driving/navigating on our own. This was the perfect solution and we got lucky to have the VW and the guide to ourselves! Cyrus was fantastic and being a lifelong resident with a tiny audience he was able to really “show us the town”!
I was able to check out some things that I wouldn’t have been able to see on my own. I would recommend.
Last year we took a trip to San Francisco for my wife's birthday and took what we call the hippie bus tour. We loved the trip so much we returned again this year and since we also loved it so much we also once again took the hippie bus tour. When the bus pulled up we were excited to see that our tour guide was once again Cyrus. We recognized him immediately and he recognized us as well. As the description says you are taken all over San Francisco and get to see all the sights and neighborhoods. Cyrus is funny and engaging with all his guests and his knowledge and passion for his city comes through. Can't recommend this trip enough.
Tara was an amazing guide and gave us a local perspective of the history of San Francisco and its culture. Such a fun experience which I highly recommend to first timers to the Bay Area!
Go early in the time you’re visiting SF. We learned so many places we wanted to see from the guide, Tara.
My husband and I had a wonderful time and our tour guide dave was funny and did a great job. My husband has a portable scooter that they were able to accommodate in the back of the van. I would recommend this tour for anyone who wants to find the hidden gems of San Francisco.
A must do in San Fran! The driver (Can’t remember his name sorry) was amazing. Repay knowledgeable and lots of fun!
It was an absolute blast! We had Tara as our guide and she was fantastic. Highly recommend taking this tour early during your San Francisco visit.i
It was packed with great places to see and the driver was very funny and sweet. We had lots of laughs.
One of the highlights of our visit to San Francisco was our Love Bus tour. Our tour guide Tara was FANTASTIC! Her knowledge and delivery of the information was top notch. I highly recommend this tour and our guide!
We did the Love Tour on our first day in San Francisco, and it was the perfect introduction to the city. Informative, fun and efficient
Dave was fantastic! Funny. Knowledgeable and kind. Full of good local information and stops were great.
Fantastic! Our tour guide was enthusiastic and informed! Great time had by all and don’t miss this experience!
It was amazing! I booked it for me and my mom. Our tour guy was amazing. He was very personable. He took his time and we didn’t feel rushed.
Kai is a very entertaining and knowledgeable guide. He’s got great energy! So fun! Highly recommend!
This was great! Very few people, awesome driver, so much history and stories of San Francisco! This was the perfect choice! Our driver was beyond great!
Ive never been to San Francisco so had no idea where to go, this tour was informative with and excellent, knowledgeable and passionate guide.
Absolutely brilliant tour in a cool old VW bus. Our tour guide, Ky is definitely the key to why it was so good! So informative, interesting, friendly and Ky was happy to answer any questions too. Saw lots that we would otherwise have missed. Ideally, go at the beginning of your trip then if you want to explore somewhere further you can plan that in. Not the cheapest but well worth the money. The trip went over 2.5 hours and a quick restroom stop in the middle!
Me and my husband done the love tour around San Francisco, we had the best few hours traveling around, seen so many landmarks, the driver was full of information and just lovely man, thank you
My family including my husband, daughter and 88 year old mother and I thoroughly enjoyed our 2 hour tour of the San Francisco area. The tour was in an intimate retro VW van. Our tour guide Cyrus was very friendly, accommodating and knowledgeable about the San Francisco history and neighborhoods. We highly recommend this tour and tour guide.
What a fun tour. It had a well planned out route, and we saw so much of the city. Our guide was informative and entertaining throughout. The 60's theme was especially interesting and fun. Our only complaint was that we missed our first scheduled tour by literally 5 minutes. The van was pulling away as we drove up looking for parking. We tried calling both the tour company and Viator to say we were there but couldn't get ahold of anyone. Wished we would have received a call to check on our status. When we were finally able to reach Viator were were told if we wanted to join a later tour we'd need to pay again. We ended up for the tour the following morning and paying again. A bummer, but still a really fun tour.
very fun experience and nice sightseeing
If I could give Cyrus a million stars for this amazing tour, I would! We were considering a conventional bus tour until we saw one of the vans out and about , and knew we just had to do this. We absolutely made the right call. A fabulous two hours, and we saw so much. Cyrus was so knowledgeable, interesting and very amusing and we enjoyed every second of the extraordinary tour. It was interesting , unusual and the best thing we did whilst we were visiting the city. This is a unique and amazing tour don’t miss out, I highly recommend it.
Great experience. The vans need a speaker system so passengers can hear in the back. Otherwise, it was a phenomenal tour. The driver was great and funny. Quite enjoyable.
