Glorious Food also offers a North Beach tour. Follow writer-guide Don Herron around the Tenderloin in the footsteps of his hero, Dashiell Hammett. Finish the tour at Hammett's regular hangout, John's Grill at 63 Ellis Street. Led by volunteers, the most popular tour is a Mission mural walk that includes over 75 works of art in an eight-block stroll. Tours in Spanish are also available.
Voluntary guides steer visitors around town, shedding light on some unusual corners of the city.
Trevor Hailey still runs the Castro's best and most informative tour, pointing out the historic landmarks and tracing the origins of San Francisco's gay community. This two-hour walk relives the Summer of Love, with pointers to the history and locations of the Haight's most famous subcultural movement. See where the Dead shacked up, where Janis died and where hippies and the 1960s will live forever. All Rights Reserved. If you see anything that you know to be incorrect please visit our feedback page so that we can correct it.