SF’s Best Tourist Traps

1. Alcatraz Island

9.4

Golden Gate National Recreation Area (San Francisco Bay), San Francisco, CA

Historic and Protected Site · 502 tips and reviews

Powell Street Cable Car Turnaround is one of SF’s Best Tourist Traps.

2. Powell Street Cable Car Turnaround

8.3

Powell St (at Market St), San Francisco, CA

Cable Car · Downtown San Francisco-Union Square · 122 tips and reviews

Coit Tower is one of SF’s Best Tourist Traps.

3. Coit Tower

8.9

1 Telegraph Hill Blvd (btwn Lombard & Union St), San Francisco, CA

Monument · Telegraph Hill · 327 tips and reviews

Tonga Room & Hurricane Bar is one of SF’s Best Tourist Traps.

4. Tonga Room & Hurricane Bar

7.5

950 Mason St, San Francisco, CA

Tiki Bar · Nob Hill · 179 tips and reviews

Buena Vista Cafe is one of SF’s Best Tourist Traps.

5. Buena Vista Cafe

9.1

2765 Hyde St (at Beach), San Francisco, CA

Bar · 414 tips and reviews

RocketBoat is one of SF’s Best Tourist Traps.

6. RocketBoat

The Embarcadero (at Pier 39), San Francisco, CA

Harbor or Marina · Fishermans Wharf · 14 tips and reviews

Musée Mécanique is one of SF’s Best Tourist Traps.

7. Musée Mécanique

9.0

Pier 45, Shed A (at Taylor St), San Francisco, CA

Museum · Fishermans Wharf · 182 tips and reviews

The Beat Museum is one of SF’s Best Tourist Traps.

8. The Beat Museum

7.2

540 Broadway (btwn Columbus Ave & Kearny St), San Francisco, CA

Museum · North Beach · 27 tips and reviews

Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Factory 金門餅食公司 is one of SF’s Best Tourist Traps.

9. Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Factory 金門餅食公司

8.0

56 Ross Aly (at Jackson St.), San Francisco, CA

Bakery · Chinatown · 90 tips and reviews

Ghirardelli Chocolate Marketplace is one of SF’s Best Tourist Traps.

10. Ghirardelli Chocolate Marketplace

8.5

900 N Point St, San Francisco, CA

Chocolate Store · 296 tips and reviews

Top of the Mark is one of SF’s Best Tourist Traps.

11. Top of the Mark

7.9

999 California St (at Mason St), San Francisco, CA

Hotel Bar · Nob Hill · 160 tips and reviews

Madame Tussauds San Francisco is one of SF’s Best Tourist Traps.

12. Madame Tussauds San Francisco

145 Jefferson St (Taylor), San Francisco, CA

Arts and Entertainment · Fishermans Wharf · 9 tips and reviews

"Full House" House is one of SF’s Best Tourist Traps.

13. "Full House" House

7.2

1709 Broderick St (btwn Pine & Bush), San Francisco, CA

Historic and Protected Site · Lower Pacific Heights · 9 tips and reviews

Painted Ladies is one of SF’s Best Tourist Traps.

14. Painted Ladies

8.9

Steiner St (btwn Grove & Hayes St), San Francisco, CA

Historic and Protected Site · Alamo Square · 149 tips and reviews

The Clift Royal Sonesta San Francisco is one of SF’s Best Tourist Traps.

15. The Clift Royal Sonesta San Francisco

7.7

495 Geary St (at Taylor St), San Francisco, CA

Hotel · Tenderloin · 160 tips and reviews

Camera Obscura & Holograph Gallery is one of SF’s Best Tourist Traps.

16. Camera Obscura & Holograph Gallery

7.4

1096 Point Lobos Avenue, San Francisco, CA

Scenic Lookout · 9 tips and reviews

Cliff House is one of SF’s Best Tourist Traps.

17. Cliff House

1090 Point Lobos (at Great Hwy), San Francisco, CA

American Restaurant · 140 tips and reviews

Subpar Miniature Golf is one of SF’s Best Tourist Traps.

18. Subpar Miniature Golf

7.4

900 N Point St #F201, San Francisco, CA

Mini Golf Course · 2 tips and reviews

Boudin Bakery Café is one of SF’s Best Tourist Traps.

19. Boudin Bakery Café

7.9

Pier 39, Space 5-Q (Embarcadero), San Francisco, CA

Bakery · Fishermans Wharf · 98 tips and reviews

Mrs. Doubtfire House is one of SF’s Best Tourist Traps.

20. Mrs. Doubtfire House

8.3

2640 Steiner St (Broadway Ave), San Francisco, CA

Historic and Protected Site · Pacific Heights · 6 tips and reviews

Japanese Tea Garden is one of SF’s Best Tourist Traps.

21. Japanese Tea Garden

8.7

75 Hagiwara Tea Garden Dr (btwn John F Kennedy Dr & Martin Luther King Jr Dr), San Francisco, CA

Garden · 189 tips and reviews