Get ready to have your picture taken while riding the Little VW Love Bus on the Love Tour. You’ll see lots of peace signs flashed your way too. Loved seeing the sights around San Francisco and tour guide was great. Highly recommend!
Great fun and unique tour! The love Cyrus has for his city is evident. He is so knowledgeable and shared so many interesting facts and stories about the Bay Area. This tour was a great way to see the entire city in a short amount of time. Highly recommend!
Our guide was sooooooooo much fun!!! He was also a good photographer, knowing just the right shots to make memories for us to cherish.
A fun and easy way to get a fabulous overview of San Francisco. The van is very comfortable and safe. Our tour guide Cyrus was funny and knowledgeable. He took great pictures for all of us. The group is small enough so you don’t feel overwhelmed, but it was really nice to be with other people since I was traveling by myself. I had a wonderful experience!
We had a great tour with Kai yesterday. He was fun but also very thorough showing us this beautiful city. We recommend this tour
This tour was a lot of fun, singing to the old songs was great. It's a shame we didn't get out at the painted ladies or the crooked street as where we were staying wasn't nearby so we didn't experience the area as much as if we had time out of the van.
Cyrus was our guide for this tour & was absolutely the best guide anyone could ask for! Cyrus was born & raised in San Francisco so his knowledge was wonderful! The VW Micro Bus was a flash back to the 60’s! Highly recommend this tour!
It was such a blast! We sang most of the songs. Laughed a LOT! It was very informative! I didn't want it to end. Tara, our driver was great and made sure we had a great time! Wonderful personality and great energy! We are from the midwest so this was our first visit to San Francisco.
Wonderful way to see San Francisco. Dave was full of great stories and he covered the city so well. We have been to San Francisco before but loved this tour! It is different than a bus tour and was so much more interesting! Don't miss it.
LOVED this tour! Tara, our guide, was WONDERFUL in every way possible - ensuring we saw many sites - learned so much about SFO - and her humor kept us laughing throughout the entire tour! She had a great sixties type playlist that was perfect for our very colorful “hippie themed” VW BUS! Tara, has an amazing voice too as she sang a bit of those good ole nostalgic songs! Tara’s small and exceptionally sweet dog, Rosie, accompanied us on our tour - she’s extremely well behaved and has her own little bed - she enhanced our trip too! What a FUN and memorable way to explore SFO - HIGHLY RECOMMEND! Thank you for a very fun and informative tour!!
It was a great way to see the city. We enjoyed the small size of the group. The guide was knowledgable and personable.
We had such a great experience on the Love Tour! It was so much fun, and we really recommend it to anyone visiting San Francisco. Our tour guide was amazing and explained everything so well, including the history and interesting facts about the city. We got to see so many of San Francisco’s highlights, made several stops, and even had photos taken for us. It was a great way to see the city and learn about it at the same time. We really enjoyed the whole experience and would definitely recommend this tour to everyone visiting San Francisco! ❤️
Marvelous, fun tour. Tara was a wonderful guide. Entertaining and informative. Great music and great sights. Riding down crooked Lombard St singing, with our radio blaring, and giving peace sign to all the folks photographing us is a memory to keep. I highly recommend this tour.
Amazing experience. You learn a lot, see so much and get amazing photo ops. Just the perfect tour. Book it !
Ky was awesome and the trip was over and above what we expected! We would recommend this to anyone visiting San Francisco!
We loved this tour!! We seen all the highlights of the city. The tour guide, Kai, was very knowledgeable. And we had fun riding in the hippie van giving bystanders the peace sign. ✌️
I’ve been on several San Francisco city tours and know the difference-maker is the guide. Dave was amazing. He encouraged us to ask questions instead of sticking to a script which we all thoroughly appreciated. He was personable and professional but also had a great sense of humor and immediately we felt like family. We also went to different areas than I’d gone to on other tours, including the Presidio. Would definitely recommend this tour…especially if Dave is your guide!
Kai was amazing and so knowledgeable. Seeing all the sights in a few hours was fantastic. Taking a small group tour was perfect. Saw places and heard stories we wouldn't have got on our own.
Ky was super informative He was awesome We would highly recommend this tour We were exploring the town later on our own and saw Ky and his next group.
This tour can't be missed. It was amazing how much we learned about San Francisco and California from our driver!!
This was a great way to see the highlights of San Francisco! Cyrus, our guide, provided a lot of history and humor. Really enjoyed it!
Cyrus made the experience so much fun. He really knows his city and getting to learn about it while taking in the views was great.
Cyrus was very knowledgeable and helpful. Mother in law has mobility challenges and he was always there to help out. I would recommend this for a fun tour.
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