Chinatown History Walking Tour

San Francisco, California

2 hours

1 - 10 People

Details

Discover Chinatown by exploring sites and material not covered in all the other tours. Surprising stories and fascinating secrets are in store as you navigate the neighborhood and learn all the complex history and culture that has shaped Chinatown. And yes, we do visit the Fortune Cookie Factory!

Itinerary

Experience The “Street of Painted Balconies” with its many upstairs temples and nationalist flags.

Learn how early Chinese immigrants faced discrimination which led to Associations, Societies and later Tongs.

Visit the interior of the First Roman Catholic cathedral on the West Coast - completed in 1854 during the Gold Rush - With a hidden surprise inside that few people know about.

See the oldest Chinese herbal shop in the neighborhood.

Discover the oldest Chinese Temple in the United States! (You will have to climb three flights of stairs to see it but I promise it will be worth the hike!).

You will receive in-depth instructions on the rituals of this sacred site, the most authentic Taoist temple in the country.

Chinatown, San Francisco