Alcatraz

Watch out for tour companies selling Alcatraz boat tour tickets at inflated “scalper” prices.

Alcatraz now has Hornblower tours with a fully green boat. The boat uses wind turbines, solar panels, and hybrid batteries to power many of the ship’s functions. With over 1.4 million people visiting Alcatraz every year - this is a great step to keeping San Francisco Bay clean and pollution free. Many [...]

San Francisco’s world of tourism is constantly changing.  Hotels change owners; restaurants change names or close.  When we were notified earlier this week to update our Alcatraz tour pricing, we dutifully went to work making our updates for the new operator of the tours.  But wait - the prices went up - A LOT. 
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   If you’re headed to San Francisco for a vacation or "business trip" - one "don’t-miss" way to spend a few hours is to enjoy one of the bay cruises that go past Alcatraz and Golden Gate Bridge.  We highly recommend any opportunity to enjoy San Francisco from the water.
There are two main tour companies [...]

Recent incidents involving both San Francisco and Seattle ferries have raised some thought provoking questions on how safe ferry travel really may be.  Although the issues in the two West Coast cities were very different - your safety hung in the balance for both situations.  We’re going to take a close look at these two [...]

Alcatraz is one of San Francisco’s most popular attractions - with over 1.3 million visitors per year to the island’s former prison.   But the occupants of Alcatraz have another - more beautiful history - of working to landscape the island’s rocky cliffs. 
Since the 1800’s - plants have grown on Alcatraz.   During its life as [...]