Haight Ashbury Flower Power Walking Tour

We loved our tour guide, Izu! She had fun stories and a lot of knowledge about the area. It was cool to hear about the hippie days from someone who had been there. We learned a lot and definitely recommend it.

I didn't know much about the music or the stories back then, so going with my husband was actually a treat for him. Our tour guide is a very interesting woman and definitely liberal. If you are hard core republican or Christian, don't go. I wish our tour guide would tell us about the Flower Power, but she was all about the music and Jerry Garcia. My husband enjoyed it, although he's not a Grateful Dead fan neither. Oh, if you want to go to Magnolia for some microbrewed beer, their service SUCKS! They might have very good bitter, but we will not trade our dignity for it.

I lived in the Upper Haight for many years & recently took this tour as part of a nostalgia binge. Izu really exemplified the Haight & its history.

Izu really was able to add the personal touch to the tour: she's lived it and is still there! I loved the historical information about the people and the music as well as the anecdotes of her own interactions with the folks at the time. The tour was a bit long and I was very happy to sit down in the dining room/museum on the last stop of the tour and could easily have skipped that whole part.

To me it seemed too long. I could have managed without the talk on the species of trees. The meeting place was in a suspect area as McDonalds car park was full of homeless people and one 'crazed' one threw his pancakes and his carton of maple syrup went all over me!!!!!!!!!!!!! Actual 'flower power' details were informative and I enjoyed it. Loved browsing the boutiques afterwards.

Even though I had visited the Haight several times before, I thoroughly enjoyed the Haight Ashbury tour with Izu. She was very knowledgeable about the history and architecture of the neighborhood, and showed us the former home of the Diggers along with a house Charles Manson lived in. Yipes! Of course, there were lots of musical landmarks. I'm a Deadhead, so I was glad to see the Grateful Dead house at 710 Ashbury, but I hadn't realized that Janis Joplin, Country Joe, and Jimi Hendrix all had lived in the next block north. We also visited a hippie museum in an old house that had a wonderful kitchen and lots of photos and memorabilia of the 60s. I really got a good feel of what it's like to live in the Haight today. There's only one thing that would have made this tour more enjoyable - a visit from Benny the dachshund. I heartily recommend it to any Deadhead or anyone who still believes in giving peace a chance, and I bid you good night!

Izu was a wonderful and enthusiastic guide! She could relate to all ages and my 21 year old daughter especially enjoyed the tour.

Izu was one of the most interesting tour guides that my husband and I have ever encountared. She was full of such interesting and knowledgable facts about the Haight-Ashbury district. I recommend this tour because Izu has experienced the Haight-Ashbury district since the beginning of Summer of love.

My husband and I were in San Francisco celebrating my 50th birthday. One of my dreams has always been to visit the Haight-Ashbury district, because I've been so heavily influenced by the "summer of love" and its philosophies. I have to say that our tour guide, Izu, was the best. She made this so much fun! It was great to go on this tour with her, since she actually lived in this area during the 60's and had much insight into what was really going on in that era. She showed us much of the history of the area - of course we saw the homes that the Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, and other musicians of that time lived in. Izu really made the tour - she was very witty, kind, fun, and knowledable - and the ultimate hippie! Thanks to her, this was the highlight of our trip. We thoughly enjoyed it. We highly recommend it. Thanks so much !! Peace, Sophia from Baltimore

When we knew we'd be in the San Francisco area, we looked for the different and unique tours. We had read about the "Summer of Love" area and wanted to experience the area ourselves. Your guide was wonderful, giving alot of local culture along with his expertise of the subject. We would highly recommend this tour to others and have already to anybody that will be in the bay area. Doug & Ginny Pennsylvania

The guy was knowledgable, but spoke too fast and used too much hard words.(My TOEFL grade is about 100) As a foreigner, I could barely understand him. What really made me unhappy was that I have reminded him of my uncathing, but nothing improved. So if you are not a native speaker, I don't recommend you to take part in this activity.

We had a wionderful time, The guide was able to captivate my teenager's attention! Recommended to see and do!

Although longer than expected, we saw all of Haight Ashbury and learned much about the culture over the years.

Our tour guide was fun and informative, The district was every bit as colorful as its historic 'Summer of Love' past. we learned alot and enjoyed the tour very much.

Guide is a wealth of information. My 15 year old son and I thoroughly enjoyed the tour.