Alcatraz — Local services in San Francisco

Shout out to all the staff here. Tours were conducted in a fantastic manner and with utter respect for the history of the place and the people who used to reside here.

We had the night tour which, with the changeable weather in the bay, made for such a great atmosphere.

The boat both to and from the island wasn't crammed or overbooked and also allowed for some pictures to be taken on the way out. Although, dress for wet weather as there is often a bit of spray even if it isn't raining.

Facilities on board were good with toilets and a small bar area offering warm drinks and some snacks.

There is a fair amount of walking as you can imagine so wear sensible footwear and pack something warm just in case. If you're only going to make one trip out to Alcatraz, check the closing times of the gift shop and other places to leave yourself rnought time to browse and get something you want. We were the last tour out of the building so struggled to find shirt sizes to fit before having to leave.

This tour was one of the best parts of our entire trip and would definitely recommend to anyone of any age that is even remotely interested and definitely worth more...

Very impressive place, with an excellent audio tour; using the qr code and your own phone with headphones seems better than their wands in terms of volume though.

The views, the history, and the wildlife was all fantastic.

Everything one could see was very interesting, but there were too many places that were off limits, including a situation where you could approach a "no passing for your safety" barrier from both sides, making it unclear why you couldn't pass it. 2 of the paths on the provided map were also closed in addition to one that was closed for...

Awesome place to visit & not too expensive. Buy the tickets online in advance & if you visiting during fall/ winter then try to go before 3pm because it gets cold during evening hours. Unfortunately they have closed some other areas that were open before pandemic. It will be nice if millionaires could invest little bit more and fix some other areas of the island so there's more things to see like the building where all the guards used to live with their families etc.. other than that very incredible historic...