Magic Bus City Sightseeing Tour

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Duration: 2h
Location: San Francisco, CA United States | San Francisco, United States


Category: Tours & Sightseeing

Highlights:
Groovy ride on a 1960s-themed bus with a hippie actor guide
Landmarks from San Francisco's counterculture movement
North Beach beatnik haunts & Haight-Ashbury hippie hangouts
Music, videos & time-altering windows for a look at the past
Outdoor stop at Golden Gate Park's Conservatory of Flowers

Inclusions:
Guided Magic Bus tour of San Francisco
Live commentary in English

Description:

Take a trip through time on this hip and harmonious intro to 1960s San Francisco. Cruise the Haight with a hippie guru guide as you hear about the happenings of the counterculture's heyday in the City by the Bay. Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair—this only-in-San-Fran tour is far out, man.

Hop on the Magic Bus in Union Square. This righteous ride is the perfect place to mellow out and take in the sights as you're guided by landmarks from the height of the hippie, beatnik, and rock 'n' roll movements. Pass the patchouli-scented head shops of Haight-Ashbury and blow bubbles out the windows in the spirit of the Summer of Love. Watch historic footage of laid-back love-ins and turbulent protests as you sing along to classic tunes from Simon and Garfunkel, Janis Joplin, and other artists that penned the soundtrack of the flower power era.

In North Beach, pass by City Lights and Vesuvio Café, a former haunt of Beat Generation icons such as Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg. Along the way, time-altering window covers slide down to give you a psychedelic look at the city as it was back in the day.

Hop off the bus with your costumed guide in Golden Gate Park—the largest urban park in the United States—to feel peace, love, and the grass between your toes at the Conservatory of Flowers. Learn about the first Earth Day in 1970 and what went down at the 1967 Human Be-In. You might even join in an impromptu drum circle. The '60s vibe is alive and well in funky, attentive 'Frisco.