Some of the companies that provide tours in San Francisco, including bus tours, are Gray Line, City Sightseeing, Open Top Sightseeing and Super Sightseeing Tours.
The tours will take you to see famous San Francisco sites and landmarks such as Civic Center, Union Square, Nob Hill, Cable Cars, Chinatown, Victorian homes, North Beach, Coit Tower, Pier 39, Marina District, The Presidio, Golden Gate Park, Palace of Fine Arts, Haight-Ashbury, Twin Peaks and the Golden Gate Bridge. Each of the sightseeing companies have different tours and combination tours from which to choose.
The length of a San Francisco bus tour varies depending on the tour. Gray Line and Super Sightseeing Tours, for example, each have a tour that lasts for 3 1/2 hours, and Open Top Sightseeing has a 1-day tour. City Sightseeing offers a San Francisco Freestyle Tour, which is actually seven tours in one with an open ticket that's valid for 48 hours. This allows you to take the tours at your own pace, with buses that depart every 15 to 30 minutes.
City tours of San Francisco do not come cheap, and prices vary depending on the tour you choose. As of 2010, one of the bus tours with Gray Line costs $41 for adults, $20 for children ages 5 to 11 and $39 for seniors 65 and over. City Sightseeing has a tour that costs $100 for adults and $50 for children. A tour with Super Sightseeing may cost $48 for adults, $26 for children 5 to 11and $46 for seniors. Open Top has a family package for a tour that costs $85 for two adults and two children.
