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Alcatraz tickets with San Francisco city tour
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Alcatraz tickets with San Francisco city tour

Combine your Alcatraz tickets with a narrated bus tour around San Francisco.

Duration up to 6 hours 30 minutes
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Muir Woods and Sausalito tour with Alcatraz tickets
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Muir Woods and Sausalito tour with Alcatraz tickets

See Muir Woods and Sausalito on a beautiful half-day tour before visiting the famous Alcatraz Island.

Duration up to 6 hours 30 minutes
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San Francisco city tour and Escape from the Rock cruise
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San Francisco city tour and Escape from the Rock cruise

Experience San Francisco by land and sea with this city tour and Alcatraz cruise.

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Alcatraz tour and 1-day bike rental
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Alcatraz tour and 1-day bike rental

Book this tour package including a visit to the notorious prison island of Alcatraz and a full-day bike rental.

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Alcatraz tour with 1-day bike rental and lunch credit
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Alcatraz tour with 1-day bike rental and lunch credit

Book this tour package including a visit to the prison island of Alcatraz, a full-day bike rental, and a food credit for lunch at Fisherman's Wharf!

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Alcatraz, Muir Woods and Golden Gate Bridge visit
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Alcatraz, Muir Woods and Golden Gate Bridge visit

Book this triple combo including Alcatraz, Muir Woods, and Golden Gate Bridge. A great option for visitors short on time!

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Alcatraz early morning access with lunch credit
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Alcatraz early morning access with lunch credit

Book your tickets to visit Alcatraz before the crowds arrive, on this early-access tour! Get a 15$ food credit for lunch at Fisherman's Wharf!

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Alcatraz Island and Fisherman’s Wharf activity combo tour
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Alcatraz Island and Fisherman’s Wharf activity combo tour

Book this half-day combo trip to Alcatraz to discover San Francisco's most iconic coastal attractions: Alcatraz Island and a Fisherman's Wharf activity of your choice.

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Alcatraz and Golden Gate Bridge tour by deluxe minivan
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Alcatraz and Golden Gate Bridge tour by deluxe minivan

Book this combo tour including Alcatraz Island and the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco's most often-sold-out attractions!

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Alcatraz tour including ferry boat and Wharf lunch credit
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Alcatraz tour including ferry boat and Wharf lunch credit

Book this tour of Alcatraz including entrance tickets with audioguide, ferry boat, and a food credit for lunch at Fisherman's Wharf!

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Trip to Muir Woods, Alcatraz and Sausalito with brunch
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Trip to Muir Woods, Alcatraz and Sausalito with brunch

Book this small-group family-style road trip to Alcatraz, the Muir Woods, and Sausalito! Brunch credit included!

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Legendary Alcatraz Island self-guided audio tour
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Legendary Alcatraz Island self-guided audio tour

Listen to the stories about Al Capone and Birdman Stroud, the most famous inmates of Alcatraz, and learn where and how prisoners could earn some money.

Duration 2 hours
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The inside story

Alcatraz Island is the site of an old federal prison located in San Francisco, California. Officially, nobody has ever escaped from Alcatraz. Unofficially, many people believe that Frank Lee Morris – a lifetime criminal – achieved the impossible in 1962 after two years as a prisoner there. His amazing story was made into the famous 1979 Clint Eastwood movie, Escape from Alcatraz.

Morris had already escaped from a number of prisons when he arrived on The Rock in 1960. With a few other convicts, he began to collect materials to make tools that would be used to dig into the prison’s ventilation system. The group also fabricated rafts from raincoats, lifelike dummies, and even an electric drill from a vacuum cleaner motor.

On the day of the escape, Morris’s group emerged from a vent on the roof and climbed down a pipe. They were never seen again. Some say that the men drowned in the cold waters of San Francisco Bay, although no bodies were definitively identified. A ship did report seeing a corpse wearing prison-style clothing, but this emerged only months later and the FBI concluded that the escape attempt had failed.

Book your Alcatraz Island tickets and discover the different mysteries and myths of the old prison cells. Start your day off with a guided tour in the beautiful city of San Francisco and hop aboard the ferry to head over to The Rock.

After visiting the prison cells and learning about the history of the island, take a stroll in the gardens on the island where you can admire the many species of birds, a perfect way to complete your Alcatraz tour before heading back to the mainland!

The island is open to the public all year round except for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Day. The ferry departs every half hour starting at 8:45 am from Piers 31-33, with the latest return from Alcatraz at 4:40 pm, unless you're doing the night tour.

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