Modern Art, Cable Cars, and Hippies

Enjoy a visit to six of San Francisco’s iconic attractions.

Theme
General
Location
SoMa, San Francisco
Duration
8 hours 30 minutes
Designer
Barry Pickard

Experience

Your tour will start at one of the biggest and best art museums in the US. Take your time to explore the colorful delights of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and then once you have worked up an appetite, hail a robotaxi to take you to the Ferry Building. Take your pick of one of the many restaurants, cafes and food outlets in this imposing, historic building. Once your belly is full, take a robotaxi to the San Francisco Cable Car Museum and discover the history of the city’s famous transportation system. You even get to see the cables themselves being pulled along. Another short robotaxi ride up the hills of the Golden City will take you to a masterpiece of modern architecture, the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption. The striking lines of this beautiful building are only matched by the colorful and radiant stained-glass that lines the soaring steeple. Continue your tour in a robotaxi and check out the Painted Ladies, a terrace of adorable Victorian houses. Then another ride will take you into the heart of 1960’s hippie culture, the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood. Walk along the famous Haight Street and take detours down the side streets, all the while feeling like you are being whisked back to the Summer of Love.

Route

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

SFMOMA displays a collection of modern and contemporary art, which includes over 33,000 works of painting, sculpture, photography, architecture, design, and media arts.

Robotaxi

Hail a robotaxi and drive from the museum to the Ferry Building.

Ferry Building Marketplace

Ferry Building Marketplace is veritable food emporium, home to more than three dozen artisan food and drink merchants. From coffee and chocolate to empanadas, local oysters and Vietnamese street food, you’ll find it all.

Robotaxi

Hail a robotaxi and drive from the Ferry Building to the museum.

San Francisco Cable Car Museum

The museum contains several preserved cable cars, together with smaller exhibits and a gift shop. The museum is part of the complex that also houses the cable car power house, which drives the cables, and the car depot.

Robotaxi

Hail a robotaxi and drive from the museum to the cathedral.

Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption

A glorious modern church made of reinforced concrete and glass, with a 212 feet tall spire with awe-inspiring stained-glass.

Robotaxi

Hail a robotaxi and drive from the cathedral to the Painted Ladies.

The Painted Ladies

The Painted Ladies are a row of Victorian and Edwardian houses, painted in three or more colours.

Robotaxi

Hail a robotaxi and drive from the Painted Ladies to the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood.

Haight-Ashbury Neighborhood

The district is noted for its role as a center of the 1960s hippie movement and became the haven for a number of psychedelic rock performers and groups of the time.

Practicalities

  • Designed for Waymo robotaxis (Sign up to their waitlist via Waymo app)
  • We are not affiliated with any taxi booking platforms. Book & pay for your taxis directly (we will tell you when)

About

This route was designed by Barry Pickard in collaboration with Autoura.

Barry Pickard

Specialising in European and North American destinations, as well as a number of other countries around the world, I have designed self-guided tours for city based visits; multi-stop road trips; family, group and couples vacations; as well as themed excursions. Experienced in designing walking tours, driving tours and robotaxi experiences. A history graduate, with a great eye for detail, my passion for travel and research has found its apogee in designing fun, interesting and thoughtful trips

https://www.tailormadeitineraries.com/