Fisherman's Wharf Walking Tour, San Francisco, San Francisco
Fisherman's Wharf Walking Tour, San Francisco
Guide Location: USA » San Francisco
Guide Type: Self-guided city tour
# of Attractions: 8
Tour Duration: 1 hour(s)
Transportation Mode: by foot
Travel Distance: 1.8 km
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Author: doris
Fisherman's Wharf neighborhood is home to world-class entertainment opportunities in San Francisco. The historic tourist attractions make the area a popular place to visit. Fisherman's Wharf is an important center of the city's historic fishing industry. Take this walking tour to explore the most visited sights in Fisherman's Wharf.
Tour Stops and Attractions
Aquarium of the Bay
1) Aquarium of the Bay
This Aquarium houses marine life of the San Francisco Bay area. It is divided in three sections - Discover the Bay, Touch the Bay, and Under the Bay, the last one being the largest exhibit, that makes 300 feet of crystalline tunnels and over 20,000 sea animals, such as rockfish, kelpfish, octopi, sturgeons, different species of sharks and much more. Visitors will have the chance to feel like skin divers without having to get wet. Daily tours and shark feeding presentations are available.
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Theatre 39
2) Theatre 39
Theater 39 opened in 2005. It is an intimate showcase located at San Francisco's Pier 39, above the Hard Rock Café. This prominent theater features numerous shows, from Broadway to off-Broadway.
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Wax Museum at Fisherman's Wharf
3) Wax Museum at Fisherman's Wharf
The Wax Museum at the Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco, has a population of more than 250 international wax figures. Originator, Thomas Fong, opened this implausible Museum in 1963. This highly anticipated museum is one of San Francisco's largest wax museums known to date. Inside you can view King Tut's Magnificent Tomb which is only shown at the Wax Museum. Another great eye catching area inside the museum is the Palace of Living Arts. This part is where the museum's most respected and well known artists show off their masterpieces.
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Boudin Museum & Bakery
4) Boudin Museum & Bakery
Boudin Museum & Bakery is an attraction, eatery and tradition of San Francisco that visitors can't miss. It is a place to explore amazing exhibits and historic collections while watching the bakery in action from the museum's large window walls and glass-walled catwalk, where bakers make bread with a recipe that has been nurtured since 1849.
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Ripley's Believe It or Not! Museum
5) Ripley's Believe It or Not! Museum
Ripley's Believe It or Not! Museum is a two-floor complex of 11 galleries and more than 300 strange yet wonderful exhibits. All collections depict strange people and odd animals, tribal artifacts collected from around the globe, weird and wacky art, etc.
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Musée Mecanique
6) Musée Mecanique
The Musée Mécanique is a collection of penny arcade games and related artifacts located in San Francisco, California. The museum contains one of the world's largest privately owned collections of mechanically operated musical instruments and antique arcade machines. Many exhibits are over 100 years old. Several well-known attractions include "Susie the Can-Can Dancer", and the "Carnival". The collection was created by Edward Galland Zelinsky, whose son, Dan Zelinsky, operates and maintains the collection. The museum also includes a small video game arcade with games of more recent vintage.
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Anchorage Square
7) Anchorage Square
Anchorage Square offers over 35 places for entertainment, recreation, shopping and dining. It is located in the heart of Fisherman's Wharf. Anchorage Square has something to offer for everyone: families, kids, singles, and seniors alike.
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Maritime Museum
8) Maritime Museum
The Maritime Museum is the centerpiece of the Aquatic Park Historic District, a National Historic Landmark at the foot of Polk Street and a minute's walk from the visitor center and Hyde Street Pier. The Steamship Room illustrates the technological evolution of maritime power from wind to steam, while the second-floor displays include three photomurals of the early San Francisco waterfront, lithographic stones, scrimshaw and whaling guns. The third-floor gallery is used for visiting exhibitions and is in 2005 exhibiting "Sparks", an exhibition of shipboard radio, radiotelephone, and radioteletype technology.
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