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

Sat 16 Nov

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Starting at $30.96

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Sat 16 Nov

Starting at $30.96

Make a reservation

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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)

gtay82

Jun 2012

We wrote Kathy an email expressing our thoughts of the tour, this is it.. Once again Kathy, thanks for the Castro tour today. It was well executed, very informative and not to mention fun! We especially loved the laid back feel where we were just able to chat informally whilst having a drink. You do an awesome job and we hope your tours continue to prosper and educate everyone about the Castro and its amazing history

TimCSA

May 2012

We took the tour on Friday May 11 with Kathy, who is bubbly, cheery and joyful. The other members of our group were also interesting. We shared information about our experiences to date in San Francisco. We didn't book ahead, and just showed up at the location and time listed on the website. We were a bit nervous at first because we didn't see anyone, but then Kathy showed up and all was good. She assembled the group and the tour started. It was great to get the perspective of someone living in the area. She had stories to go along with the various sights. We met people along the way who welcomed us to the castro. It was very friendly. Kathy went through the details of Harvey Milk and his impact on the area. She also talked about the influx of men during war time, as well as women during WWII. It was moving to see the AIDS mural and quilt and to get details about that history. Overall, the tour was very good. The only downfall was perhaps that Kathy missed some historical details. For example, she explained the history of rainbow flag but admitted to forgetting what the colours represented. I think this is important for a tour of the castro to include. She had good recommendations about eating and going out in the castro that we hope to take advantage of the next time we are in San Francisco.

David W

Apr 2012

This was a great tour as Kathy was warm, attentive, responsive and informative. As a gay man who has always wanted to visited San Francisco, has seen the film MILK and had read some of 'Tales of the City' set in the Castro district past, the tour and stories of gay rights and gay wrongs was particularly poignent, but also optimistic and inspiring.