Alcatraz
- Address: Ferries depart Pier 33, near Fisherman's Wharf
- Hours: Open daily; tour boats depart San Francisco 9:10am - 6:45pm (shorter hours in winter)
- Admission: Park admission $26 - $58 (adults)
ATTRACTION Keywords:
Good for Kids,
Must-Do Experience,
Island,
Monument - Historical
Alcatraz Reviews
We've found 882 Alcatraz reviews from Viator.com travelers and members: what they loved, what they liked and what they think could be improved. It's all here to help you make the most of your next trip.
Review by Barbara B, May 2013
Doing what: Alcatraz and San Francisco City Tour
The tour guide was not particularly friendly but very knowledgeable throughout the city tour. Alcatraz was great. The audio guide was very easy to follow and the cruise ship staff very good at organising large numbers of people. Definitely recommend but book early as trips to Alcatraz were booked out for a week.
Review by Glenn P, May 2013
Doing what: Jail and Sail: Half-Day Tour of San Francisco Bay
The trip to Alcatraz was great. Took a short ferry ride over to the island. Very cool to see how the prison was run back then.
Review by glench77, May 2013
Doing what: Alcatraz Tour plus Muir Woods, Giant Redwoods and Sausalito Day Trip
Great day trip. Guide on time and very informative. Alcatraz is very cold and windy, so take a jumper or two. (May)
Not much leg room on this particular bus if you are tall.
Review by mizzle08, May 2013
Doing what: Alcatraz Tour plus Muir Woods, Giant Redwoods and Sausalito Day Trip
Alcatraz was a realistic experience if I ever had one. Real convicts and workers giving you the tour through a headset. You walk through each section and experience what it was like so many years ago. Muir woods was awesome! The trees are magnificent. Nature is just beautiful. And Sausalito, gorgeous!!! It was a beautiful town near the water, great shops and restaurants. I also loved it because it had my name on a keychain. I will definitely be paying it another visit.
Review by Robert C, May 2013
Doing what: San Francisco Hop-on Hop-off Ticket and Alcatraz Tour
We had an absolutely brilliant tour guide on our hop-on hop-off bus unfortunately we cannot remember his name he was just 21 but so informative and friendly and the Alcatraz tour was one of the highlights of our entire trip.
Review by George W, USA, May 2013
Doing what: Jail and Sail: Half-Day Tour of San Francisco Bay
This was the perfect day trip for us, being that we live 2 hrs away. The Alcatraz tour was so interesting and enlightening and the boat ride Was amazing! Getting to sail under the Golden Gate Bridge was the perfect ending to a great day!!!
Review by Kelly Z, April 2013
Doing what: Jail and Sail: Half-Day Tour of San Francisco Bay
We spent the entire day down on the waterfront and visited Alcatraz as well. We had a few drinks for happy hour and then boarded the boat. The crew was very friendly and answered everyones questions prior to boarding. The boat takes you around Alcatraz, and the resident musician also gives you history of the Island as well as some pertinent facts about other landmarks as well. The food was very good and you can eat your fill as well. The trip was capped off by an amazing sunset as we went under the Golden gate bridge. I was rather chilly on the boat, but, I am acclimated to Hawaii, so, I don't see that as a negative. We had a wonderful time, great crew, nice entertainment, we would certainly recommend as well as take this trip again.
Review by Daniel W, April 2013
Doing what: San Francisco Shore Excursion: Alcatraz and City Tour
Alcatraz is really worth to visit. The Self guided Tour tells a Lot about the History of the Island. The view from the Island towards the City is Some of the most spezial ones I ever saw. To See the City from there was really Nice.
Review by Angelique A, April 2013
Doing what: Alcatraz and San Francisco City Tour
Great audio tour of the Alcatraz cell block, a really great tour overall.
SF bus tour met all or our expectations and tour bus commentary was fantastic.
Highly recommend this tour package.
Review by Natalie A, April 2013
Doing what: Alcatraz and Fisherman's Wharf Wax Museum with Optional Aquarium of the Bay Ticket
Loved it! The wax works was ok - probably wouldn't have paid to go here otherwise but wanted the Alcatraz tour. Alcatraz was amazing! The collection of the tickets was straight forward as was the journey over. Once you're there you can take as long as you need to go round the island. Highly recommended for anyone visiting San Francisco.
Review by Paul L, April 2013
Doing what: Alcatraz Tour plus Muir Woods, Giant Redwoods and Sausalito Day Trip
Alcatraz in the morning - great history lesson - well organized tour. Excellent tour.
In the afternoon it was Muir woods and Sausalito, peace and quiet of the woods to the charm of the Sausalito. Overall a magic day - an essential tour when in San Francisco.
Review by Alan M, April 2013
Doing what: Alcatraz and San Francisco City Tour
The tour was great. Our bus driver/tour guide, Greg, was just the best. We had a really great tour. My one issue is that for the Alcatraz part of the tour in the afternoon we had tickets for the 2:50 pm boat. By the time we arrived on the island and got started with the audio tour, it didn't leave us sufficient time to really see everything before we had to head back to the mainland to get the bus back to our hotel. So, we cut our visit to Alcatraz short and got back in time for the bus. Trying to give your clients earlier tickets for the boat would have been nice. Despite that, we had a great time and will use Viator again.
Review by Jacqueline H, April 2013
Doing what: Alcatraz and San Francisco City Tour
You must go on this trip, the driver on the city tour was brilliant most mformative and the trip to Alcatraz was very well organised, a thoroughly enjoyable day.
Review by peter b, April 2013
Doing what: San Francisco Hop-on Hop-off Ticket and Alcatraz Tour
Excellent tour and good value.Best way to see all San Francisco in a couple of days and the buses come round every 20 mins so you can make your own plans and not waste time waiting for the next bus. The Alcatraz tour was so interesting and enjoyable.
Review by Shirlee, Australia, April 2013
Doing what: Alcatraz and San Francisco City Tour
Group of 6 people with only a few days in SF....this covered everything ! The City Tour was very informative and the bus guide excellent.
Alcatraz visit was a self guided tour with headphones,return ferry ride.
Short walk to pickup and Ferry Pier was also close walk to our Fisherman's Wharf Hotel.
