| Rating |
Date Attended [v] |
Reviewer |
Gender |
Age |
Where From? |
Group Type? |
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Great tour
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| Sat, Sep 20, 08 9:30 AM |
mabush |
Male |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| Enjoyed it very much. |
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Good tour with one bad component
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| Sat, Sep 20, 08 9:30 AM |
rmcmahon |
Male |
60-69 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| The tour leader was very energetic, well informed and fun. The tour was great and brought back some good memories.
The only negative part of the tour was the visit to the girl's house where we had to listen to a pitifully inappropriate political speech, personally offensive personal beliefs, and a painfully false characterization of history.
She was nice enough and her hemp marketing was to be expected, but naming Barack Obama as our hope for the return of the summer of love experience, claiming the "establishment" introduced hard drugs into the hippy movement out of fear of "communism", and claiming that the Black Panthers were soup kitchen operators until they were "infiltrated"... that was all a little much.
But we were in San Francisco, so I guess nothing should surprise me!
Anyway... loved the tour but disliked the cheap shots by the Hemp Lady. |
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Splendid
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| Sat, Sep 20, 08 9:30 AM |
alsmh1 |
Male |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Unspecified |
| we enjoyed the insight |
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Love the Haight Tour
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| Fri, Sep 19, 08 11:00 AM |
Roselin |
Female |
20-29 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Individual |
| The tourguide, unfortunately, broke her foot and had to reschedule my tour. She was so colorful, friendly, and knowledgable. She's lived in the area for many years and was an original Deadhead. She knows all the local aritists and history. I highly recommend taking the tour with her. Ask for Izu to tour you around. Although you can tour the area yourself with a guide book, your vacation will be greatly enhanced by going on this fun tour. It was my favorite part of my whole trip to San Francisco to experience the Haight. |
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Great Tour
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| Sat, Sep 13, 08 9:30 AM |
jecinus |
Male |
40-49 |
Local |
Family Without Children |
| Our guide Stan was not only very knowledgeable about Haight-Ashbury and its history, but very funny in his delivery. I've lived in the neighborhood for four years and learned a lot about it that I didn't know including types of local plants, architecture, and the history of many of the stores that line Haight street. I would definately recommend this tour to anyone. |
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Requires prior knowledge
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| Sat, Sep 6, 08 9:30 AM |
nicsor99 |
Male |
20-29 |
International Tourist(s) |
Couple on a Date |
| A detailed tour of Height Ashbury and the guide Izu was very inviting. However without a lot prior knowledge, and not native in english, it was not too easy to follow her speedy talk with a lot of references to the 1960s.
A thorough guiding and I believe much appreciated among US citizens from the summer of '67 generation. I've heard you can get a map with hotspots and experience the neighbourhood on your own. For me and my partner that might have been sufficient. Especially since the guiding lasted for more than 2,5 hours. |
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Fun and Informative
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| Thu, Sep 4, 08 2:00 PM |
elainebaum |
Female |
50-59 |
Local |
Group of Friends |
| This was a fun, informative, and interesting tour of the Haight-Ashbury area with a true local who lived there during its hey-day of the late sixties. She still lives in the 'hood and proudly claims to still be a Hippie. She takes you to all the important historical places and provides you with the story behind the happening. Great photo opportunities too. |
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grateful !
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| Thu, Sep 4, 08 2:00 PM |
leville |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| Izu Rocked ! what a fun person. Even though her foot was broke she still rocked the tour. And I loved Benny too !!!! It was such an informative tour as well .It made us wish we came out to California during the summer of love and experienced it ourself. my only bummer was it would have been cool to see pumper 12 come out of the house to see the dead emblem on the fire truck, that would have been too cool ! She suggested some great shops and restaurant to us also that were right on the mark.
Thanks again to all. |
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Off Beat and Interesting
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| Sat, Aug 30, 08 9:30 AM |
CarolSantos |
Female |
50-59 |
Local |
Group of Friends |
| Overall, I really enjoyed the tour. Time wise, I think it could have ended at the B&B where we took a break. I never knew our tour guide's name, as he introduced himself simply as our tour guide. He has a deep knowledge of the area, is quite a character and is very enthusiastic. He is very prepared for the tour, although he was a few minutes late. I think the tour could be two hours long and that would hold everyone's attention. I would recommend it to friends both locally and visiting from out-of-town. I am from SF and have gone on a few tours (Pacific Heights, Chinatown) and each one has it's own flavor.
Thank you for offering this. |
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Great tour - fun and informative.
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| Sat, Aug 23, 08 9:30 AM |
KevinBenoit |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| Anyone can go to the Haight and do a self-guided tour, but you get so much more color and history and trivia on the Flower Power Walking Tour. It is well worth $20. We enjoyed our guide, Izu, and especially loved seeing the Grateful Dead house. |
