GoCar Tour: San Francisco Chinatown and Downtown

Experience the exhilarating GoCar Tour in San Francisco, exploring Chinatown and Downtown with a GPS-guided storytelling car. Discover the city’s iconic sights and immerse yourself in its vibrant culture.

Duration: 1 hour
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Palace of Fine Arts Theatre - Located in the Marina District of San Francisco, California, the Palace of Fine Arts is a grand structure originally built for the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition to showcase art. It is one of the few remaining buildings from the Exposition and still stands on its original site. Besides hosting art exhibitions, it is a…
What's Included
  • Tank of gas
  • Map
  • GPS touring car rental
  • Rider orientation
  • Environmental fee (carbon offset, gasoline & tire recycling)
  • Helmets
What's Not Included
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Optional: Collision Damage Waiver (CDW), approximately $19
  • Optional: Gratuities
Additional Information

Explore San Francisco in a unique and exciting way with the original GPS-guided talking car tour. This self-guided adventure allows the car to navigate for you, providing captivating stories as it leads you to San Francisco’s top attractions, hidden treasures, and historic sites.
Ideal for independent travelers, this remarkable GPS tour has been…

Location
431 Beach St
Beach Street
Tour departs from Fisherman's Wharf 431 Beach Street, San Francisco (between Jones and Taylor Streets)
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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(37 Ratings)
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R3546tpshannonr
Aug 6, 2026
Fun for everyone - It was so much fun! Equipment was clean, staff was very friendly and we were given all the information for a great tour. The carts have a gps which tells you where to go as well as a fact sharing sentence or two at each point of interest. Would definitely do this again.
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Love2travelindy
Jul 13, 2026
We had a blast - Walked up to store when we saw the buggies. They were busy but had available cars for rent. We had 3 couples and drove around to Golden Gate Bridge then over to Lombard street. Views were great and cars were a blast well worth 125.00 after all taxes and fees.
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778dazs
Mar 1, 2026
Excellent customer service - First rate from booking to handing the cart back. Very safety conscious, great customer service and the route taken was a fantastic way to see San Fran. Great fun, wish we’d booked longer.
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E4030ozjamesr
Jan 30, 2026
Great experience ! - A much fun time seeing san Fran up close and personal - highly recommend this for something different you’ll really enjoy - loved seeing the Golden Gate Bridge but do pick a good weather day!
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Richardls3108aj
Jan 12, 2026
one hour tour - nice overview of the bridge and chinatown and crookedest street
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Carit550
Dec 27, 2025
Couldn’t stop smiling! - What a fun time! We had a full day so only did one hour. Wish we had had time for 2 hours but honestly we finished feeling like it was totally worth it for even an hour. So happy we had time to do Lombard Street! That was the highlight honestly. But we laughed so hard the whole time. And everyone was taking pictures of us which was hysterical
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Jacobae
Oct 15, 2025
Worth the money! - This was such a fun experience but we did have issues. Due to traffic our one hour tour was closer to two hours so if you really want an hour I would suggest finding a less busy day. We were told we could park anytime we wanted for photos but, again, because of the traffic we didn’t feel like we could find anyplace to park and we just didn’t have time. Given all that I still recommend this tour. We saw some things we wouldn’t have seen otherwise. For example, we drove by the Palace of Fine Arts and were in awe! We wanted to spend more time there so we changed our plans for the next day to accommodate that. We had an absolutely fantastic time in the Go Cars!
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Anitamd070586
Jul 9, 2026
One hour buggy ride - It's a fun way to get a view of the city up close. Unfortunately, the automated tour guide was not accurate in terms of guiding us. We went through the Presidio and near the Golden Gate but on our way back we were trying to go down Lombard Street and the automated system switched us to a different route and we ended up getting a little lost. The staff was helpful with check in and scheduling.
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J8167irkristinl
Mar 19, 2026
Fun but frustrating - The cars were so much fun however do your research before. We booked through the go city pass and it said we could take the cars over the Golden Gate Bridge. When we checked in we were told we could NOT take the cars over the bridge that we would have to rent one of the larger cars that were not available in the pass. We were very disappointed with that. Secondly, we were on the one hour gps guided tour and had to follow the full directions in order to find our way back to the shop but with having to sit in traffic for quite a while, we were not able to stop at all to take pictures and we were still 15 minutes late returning causing us to be charged with the overage fee.
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Backpacker476083
Nov 7, 2025
Do this if you do nothing else - It is something to definitely do when you have the time while in san Francisco. We did 3 hours and it was just the right amount of time without stopping on side trips therefore I would recommend a little longer, like 4 hours
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From $99 (Per Vehicle)
up to 15 guests
1 - Traveler
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).