Super Combo Tour
This tour is a combination of our San Francisco Ultimate City Tour plus Muir Woods and Sausalito.
Save $15 by combining: San Francisco Deluxe City Tour
and Muir Woods/Giant Redwoods & Sausalito Tour for a great sightseeing day and great savings!
All tours include pick-up and drop-off at hotels.
This tour includes:
• The "Total City"
• Cross the Golden Gate Bridge
• Muir Woods
• Sausalito
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A typical day in San Francisco finds the fog pouring into the Golden Gate, cable cars climbing the steep
hills, and automobiles twisting their way down Lombard Street, the "crookedest street in the world".
Your tour of this magnificent city begins at Fisherman's Wharf, home to crab boats and the fishing
fleet and some of the best seafood restaurants in the world. From the Wharf, you will travel past the
Hyde Street Pier and National Maritime Museum, Ghirardelli Square, and Lombard Street. From the
Wharf, residential neighborhoods spread out in every direction, covering the seven hills that make up the
city. Traveling through the Marina District, you will pass the Palace of Fine Arts and the Presidio of San
Francisco, a former Army garrison now turned into a National Park. The Golden Gate Bridge, San
Francisco's famous icon, comes into view. This is the first stop on your tour, and you will have ample time
to take photos. Following the rugged coastline west of the bridge, your tour will take you through forested
parklands and upscale residential neighborhoods. You will pass the famous Cliff house and Ocean Beach
before entering San Francisco's playground, Golden Gate Park. The park encompasses 1,017 acres, it is
three miles long, one-half mile wide, and stretches from the Pacific Ocean into the center of the city.
Home to many museums, gardens,and outdoor recreation activities, the park boasts 6,000 varieties
of plants. As you travel through the park, you will see the recently restored Conservatory of Flowers
and Japanese Tea Garden.
Leaving Golden Gate Park, you will travel through the Sunset District's orderly row houses. Built on sand
dunes as the city expanded westward, these neighborhoods have a diverse ethnic population, ranging
from Russian and Eastern European to Chinese, Korean, and Japanese. The district's most prominent
landmark is the red Sutro Tower, which provides television and radio service to the city. Turning onto a
winding boulevard, you will climb to one of the highest points in the city, Twin Peaks. From this vantage
point you will have a 360º panoramic view of San Francisco and the surrounding Bay communities
(weather permitting).
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Cross the Golden Gate Bridge, and after you motor through the "Rainbow Tunnels" on Hwy. 101, Marin's unique
topography comes into view. Tidal flats along the bay segue into gentle undulating hills as they rise to meet
Mt. Tamalpais, Marin's 2,600-foot landmark. As your tour ascends Mt. Tam, breathtaking views abound at every turn.
Descending into the valley toward Muir Woods, you will see a landscape that hasn't changed since its original
inhabitants, the Coast Miwok Indians, lived here centuries ago. You will have 1 1/4 hour to spend in
Muir Woods, the most time offered on any sightseeing tour program. There will be ample time to stroll the Nature
Trail along picturesque Redwood Creek, and through Cathedral and Bohemian Groves, filled with 500 to 800-year-old
redwoods. Be sure to stop at the Visitors Center and Gift Shop.
The next stop on your tour is beautiful Sausalito, a Mediterranean-like community with elegant hillside
homes facing the bay and a unique colony of floating homes moored along the waterfront. You will have time
to stroll Downtown Sausalito, a National Historical Landmark District offering many fine shops, galleries
and restaurants. If you want to spend additional time here you can stay and take a ferry back to Fisherman's
Wharf or the San Francisco Ferry Building at the foot of Market Street (ferry fare not included). Your return to
San Francisco by motorcoach will be via the Golden Gate Bridge and through San Francisco's Marina District.
• 4-hour tour of Muir Woods and Sausalito
• Cross over the Golden Gate Bridge
• 1 1/4 hour in Muir Woods
• 1 hour in Sausalito
• Shopping/Dining/Galleries in historic Downtown Sausalito
MUIR WOODS NATIONAL MONUMENT
140 million years ago, redwood-like trees covered most of the Northern Hemisphere. Today, this expanse of trees
has been reduced to two areas, the west slope of the Sierra Nevada and a thin 500-mile strip along the Pacific
coast from Oregon to Monterey, California. Most old-growth coast redwoods have been cut down, but the trees in
Muir Woods National Monument have never been logged. Congressman William Kent and his wife Elizabeth Thacher Kent
bought the forest along Redwood Creek in 1905 to protect its old-growth redwoods from logging, and donated the land
to the Federal Government. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaimed it a national monument in 1908, naming it for
conservationist John Muir.
Today Muir Woods is a part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area and a part of the National Park System.
The redwood groves within the 560-acre park include trees that measure over 252 feet tall. One is 14 feet wide;
some are at least 1,000 years old. Although most famous for its redwoods, Muir Woods also has a variety of other
trees and plants. Douglas fir, bigleaf maple, tanbark oak and bay laurel grow along with ferns, lichen and mushrooms.
Its abundant wildlife ranges from ladybugs, silverhead trout and silver salmon to Steller's jays, chipmunks and
black-tailed deer.
The color of Muir Woods changes with the seasons; in Fall the big-leaf maples turn yellow; Winter brings the vibrant
red toyon berries; Spring explodes with wildflowers; and Summer is the time for azaleas, aralias and buckeyes.
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SAUSALITO
The Coast Miwok Indians were Sausalito's first settlers, followed in 1775 by Spanish explorer Juan Manuel de Ayala,
who gave Sausalito its name "Saucelito" (little willow). During World War II, the northern portion of the city was a
bustling shipyard known as Marinship, which built Liberty ships, tankers and landing craft. Later the area became
a center for artists, writers and crafts people.
The Marinship waterfront is lined with yacht harbors and a unique colony of floating homes called "arks".
Their unusual architecture and the unique lifestyle of their inhabitants lend a bohemian air to the community.
Downtown Sausalito, a National Historical Landmark District, has many fine shops, restaurants, hotels and galleries,
plus many small parks. In the center of town the beautiful Plaza de Vina Del Mar Park features a fountain
and two 14-foot tall elephant statues created for the Panama-Pacific Exposition in 1915. Adjacent to the park
is the ferry landing where you can catch a ferry to Fisherman's Wharf or the San Francisco Ferry Building.
Shopping in Sausalito varies from village markets with local wares to sophisticated boutiques and galleries.
Dining ranges from sidewalk cafes to gourmet restaurants, many of which offer outstanding views of the bay,
San Francisco and surrounding hillsides. You will enjoy the friendly, sophisticated charm of this bayside community.
Golden Gate Bridge The most recognized image of San Francisco, its 4,200-foot span connects San Francisco with
Marin County.
At the end of your tour of Sausalito you may choose to return to San Francisco by ferry.
Blue & Gold Fleet offers service to Pier 33, Fisherman's Wharf.
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