San Francisco Cable Car Sightseeing Tour

For a sightseeing tour with plenty of San Francisco character, try this family-friendly roundup of city attractions aboard a motorized cable car. Pass through popular San Francisco neighborhoods including North Beach, Chinatown, Pacific Heights, the Presidio and Fisherman's Wharf. You’ll also ride across the world-famous Golden Gate Bridge in your restored or replica wood-and-brass cable car — outfitted with wheels to allow unrestricted movement. Hear San Francisco facts and trivia from your guide, and capture amazing photos of the city's best-known sights such as Grace Cathedral and Ghirardelli Square!

Board your charming motorized cable car near Union Square in downtown San Francisco to begin your 3-hour morning sightseeing tour. Be sure to dress warmly as your cable car is mostly open on the sides and the city can get chilly all year round. Your cable car will either be a carefully restored authentic cable car or a replica lovingly created using original blueprints and materials including oak and brass. Instead of running only along designated cables and tracks like the city's cable cars, these trolley cars have wheels so they're free to travel all over the city!

Listen to your guide share stories about San Francisco's history and culture as you visit major neighborhoods such as Chinatown, Italian-themed North Beach and ritzy Pacific Heights. Ride by the bustling tourist meccas of Fisherman's Wharf, Pier 39 and Ghirardelli Square, and observe actual cable cars in action at the Hyde Street Cable Car Turnaround.

See the Ferry Building, lively Market Street, the magnificent Grace Cathedral on California Street, and the towering Embarcadero Center shopping and business complex. Snap pictures of the elegant Palace of Fine Arts, originally built for the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition. Prepare for fantastic skyline views and unbeatable photo ops as you cross the Golden Gate Bridge. The open design of the cable car gives you better views than a coach tour, plus the thrill of traveling San Francisco's most famous bridge in the city's signature vehicle.

You can end your 3-hour motorized cable car of San Francisco at either the Ferry Building or Union Square; both locations allow you easy access to numerous other city attractions, restaurants and shops to explore for the rest of the day.

• Sightseeing tour by motorized cable car
• Professional guide

• Gratuities (recommended)
• Hotel pickup and drop-off