Rick Evans' San Francisco Chinatown Walking Tour
Chinatown Walking Tour (corner of Grant and Bush Street San Francisco, CA 94108)
- Full Price:
- $40.00
- Our Price:
- $20.00*
* Additional fees apply.
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Goldstar Member Tips
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Goldstar Member on Where to Eat
Make sure to have a snack and bathroom break before the tour starts.
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je00143 on What to Wear
Good shoes, layers of clothes - but anybody who visits SF in the summer knows that.
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Joyce on Where to Eat
May want to have a few dollars on hand to buy fortune cookies.
Goldstar Member Reviews
Goldstar Member
Fantastic! I highly recommend this tour, almost more for the locals than I do for tourists. What a whole new appreciation I have for this wonderful city of ours. The tour is an exploration of the real Chinatown and its history. I had no clue how significant Chinatown is with regard to the history of San Francisco itself. Rick is a fantastic tour guide with a wealth of knowledge. I look forward to attending his architectural tour in the future.Written on Aug 03 2009
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Bill Pence
Like his spectacular San Francisco Architecture tour, Rick once again has a friendly, highly informative, engaging tour around San Francisco's famed Chinatown. He has a very low key, gentle, soothing delivery filled with great anecdotes. He is passionate about what he does and you can't help but get caught up in his genuine enthusiasm. ANY of Rick Evan's tours are a must and a MUST for your friends visiting from out of town!Written on Oct 29 2009
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Very informative and full of historical facts. I've worked in S.F. for 40 years and there was lots that I didn't know and places that I drove by a lot and never realized the history and in some instances didn't know certain things even existed. Wonderful tour and rich in history.Written on Nov 22 2011
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Chris H.
This was a fun and very informative walk. Rick is extremely knowledgeable about Chinatown and took us to areas that tourists miss. I have participated in walks around the world and this is one of the best!Written on Oct 10 2011
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Quotes & Highlights
- Rick Evans won the 2009 award for the Best Walking Tour of San Francisco from SF Weekly.
Description
Founder and owner of the popular San Francisco Architecture Walking Tour,
Rick Evans has been sharing his passion and knowledge of San Francisco for more than ten years and has created more than a dozen specialized public and custom tours of the city. Rick has explored San Francisco like few others and offers an interesting and offbeat insight to the city's architecture, history and neighborhoods.
Set back from San Francisco’s skyscrapers and Edwardian buildings, Chinatown is a one of the most fascinating areas of the city to explore for visitors and locals alike. The jumble of streets and back alleys come alive every day with bustling residents and visitors from all over the world; a wondrous maze of shops, historic buildings and eateries. Above all, Chinatown represents a colorful and unique slice of local history that can only be understood with a resourceful guide. Rick Evans uses maps, drawings and photographs to illustrate the rich history, bringing a sense of humor and intrinsic knowledge of the neighborhood.
This three-hour tour will offer virtually limitless opportunities for new experiences and added insights. Highlights include Old St. Mary’s Church, Chinese Temples, Fortune Cookie Factory, Herbal Shops, Stockton Street Produce Market, Portsmouth Square, Julia Morgan Architecture, Chinese Telephone Exchange and more. Exploring San Francisco is not complete without a in-depth visit to this exotic, historic district. Even if you think you know Chinatown, you haven’t really seen Chinatown until you’ve seen the neighborhood from the perspective of the research that Rick has done - a very original and unique exploration of one of San Francisco’s most exciting and mysterious locations.