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San Francisco Chinatown Food and Culture Tour

Location San Francisco, California, USA
$49.00
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after they redeem the gift voucher.

Overview

Discover the vibrant heart of San Francisco’s Chinatown on this two-hour walking and tasting tour. Stroll through colorful streets and admire art and architecture as you learn how Chinese immigrants built a vibrant neighborhood filled with striking architecture, great flavors, and a spirit of community.

Visit historic sites like the former city hall, the Instagrammable balconies of Waverly Place’s painted balconies, and a famous fortune cookie factory. Along the way, enjoy fresh pastries from a local bakery, a delicious dim sum spread, and more. Your guide will entertain you with cultural highlights about the food you sample as well as stories of political pioneers, gold rush immigrants, and the rebuilding of Chinatown after the 1906 earthquake.

This tour offers a deep, delicious look into one of the city's most iconic neighborhoods.
San Francisco Chinatown Food and Culture Tour
Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
Duration: 2 hours

Availability depends on seasonality and number of participants. Bookings can not be made for the same day. Please read our TnC’s.

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  • Personal storytelling with an expert local guide
  • Hidden gem food recommendations
  • Dim sum dumplings included in price
  • 2-hour walking tour of Chinatown
  • Additional food purchases at other stops
  • Gratuities

Meeting point
Meet your guide at Woh Hei Yuen Park. The park is at the corner of Powell and John streets.
Return details
This tour ends at Transamerica Redwood Park/

  • Start the tour at this picturesque park and playground where you might see people dancing to traditional Chinese music.
  • Learn about the Christian missionaries who advocated, educated and sometimes sheltered members of the Chinatown community.
  • Taste freshly baked buns, egg tarts, sesame balls and other treats from Chinatown’s favorite bakery.
  • Hear about the woman who amplified Chinatown’s political voice, bringing SF’s first Chinese American mayor to office and the city’s new subway line to the neighborhood
  • Walk the beautiful “street of painted balconies” and see the oldest Chinese temple in town. Hear about the devastating earthquake and fire of 1906 and how Chinatown responded in its aftermath. (pass by)
  • Ross Alley
    Stop by Chinatown’s famous fortune cookie factory and hear about the criminal gangs that once prowled the alleys.
  • Grant Avenue
    Walk past striking buildings and learn the story behind Chinatown’s bold, colorful architecture.
  • Enjoy a variety of steamed, baked, and fried dumplings, included with your tour, at a dim sum restaurant beloved by locals.
  • Transamerica Redwood Park
    End the tour in a grove of redwood trees where you least expect them: in the shadow of SF’s most famous office building.

  • 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
  • We will provide a variety of included steamed, baked, and fried dumplings at no additional cost to you. If you'd like to purchase food at other stops, we suggest bringing around $20.
  • The dim sum restaurant can offer vegan dumplings. Please just let your guide know you prefer this option.
  • For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
  • This experience requires a minimum number of travelers.
    If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met,
    you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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    San Francisco Chinatown Food and Culture Tour

    Location San Francisco, California, USA
    $49.00
    This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after they redeem the gift voucher.
    How it works?
    01 You choose from 10,000+ experience gifts
    02 We deliver the eVoucher or the Physical box to the recipient
    03 Recipient books the experience and creates unforgettable memories!
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