Haight Ashbury Flower Power Walking Tour

Our tour guide was absolutely wonderful. She was very entertaining, very kind, very knowledgeable. Answered all our questions. Had many visuals. Told many, many stories. Really really appreciated getting to go inside one of the homes. This was my favorite part of my San Francisco vacation. She really earned her money.

I took the Haight-Ashbury Flower Power walking tour with Izu on August 19th and it was one of the best experiences of my time in San Francisco and of my life! Izu, our guide, a transplanted hippie from Yonkers, New York, was incredibly knowledgeable about the Haight and showed an intense personal connection with the subject matter. Even the fact that she was confined to a wheelchair because of a broken ankle didn't slow her down at all. She brought around the Haight, showing houses where famous celebrities used to live, as well as other famous places in the Haight (such as the Red House that Jimi Hendrix sang about, etc...) and telling us the history of each building with indepth information. Although I was not alive in the 1960's, I felt like this tour allowed me to live it for the first time. The quirky narration by Izu, along with her own personal experiences, really gave the group the essence of the neighborhood and what it was like to be in San Francisco during that time. I loved every second of it! The tour ran over a little bit, but, we were all enjoying it too much to care. The best possible way to spend an afternoon in San Fran! -Benjamin from New York -Kathe from San Mateo, CA

This was the second time that we took this tour. We loved our guide Isu and were pleased to have her again. She is a unique guide who is personable, enthusiastic, loves her job, and really makes the tour worthwhile.

I have a huge interest in the Haight/Ashbury so my review might be skewed for a person of casual interest. Izu was our guide and she shared many interesting stories along with visual aids. Be aware Izu does not do every tour herself (she does most) - so I cannot speak for other tour guides. The tour was somewhat light on history but Izu more then made up for it in her personality. The tour includes a stop in the small Psychedelic history museum (I don't even know if there is another way to visit it). For $20.00 there is no reason not to do the tour. Our tour actually lasted 3 hours and 15 minutes - but we were happy that it lasted so long and we could have left the tour at any time. Buy your ticket already!

I enjoyed the life story & guided tour of a flower child. Had a very good time, enjoyed her personal story. Could have been a little bit faster, but due to her injury, it was slow. Was grateful for recommendations for shopping & restaurant info. Loved her insight to the life of the 60s & 70s. Since I lived it too, yet in another city -

This tour was wonderful! We took the tour on August 7th with Izu . She was energetic, smart, funny and more entertainment that we paid or bargained for! She went above and beyond and made our experience something we will always remember. She created a personal tour along with the site seeing and major historical locations - she was able to tell us many stories about her life and what it was like living as a Hippie and knowing some of the famous folks from the Haight. If I make it back to San Fran I will take it again! Thank you and blessings!

Tour was way too long. Tour guide had a broken ankle, and had to use a wheel chair to get a round. This made the tour way too long. The tour it's self was okay. she did explain things pretty well, but again the broken ankle really slowed the tour down and got a little boring. She also interjected to many political thoughts of her own. I was there for the history, not her political thoughts. At one point on the tour, I became totally bored at went outside, was bored listening to her, and about her and the politica crap. All in all, wouldn't do it again, unless was a shorter, and a more well thought out tour

We did this tour on the last day of our San Francisco vacation. It turned out to be the best tour we had all week thanks to our tour guide Izu. She is a cool lady who was actually in Haight Ashbury as a young girl during the 1967 Summer of Love and has lived there ever since. She recalls a lot of personal stories and actually knew many of the musicians that became famous such as members of the Grateful Dead. By the end of the tour when Izu gives you her signature hug you feel as though you are getting hugged by the entire Hippie Generation!

Highly recommended

We did many tours while in CA and by far this was the favorite of myself and my husband and also the least expensive! The tour guide's knowledge was fantastic! We brought back many great memories of this tour. Ed and Connie from Florida