Alcatraz with Muir Woods and Sausalito Tour

I would’ve rather taken an Uber and went to the three locations myself, honestly. The Tour Guide that we purchased from (Must See) sub contracted out to another Tour Guide (Taste of SF, I believe the name was). This sub contracted tour guide had a Ford black sprinter. I didn’t care either way but if you care that you get in a Mercedes as mentioned in the description, then just be aware of that. What I didn’t really like at all was that this Tour Guide wasn’t the safest driver - stopping in the middle of intersections to show us houses we could barely see that are multi-million dollars and up, driving in the middle of two lanes and honking at people for not going fast enough at a stoplight, and then dropping off the tourists who booked under “Must See” at a stop light with no sidewalk on the main strip that takes you through the piers. He rushed us out, cars lined up behind him, red light about to turn green. It was definitely not safe and he clearly didn’t care about the tourists that weren’t part of his specific tour that booked through him. He pointed at Pier33 “Look look look down there, that’s where you want to walk to get to Alcatraz! Have a safe trip!” He rushed out of the parked van and rushed us out as well. Also to note - please be sure that you have valid tickets that get you into Muir Woods, because we ended up having to purchase the tickets again even though it’s said to be part of the tour price. Must See was very responsive and immediately refunded me the $30.00. So I am thankful for that. Honestly it’s a shame, because I saw all these great reviews of the company Must See, but ended up getting contracted out to “Taste of SF” which pretty much ruined the tour experience for us. The places we visited were awesome though. I hope this helps folks. Make sure you’re being shown around by Must See, and not one of their sub contractors.

Our tour guide was great! He kept it entertaining the whole time and even took us to see some of San Francisco’s sites on the way to the attractions listed in this tour. He was very knowledgeable of the area and made recommendations along the way. It was a great experience!

Tour host was great and very informative. He had history and tidbits of information for everything we passed during the tour.

Pretty much the whole trip, a great experience by the whole family, our tour guide was well versed in the areas of our trip

What a great way to spend a birthday weekend. Was a little disappointed I didn’t get the iconic Golden Gate Bridge photo but the tour and Tour Guide were excellent! Thank You Faycal for making the Tour so Enjoyable!! Great Sights, lots of laughs and Great time!

The tour was amazing and our guide was very nice and had a lot of knowledge on the city. I would book again

I loved SF and I loved the trip to Muir Woods, Saulsilito and Alcatraz. Nice small group size, pristine transportation and a great guide. Felt like a luxury as opposed to more crowded group tours.

Nice guide, good information Beautiful scenes, audiotour Alcatraz awesome, nature of Muir impressive

Enjoyed our tour to Muir Woods, Sausalito and Alcatraz with Fayçal as our guide. After picking us up at our hotel, Fayçal took us through a few of the neighborhoods in San Francisco and provided some interesting history of them as we worked our way towards the Golden Gate Bridge. We made a short stop at the North end of the bridge for a photo op before continuing on to Muir Woods. Our time in Muir Woods was the highlight of our trip as we had ample time to wander the lower trail through the woods and take some amazing photos with the morning sun filtering through the trees. We then departed for Sausalito when we had a brief sightseeing tour before Fayçal dropped us off for about an hour to have lunch. He recommended a few restaurants and we ended up at Napa Valley Burger where the food was good and the service was fast. We had a brief stroll along the street window shopping before having to jump back in the van and head over to the Alcatraz ferry. Once we arrived at Pier 33 we were provided our tickets for the 1:35 ferry to Alcatraz and that was the end of our journey with Fayçal. We caught the ferry and enjoyed the sights and audio tour on Alcatraz. We caught the ferry back and then were on our own to find our way back to our hotel. In retrospect, if I were to do it again, I would do a trip to Alcatraz separately from any other tour as I did not realize we would be dropped of there and would need to make our own way back to the hotel. I really enjoyed Muir Woods and would have enjoyed spending a couple of hours in Sausalito so probably would look for a tour that was more relaxed in pace.

Alcatraz was definitely worth visiting. There was quite a few people milling around all listening to their headphones and because they were all at relatively the same place in the story having all arrived together on the ferry, it could get a bit congested at times. Muir Woods was disappointing - part of it was shut and we were mixed up with a large school party of primary school kids whom the teachers did not seem to have any control over (or interest in!!). Only go, if a nature trail of sorts is your thing! As for Sausalito - well, I'm not sure what the trip was all about!! There is nothing there but a few shops! Not enough time to eat or do anything really. I would give this a miss. The bus driver was excellent and chatted and gave us facts throughout the trip. He also dropped us the correct pier for the Alcatraz ferry and took others back to the start point.