Alcatraz tour

Alcatraz Island is right near San Francisco & is one of my favorite tours! The audio tour guide is a MUST. Click to read my tips for visiting Alcatraz!

There are so many tours to Alcatraz Island that it's hard to keep track sometimes. There is plenty to see around Alcatraz during the day, but if you dare to take an Alcatraz night tour, you might understand more of the spooky atmosphere that Alcatraz Island is so well known for. We go through the differences between seeing Alcatraz Island at night vs day, and your options for how to get there and back from Pier 39 in San Francisco. #AlcatrazNightTour #AlcatrazAtNight #AlcatrazIsland…

If you want to visit Alcatraz, you need to know a few things before you go. This guide has them all.

Famous Inmates at Alcatraz

Find tips to help you book your Alcatraz prison tours in San Francisco including when to visit, tour options, schedules, & how to buy tickets for SOLD OUT days.

a tour of Alcatraz Island

Learn about the night tour of Alcatraz and the additional features it has compared to the day tour. Video highlights included. via @2travelingtxns

Golden Gate National Recreation Area-Alcatraz Island features the extensive collections from Alcatraz Island, also known as "The Rock." Collections include objects made by notorious inmates, historic photographs and documents, escape materials and inmate artwork; items used by officers including correctional materials when Alcatraz was a federal penitentiary from 1934-1963; military prison period materials from 1859-1934; and the American Indian occupation of 1969 -1971. Alcatraz Island…

Alcatraz and history go hand in hand. Once home to some of America's most notorious criminals, the federal penitentiary that operated here from 1934 to 1963 brought a dark mystique to the Rock. The presence of infamous inmates like Al "Scarface" Capone, and the "Birdman" Robert Stroud helped to establish the island's notoriety. To this day, Alcatraz is best known as one of the world's most legendary prisons.