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Tiburon Walking Tour - From the Coast Miwok to the Railway

By Tiburon Walking Tours
Free cancellation available
Price is €32 per adult

Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 1h 30m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation

Overview

  • Immerse yourself in the history of the Tiburon Peninsula on a guided tour
  • Learn about the Coast Miwok indigenous people and their lives on the peninsula
  • Hear the history of the Spanish explorers and their encounters with the Miwok
  • Visit Lyford’s Stone Tower and learn about Dr. Benjamin Lyford's vision
  • Learn about the history of Angel Island and how it was saved from development

Activity location

    • San Francisco
    • San Francisco, California, United States

Meeting/Redemption Point

    • 10 Main St, Belvedere Tiburon, CA 94920, USA | We will meet at the "Coming About" fountain, located in the plaza near 10 Main Street. Your guide will be wearing a white "Tiburon Walking Tours" cap.
    • Tiburon, California, United States

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Valid for 1 Hour, Tiburon: Walking Tour - From the Coast Miwok to the Railway in English
  • Activity duration is 1 hour and 30 minutes1h 30m
    1h 30m
  • English
Language options: English
Price details
€31.53 x 2 Adults€63.06

Total
Price is €63.06

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Walking tour of Tiburon Peninsula
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Live tour guide
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Visit to Lyford’s Stone Tower
  • What's includedWhat's included
    History of Angel Island
  • What's includedWhat's included
    History of the City of Belvedere
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Transport to the starting point
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Food and drinks

Know before you book

  • Not suitable for: Children under 6 years
  • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.

What you can expect

Discover the history of the Tiburon Peninsula on a guided walking tour. Learn about the Coast Miwok indigenous people, the Spanish explorers, and the first Europeans to enter San Francisco Bay through the Golden Gate in 1775.

Hear about the early settlers in the 1800s, the town's 83 years as a railway hub, and its evolution into one of the Bay Area's most beautiful communities.

Learn about the Coast Miwok indigenous people and their lives on the Tiburon Peninsula. Hear about their first encounter with Europeans and why it took 200 years for the Spanish to enter San Francisco Bay through the Golden Gate.

Discover Lt. Juan de Ayala’s entry into San Francisco Bay and his crew’s encounter with the Coast Miwok. Learn about the treatment of the Coast Miwok by the Spaniards and later by the Americans.

See the Tiburon Peninsula's first European settlers, John Thomas Reed and his descendants. Hear about life on the Peninsula before the coming of the railway in 1884.

Visit Lyford’s Stone Tower, the entrance to Dr. Benjamin Lyford's Hygeia, a vision of Tiburon as the world's finest health resort and residential community. Learn about the history of Angel Island, and how it was saved from commercial development.

Hear how conservationists fought hard to maintain the area's physical beauty. Learn about the history of the City of Belvedere and some of the Tiburon Peninsula’s notable residents.

Location

Activity location

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    • San Francisco
    • San Francisco, California, United States

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    • 10 Main St, Belvedere Tiburon, CA 94920, USA | We will meet at the "Coming About" fountain, located in the plaza near 10 Main Street. Your guide will be wearing a white "Tiburon Walking Tours" cap.
    • Tiburon, California, United States