San Francisco LGBTQ Walking Tour with Local Guide

Overview

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.

City: San Francisco

Tue 19 Nov

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Starting at $30.96

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Tue 19 Nov

Starting at $30.96

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What's Included

Local guide

Additional Info

Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Tours operate rain or shine
Minimum numbers apply. There is a possibility of cancellation after confirmation if there is not enough passengers to meet requirements. In the event of this occurring, you will be offered an alternative or full refund

What To Expect

The Castro

Come cruise the Castro on this fun and comprehensive 2-hour tour! Celebrating 30 years of walking with PRIDE, Cruisin' the Castro Walking Tour is San Francisco's premier tour company! Learn about LGBTQ culture, diversity and the lack of civil rights in America. Explore the many historical sights that has shaped a community as well as, a world wide culture. No other tour offers over 20 historical sites that span from the Gold Rush, World War II, civil rights leader, Harvey Milk, the AIDS epidemic, the Rainbow Honor Walk and beyond! Cruisin' the Castro Walking Tours is conducted by a long time local resident, historian and community activist. Recognized as a TripAdvisor "Hall of Fame" member since 2011!

Harvey Milk Plaza

Learn how Harvey Milk arrived and became the 1st openly gay male politician to serve public office in United States and a Civil Rights Activist. Find out how the rainbow flag was created!

Cancellation Policy

All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.

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Reviews (552)

casmaron

Sep 2014

The Cruisin' The Castro Walking tour was excellent. Kathy is a very charming and charismatic person. Moreover, being an long-term activist herself, she has a brilliant knowledge of the history of the district. Her stories make the Castro and its history come to life. During our tour, we even ran into Allan Baird. Kathy introduced us and we had a brilliant, albeit short, discussion where he told us what happened during the beer boycott. Overall verdict: excellent and must-visit walking tour!

AuntyJ

Sep 2014

This fantastic, educational tour is well worth your time. I was surprised at the local history information that I'd never heard before. Our kind and informative guide Kathy knows all about current events in the Castro as well as it's history. I bought this tour as a birthday gift for friends from out of state & they enjoyed it very much ! After the tour, you can head out for an SF meal & enjoy The City. (Easy access to where the tour starts, just steps away from BART).

Artsoe

Aug 2014

I had a fantastic time learning about the history of the Castro area and it's significance in the worldwide gay liberation movement. Kathy is an excellent guide and brought such a personal touch to the tour, especially being one of the directors of the rainbow honour walk. In fact, during our tour, she even bumped into a friend of hers who turned out to be a local 'hero' of the Castro area (was his name Alan?) who - in the late 70s - lobbied for Coors beers to be voluntarily boycotted from all the bars and clubs in the Castro area due to their homophobic employment policies. It be only a 3 hour tour, and so I would recommend this tour for everyone visiting SF and wanting to hear about the history of the Castro area. It is well priced for what you get. Kathy, it as just a pleasure meeting you... Please keep up the great work!