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

Mon 06 Jan

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Starting at $30.96

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Mon 06 Jan

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)

Maggies H

Oct 2022

Loved this tour, very informative with a mix of lighthearted and poignant subject matter. A very interactive group. Kathy, you are the best.

Simon M

Sep 2022

Small group tour with a captivating guide who provided a breadth of history and knowledge. She promoted discussion and debate and cover a long and colourful history of the area. This tour far exceeded my expectations and I would recommend it to anyone remotely interested in the history. I went with my partner but there were people in the group who were alone. It was a very inclusive experience.

wdempsey2735

Sep 2022

Kathy was an excellent tour guide. I appreciated that she opened the tour inviting folks to correct her language, as things are often changing. I see some comments expressing upset that she's not more up to date with things, but even as a Millennial myself, who is a queer therapist supporting queer clients, I still get it wrong. Language changes daily and it's not realistic to expect people to be completely up to date. That being said, there were a few points where Kathy's statements were a bit outdated. Again, she was open to feedback and that's what's important. I do agree with prior comments that this tour is mainly best for those who don't know much about the queer community, but I'll add the AMERICAN queer community. So for international tourists, straight folks or queer folks who've never bothered to learn about what our community went through in the 80's and 90's (and beyond), it's a great tour. Sure Kathy could've gotten into more details about things, but it'd be impossible to address all the complexities of the queer community, such as issues we still face, as well as the long standing history of the Castro as a whole. I think she did a great job at explaining a little about a lot, which is about what I expected going into it. She also does a great job at encouraging conversation. This is the first tour I've ever been on where I connected with each person on the tour at least once. I even made friends from it and we hung out later that night and now plan to visit each other (we were both visiting). That speaks to the culture of love and acceptance that I feel lacks from our community in present times, but it's something that did seem to exist once upon a time and Kathy does an incredible job at replicating that on this tour.