The 15 Best North Beach Tours in San Francisco

1.Chinatown & North BeachLittle Italy: 7 Tastings & History

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 1,070 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $96Our pick

Spend about four hours walking from Chinatown’s Dragon Gate to North Beach, with dim sum, tea, a Chinese meal, chocolate, cannoli, pizza, and local stories along the way. Guides may include Brian, Isabella, Andre, Andrea, or Scott. Expect generous portions, hills, and a small group capped at 15.

“Great tour, lots of walking up and down the hills. Lots of Chinese, not as much Italian food as we would like. Where is the tiramisu”

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2.North Beach & Little Italy Walking Tour: Food, History & Flavor

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 1,044 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $86

Walk San Francisco’s North Beach with a local guide such as Brian, Ryan, Andre, Scott, or Isabella. Taste coffee, cannoli, deli meats, focaccia, arancini, pizza, fudge, and more while hearing about Italian immigrant life, Beat poets, family businesses, and Saints Peter and Paul Church.

“Informative and interesting walking food tour of North Beach area with lots of organized tastes from local shops and restaurants. Our knowledgable guide Brian who also was a local resident gave lots of insider tips and history on the local district which made the time go very quickly. An excellent tour to get the feel of Little Italy.”

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3.North Beach and Little Italy Food Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 188 reviews · 3 hours · from $84

Walk seven to eight flat blocks through San Francisco’s North Beach and Little Italy with guides such as Brian or Isabella. Expect generous tastings of coffee, pastries, chocolate, bread, sandwiches, olive oil, Italian specialties, and pizza, plus stories about local churches, shops, theaters, and family businesses.

“Our tour guide Brian was very knowledgeable and made it so fun! He definitely knew the neighborhood and had so many great stories - the food was great and the businesses definitely respected him as well - seems he knew everyone!”

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4.Exclusive North Beach Food Tour in San Francisco

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 162 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $115

Walk North Beach for three hours with a guide such as Nikki, Nicole, or Margherita, stopping at local restaurants and shops for a progressive meal. Expect cioppino or another appetizer, cheese, wood-fired pizza or eggplant Parmesan, and cannoli or gelato, with easy walking and a group capped at 12.

“Was absolutely great. The right sized group. very knowledgeable and pleasant tour guide. I will do the other culinary tours when I am in town next time. Klaus ps : However, the tour guide promised us to send us via E-mail some information on the tour which never happened.”

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5.Food Walking Tour of Chinatown & North Beach

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 148 reviews · 4 hours · from $94

Walk from Chinatown Gate through Chinatown and North Beach with an English-speaking local guide. Sample dim sum, tea, fresh-ground coffee, pizza, wine, sweets, and more while seeing handmade fortune cookies, Beat-era landmarks, and the café where Francis Ford Coppola wrote *The Godfather*.

“Brian was awesome!! Super knowledgeable and took us to all the right spots! Tried different food and finish with some cannolis and pizza!”

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6.San Francisco North Beach & Chinatown Food Tour with 5 Tastings

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 137 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $87

Spend three hours walking from the Cable Car Museum through North Beach and Chinatown, with five tastings including coffee, dumplings, pizza, dessert, and a secret dish. Guides such as Zachary, Dara, Mark, and Jamie add local stories, food background, and plenty of San Francisco character.

“Fun experience and excellent food. Zachary did a wonderful job. He was informative and friendly, and it was a great way to learn some history and try some new things.”

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7.North Beach Food Tasting and Cultural Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 66 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $99

Spend three hours walking San Francisco’s North Beach with a local guide such as Scott, Catherine, Mike, Lauren, or Spud. You’ll sample Italian sandwiches, cheese, pizza, pasta, and gelato at five neighborhood stops, with history, architecture, City Lights, and Coit Tower along the way.

“Scott Lettieri was an absolutely wonderful guide! So much history, stories and fabulous food!! His narration was outstanding and showed us so many places you might otherwise miss. We loved the food, and only wish we were here longer to enjoy more of it. Highly recommend!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️”

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8.SF’s North Beach: Gourmet Ghost Tour – Includes full meal, 3 hrs

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 50 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $99

Walk from the San Remo Hotel to Caffe Trieste with a guide such as Robert or Blair, hearing North Beach ghost stories while eating antipasto, focaccia, pizza, and cannoli. This three-hour, English-language tour costs $99, welcomes up to 10 people, and includes a stop with a 21-plus age restriction.

