If I am being honest, I had been to SFO five or six times before I got a chance to go. One of the biggest problems for me was that the tickets are hard to come by if you don't book them ahead of time. On previous visits it was always too late...heck this time when we got there on Saturday, they were selling tickets for the next Wednesday. If you do choose to go, be sure to book early. For me this trip was my second time going and it was still as awesome as the first.
When your time is called you board the boat and are ushered across the bay to the island. After the short boat ride, it lands on the island and proves to be one of the most awesome views that I have seen of the city of San Francisco...
Once on the island, you can see all the old buildings and the prison looming above you. It is actually kind of eerie to see this place and to think of the history behind it. You end up walking a lot up hill (and back down after you're done) to actually get to the prison, but you get to see the supporting infrastructure and birds on the way.
Once on the island, you can see all the old buildings and the prison looming above you. It is actually kind of eerie to see this place and to think of the history behind it. You end up walking a lot up hill (and back down after you're done) to actually get to the prison, but you get to see the supporting infrastructure and birds on the way.
When you finally get to the top there you are ushered into the prison processing area to get your headsets. The audio tour is included and has people who worked and were housed there doing the narrating. You go through the different cells and areas of the prison and a story is told about the history. It is really a good listen. It always gets me when I see how small the cells were.
The other thing was the yard where if they were good they could go outside to exercise etc. It was tiny but anything is better than nothing if you are stuck in your cell for the majority of time.
This is definitely an amazing attraction and I would highly recommend that anyone going to San Francisco, does the tour.
Next up, talking about the different things that we did on the hop-on and hop off tour of San Francisco, also highly recommended. They take you to most of the major areas, including one of the most iconic sites in SFO, the golden gate bridge:
This is definitely an amazing attraction and I would highly recommend that anyone going to San Francisco, does the tour.
Next up, talking about the different things that we did on the hop-on and hop off tour of San Francisco, also highly recommended. They take you to most of the major areas, including one of the most iconic sites in SFO, the golden gate bridge:
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