A Guide to the Unique Sights of San Francisco

Cruisin’ the Castro Walking tours celebrates 30 years of Pride and as San Francisco’s first and ONLY Legacy Business Tour Company! This prestigious award recognizes Cruisin’ the Castro as a longstanding, community-servicing business and a valuable cultural asset to the City & County of San Francisco.Tours are fun, fascinating and offers twice as many tour stops that not only include the colorful sites of the largest LGBTQ community in the world, but explores the spectrum of sexual and gender diversity and the struggle with achieving equal rights in America. No other tour offer this rare and educational opportunity!Tours are conducted by a local resident, professional tour guide and a civil rights activist.

Our Original Tour covers the most popular neighborhoods of San Francisco to provide the best local introduction to the city. The tour starts in the heart of the financial district underneath the Transamerica Pyramid. After our group introduction in SF’s smallest redwood park, we’ll weave our way through the secret side of downtown to see parts of the city that even locals often miss! As we explore the historical Barbary Coast we share family stories of the Wild West during the Gold Rush years. After learning about these lawless times, we’ll make our way into North Beach (our Little Italy) as we sample a plethora of snacks and introduce our groups to local community businesses. We’ll end the tour in our most authentic historic neighborhood: Chinatown. In Chinatown we’ll visit stores and marketplaces that sell unique items, both dead & alive(!), while trying delicious authentic dim sum. Finally, we’ll finish up by visiting the fortune-cookie factory and the “living room” of Chinatown.