“Robert was a great guide. Highly recommend! Super informative and interesting. Delicious food stops.”

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9.Delicious Fun Food and History Tour of North Beach and Beyond!

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 22 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $79

Join Blandina Farley for a three-hour, small-group walk through North Beach, San Francisco’s Little Italy. Sample treats, visit Biordi Art Imports and Z. Cioccolato, see historic churches and working art spaces, and add Chinatown for a broader neighborhood tour.

“Blandina takes pride in her North Beach Little Italy neighborhood in SF. She knows so many details of a lot of the stores, restaurants, churches that have been around for 100 years. Everyone knows her! She is very knowledgeable about the music scene and all our local celebrities like Santana, Grateful Dead, Joplin, jack kerouac, etc. There are a few treats to indulge in at a few places like Stella bakery, Palermo Deli, Mario’s Bohemian cigar shop, Z Cioccolato. It was great to see the inside of St. Peter’s and Paul’s church and St. Francis church to see the marble from Italy and the stained glassed windows. It was also…”

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10.North Beach & Chinatown Food History Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 11 reviews · 4h 30m · from $99

Join San Francisco native Stuart for a 4.5-hour, small-group walk through the Financial District, Barbary Coast, North Beach, and Chinatown. Expect 15+ tastings, from dim sum and pizza to chocolates and fortune cookies, plus local history and introductions to small business owners.

“Stuart als ortskundiger Guide war einfach genial. Er kannte viele Leute im italienischen, chinesischen Viertel persönlich. Die verschiedenen Verkostungen waren einfach nur lecker. Jeder hat noch eine Tüte mit Essen mitgenommen da es einfach zu viel war. Mein Favorit- „Molinari“. Diese Tour mit dem Guide kann ich nur empfehlen.”

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11.Secret Food Tour of North Beach and Chinatown

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 6 reviews · from $85

Join guides such as Zachary or Mark for a 3.5-hour food walk from the Cable Car Museum through North Beach and Chinatown. Taste local coffee, pizza, Italian ice cream, dim sum, and a secret bite while hearing stories of Gold Rush San Francisco, cable cars, immigrant neighborhoods, and a famous temple.

“we had some great food and Zachary showed us some great places.”

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12.North Beach Curated Multi-Course Foodie Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 5 reviews · 3 hours · from $99

Spend three hours eating through San Francisco’s North Beach with a guide such as Nikki, Hannah, Tolan, or Maria. Expect four courses at three or four restaurants, including wood-fired pizza, seafood, Italian specialties, and gelato. The group is limited to four, with about one mile of easy walking.

“Tolan was very enthusiastic and we could tell she loved introducing us to North Beach. It was fun to socialize with the other couples on the tour while eating some good food: (1) Cioppino at Sotto Mare ; (2) Charcuterie at Doc Rickett's ; (3) Tomasso's Pizza was the entree and was excellent; (4) delicious Gelato at Naia. Short walks between stops were pleasant. My wife, Anne, and I are from Ottawa, Canada and we were visiting our son who is now working in San Francisco. He lives in the the North Beach neighborhood and loves it. Verify meeting location with Avital as our GetYourGuide voucher did not have the…”

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13.San Francisco Chinatown, Russian Hill, And North Beach Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 5 reviews · 3 to 4 hours (approx.) · from $65

Join a group of no more than eight for a 3 to 4 hour walk from Chinatown through Russian Hill to North Beach. You’ll enter via Dragon’s Gate, visit Tin How Temple and the Cable Car Museum, see unusual architecture, and buy snacks along the way. Ryan may guide your walk.

“Ryan was a great guide - very knowledgeable and friendly! He shared lots of interesting information about the area and kept a good pace”

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14.North Beach Food and History Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3 reviews · 2 hours · from $89

Join a Gray Line guide for a two-hour North Beach walk capped with Stella Pastry coffee and biscotti, a Little Italy pizza slice, and a drink. You’ll see Zoetrope Film Studio, Luigi Brusatori murals, Washington Square, City Lights, and Jack Kerouac Alley in a group of up to 12.

“It was wonderful to have a guide that knew the city so well.”

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15.Top 10 Streets of SF, Chinatown & North Beach Highlights

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3 reviews · 3 hours · from $59Best value

Meet your English-speaking guide near Union Square for a three-hour walk through Chinatown, North Beach, Broadway, and downtown. You’ll enter the Dragon Gate area, watch fortune cookies being made, visit City Lights, see redwoods, and finish at the Transamerica Pyramid.

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