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GOURMET WALKS: THE SAN FRANCISCO GOURMET CHOCOLATE TOUR 415-312-1119, www.gourmetwalks.com Gourmet Walks knows chocolate and loves to indulge, introducing visitors to some of San Francisco’s most talented chocolatiers on delicious walking and tasting tours. Advance reservations required. Customized/ charter groups on request. Group rates available for a minimum of eight people. HAIGHT ASHBURY FLOWER POWER WALKING TOUR P.O. Box 170106, 94117 415-863-1621, www.haightashburytour.com Discover why San Francisco’s vibrant HaightAshbury, rich with Victorian history, was home to free love, rock ‘n’ roll, communes and cults during the colorful ’60s. Two-and-a-half-hour tour. Call for reservations. $20 per person. HELEN’S WALK TOUR – INTRO TO SAN FRANCISCO P.O. Box 9164 (Berkeley 94709) 510-524-4544, www.helenswalktour.com Personalized tours specialize in families and small groups; three-hour-plus stroll covers famous city neighborhoods starting at 9am. Advance reservations required. Call or e-mail for rates. HOBNOB TOURS P.O. Box 2023 (Livermore 94551-2023) 650-814-6303, www.hobnobtours.com Tour fashionable Nob Hill ballrooms, mansions and cathedral. Society secrets and scandals exposed. Silver Kings and Railroad Barons. Easy two-hour walk with optional breakfast, lunch or high tea. Advanced reservations. Additional Tour: Stroll stately business district with the Emperors of Finance, venture capitalists who invested, schemed and stole millions. See their bars, boardrooms, ballrooms and gardens. Suicides and accidents. Advance reservations. JAVAWALK 415-673-WALK (9255), www.javawalk.com A two-hour coffee walking tour through the Old City. In addition to caffe-lore, serving up historical and architectural tales and trivia. Energetic, interactive and fun. Tour departs Tu, Th and Sa at 10am. Advance reservations required. $25 adult, $10 under 12. LOCAL TASTES OF THE CITY TOURS 2179 12th Ave. 415-665-0480, 888-358-TOUR (8687) www.sffoodtour.com Explore the history and culture of local neighborhoods, including Chinatown and North Beach/Little Italy, as “we eat our way through San Francisco.” Named “Best City Tour of 2006 and 2007” by CitySearch. Customized/charter groups on request. Commissionable. Group rates available. ON THE LEVEL SAN FRANCISCO WALKING TOURS P.O. Box 470002, 94147 415-921-1382, www.onthelevelsf.com Twenty guided walks featuring intriguing neighborhoods, parks and the convention center area. Each walk is a mile or less with no hills or steps. New tours: Presidio featuring Lucasfilm Center and rooftop gardens in downtown San Francisco. Customized/charter groups on request. Selfguided tour booklets also available through Web site. Advance reservations necessary. PRECITA EYES MURAL ARTS AND VISITORS CENTER 2981 24th St., 415-285-2287, www.precitaeyes.org See the exciting murals of San Francisco with a professional muralist guide. Tours are on foot or bicycle. See more than 70 murals in a six-block walk. SAN FRANCISCO ARCHITECTURE WALKING TOUR 1390 Market St., Suite 1523 415-264-8824, www.architecturesf.com Introduction to some of San Francisco’s most famous buildings, plus hard-to-find rooftop gardens, unique open spaces and historical landmarks. Daily 11am and 3pm. Length of tour is two hours. $20 per person. Advance reservations required. SAN FRANCISCO CHINATOWN GHOST TOURS & CHINATOWN MAGIC 530 Point Lobos Ave. 415-793-1183, 877-887-3373 www.sfchinatownghosttours.com Uncover San Francisco Chinatown’s supernatural history traversing its mysterious streets and alleyways. Magical entertainment adds to a unique visit to America’s oldest Chinatown. Advance reservations required. F–Sa 7:30pm. $24 adult, $16 youth under 17. SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS AT&T Park, 24 Willie Mays Plaza 415-972-2000, www.sfgiants.com Tour AT&T Park and go to places only the players and coaches go: the Giants’ dugout, the visitors’ clubhouse, and the field. Tours run year-round, baseball schedule permitting. Groups and individuals welcome. SHANGHAI SAN FRANCISCO 6114 LaSalle Ave., Suite 842 (Oakland 94611) 877-384-7843, www.shanghaisanfrancisco.com Interactive theatrical adventure through San Francisco. The City is the stage and you are the star! Do not miss this intrigue — surprise around every corner! Yearround. Length of tour is two-and-a-half hours. Tour departs Sa–Su 1pm; 1:30pm, 2pm; 2:30pm, 3pm; 3:30pm. Advance reservations required. TOM’S SCENIC TRAILWALKING 1105A Mission Ave. (San Rafael 94901) 415-264-6235, 800-909-9255 (local only) www.muirwoodstour.com The “only” guided tour through Muir Woods. Relaxing walks are led by certified guides along scenic trails filled with wildflowers and redwood trees. Picnic lunch and beach stop included. Wear comfortable shoes. Door-to-door service. Tours depart daily. Reservations required. VICTORIAN HOME WALK 2226 15th St., 415-252-9485, www.victorianwalk.com Explore Pacific Heights where tour buses are prohibited. Tour a period Victorian interior. See row houses, famous mansions and beautiful gardens. The walk is easy, no hills. Tours depart daily at 11am from Union Square (Powell and Post Sts.). SEE & DO onlyinsanfrancisco.com 69 http://www.gourmetwalks.com http://www.precitaeyes.org http://www.haightashburytour.com http://www.architecturesf.com http://www.helenswalktour.com http://www.sfchinatownghosttours.com http://www.hobnobtours.com http://www.sfgiants.com http://www.shanghaisanfrancisco.com http://www.javawalk.com http://www.sffoodtour.com http://www.muirwoodstour.com http://www.victorianwalk.com http://www.onthelevelsf.com http://www.onlyinsanfrancisco.com

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