Official Alcatraz Island Prison Tour and San Francisco Bay Cruise
Overview
Available languages
Mobile ticket
This is a unique tour package to visit both the Alcatraz Island and the Golden Gate Bridge! For the Alcatraz tour, you will first take a short ferry ride from Pier 33 to the Alcatraz Island, where you can walk around the Island freely at your own pace and follow a 45-minutes award-winning audio tour in multiple languages of the Alcatraz Prison Cellhouse. You can hop on to any returning ferry when you are finish touring the Alcatraz Island. For the San Francisco Bay Cruise Tour, it will start near Pier 39 where just a short walk from Pier 33 Alcatraz Landing. During this 60-minute Bay Cruise Tour, you will tour around the Alcatraz Island and under the famous Golden Gate Bridge, where you will enjoy breathtaking views of San Francisco and its bay!
Tips: You can do the Bay Cruise Tour before the Alcatraz Tour, or on a different date! There are multiple departures daily and your Bay Cruise voucher is valid for any date, any departure time
Additional Info
Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Cancellation Policy
All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.
What‘s Included
60-minutes Bay Cruise Tour that goes under the Golden Gate Bridge!
Award-winning audio tour in multiple languages
Official Alcatraz ticket, including ferry ride to the island (Value $45.25)
Admission to the Alcatraz Island & Prison Cellhouse
Round-trip ferry rides to the Alcatraz Island
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Official Alcatraz Island Prison Tour and San Francisco Bay Cruise
Reviews
214 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Absolutelya must! do not miss this tour
Janine B,
May 20, 2025
- Viator
5.00Must see, Amazing experience We also saw William Blake ex inmate who did a book signing. The audio tour is very educational. Cannot believe how small those cells were. The island stinks because of the birds.
Wonderful experience
Nancy R,
May 19, 2025
- Viator
5.00It was better than what I expected. The trip to Alcatraz was beyond words and awesome experience, and the trip around the bay. That was the icing on the cake. I loved it.
Not a true representation of what the tour is.
Roberta R,
May 17, 2025
- Viator
1.00I have been on maybe Viator tours in the past. This was my last favorite of all of them. This is not an actual guided tour. There is no guide. You just receive an audio device to listen too. While the history of Alcatraz is cool. I was disappointed in the description versus what the tour actually is. I can't say I would recommend it. You could do this on your own
Great staff welcome
Marion F,
May 16, 2025
- Viator
5.00Other than the steep walk up the hill to see the actual facility the tour was great. The staff, boat, dock workers, etc. made it enjoyable.
Day tour of Alcatraz Island
Buchanan J,
Apr 30, 2025
- Viator
4.00We booked this tour about a year ago. When we arrived to check in the person on check-in did not recognise the booking reference that I had. He then asked me if I had any other form of booking like a bar code. For some reason the bar code day of the tour did not match the ticket day of the tour This was stressful but it was eventually overcome. The actual tour was very good though.
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