One of the best ways to thoroughly enjoy and closely view the amazing places in San Francisco is by traveling in a city tour bus. San Francisco is a compact city, and the best means of obtaining an intimate experience, as preferred by many travel agents, is via a commercial tour. Regardless whether you are a local American or a visitor from another country, you will find San Francisco as an enchanting city and its panoramic surroundings leave an indelible impression in your mind. All types of tourists can learn richly about the City by the Bay when they take San Francisco bus tours. There are quite a few knowledgeable tour bus drivers who can provide you with valuable information about the city and the number of unique neighborhoods and adjoining districts like Chinatown, Japan town, Haight-Ashbury, the Castro, and Nob Hill just offer a wonderful experience to tour.
The other notable attractions you will see are the famous twisting Lombard Street and the city's quaint cable car system, the Golden Gate Bridge renowned for its architectural splendor. Fisherman's Wharf is a unique amalgam of sights, sounds, and scents. There are many places which offer you amazing shopping and fabulous eateries. Some bus tour companies will also offer one-day tours outside San Francisco to various popular spots like Muir woods and Sausalito, Carmel, wine country and Yosemite. With its majestic peaks and picturesque waterfalls, Yosemite is a beautiful tourist spot in the National Park system. When you visit Yosemite in a bus line charter, you will also learn about the history of the park, as well as to view the same vistas that renowned photographer Ansel Adams captured decades ago.
Whether you're with a large group in a charter bus rental or you're traveling alone with other visitors in a tour charter bus - it is the perfect way to spend a leisurely day visiting California's premier wine country. There are San Francisco charter bus companies that offer Alcatraz tours, to let you learn about the history of some of the country's most notorious criminals who were housed at the maximum-security prison. You will also pick up first-hand information about the military uses of Alcatraz, and the unique flora and fauna that is found on the island.
If you are part of a group of people on a tour and planning to spend a night out in San Francisco and the Bay Area, the ideal way is to hire a limousine party bus. A party bus can carry from 10 to 50 passengers in ultimate comfort. Usually a party bus is designed for larger groups of people and is equipped with cozy seats, fully equipped built-in bars, and large windows for large-scale viewing, sound systems, plasma televisions, DVD player, disco lights, and also smoke machines. Many party buses will permit you to smoke and drink on board.
You can enjoy iconic San Francisco landmarks aboard an authentic English Double Decker Bus! If you opt for the Golden Gate Loop bus tour, it will drive through the Presidio, Cannery, Ghirardelli Square, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco Marina, and along Fisherman's Wharf. The Downtown Loop bus tour goes through North Beach and Lombard Street. If you choose the Park Loop, you can see many of San Francisco's famous sites including St Mary's Cathedral, San Francisco's Japantown, Alamo Square, Japanese Tea Gardens, Haight & Ashbury, California Academy of Sciences and more.
No matter which tour you go on, be sure to do all the research necessary to find the best tour for you. Buy only from a legitimate tour company and not from a reseller to avoid needless complications.