Lands End, San Francisco

Explore the weird and wonderful

🕒 Breakfast, Mid morning, Lunchtime

Discover five of San Francisco's quirky sights that give character to this amazing city

Explore the weird and wonderful

Your tour will start at the Wave Organ, a piece of acoustic art which is sure to fascinate you. Listen to the gurgling music created by the waves while you sit and admire Alcatraz and the Golden Gate Bridge off in the distance.

Take a short walk along the marina to your robotaxi pick up point and head to Battery Godfrey, which is one of a number of gun emplacements on this part of the coast. The battery may be in ruins now, but there is still plenty of this structure left to imagine the impressive fortifications that guarded the Bay Area.

After another robotaxi ride, explore the massive ruins of Sutro Baths, a building that must have been so astounding at the time. A short walk south along the coast will then take you to the Camera Obscura, which will give you a fascinating view of the coastline.

Hail your robotaxi and visit the colorful 16th Avenue Tiled Steps, which is probably the most impressive of all the mosiac steps that can be found in the city. Climb those steps, study the beautifully crafted tiles, and delight in the Pacific coast views that you receive from the top.

Itinerary

The Wave Organ

The Wave Organ

Through a series of pipes, the Wave Organ interacts with the waves of the bay and conveys their sound to listeners at several different stations

Stay for 20 minutes

Map for The Wave Organ

Robotaxi

Hail a taxi and head to Battery Godfrey

Travel for 30 minutes

Battery Godfrey

Battery Godfrey

Battery Godfrey was completed in 1895 and was armed with three 12-inch guns mounted on barbette carriages, and was part of the defenses around the Golden Gate

Stay for 20 minutes

Map for Battery Godfrey

Robotaxi

Hail a taxi and head to Sutro Baths

Travel for 30 minutes

Sutro Baths

Sutro Baths

Sutro Baths covered three acres and boasted impressive engineering and artistic details. The Baths could accommodate 10,000 people at one time and offered 20,000 bathing suits and 40,000 towels for rent

Stay for 45 minutes

Map for Sutro Baths
Camera Obscura

Camera Obscura

Cameras obscura's are devices which project an image of the surroundings onto a surface using sunlight. The device was installed on the site in 1946 and has been in continuous operation since then

Stay for 20 minutes

Map for Camera Obscura

Robotaxi

Hail a taxi and head to Drop Off Point

Travel for 30 minutes

16th Avenue Tiled Steps

16th Avenue Tiled Steps

A sea to stars themed mosaic flowing up a 163 step stairway

Stay for 20 minutes

Map for 16th Avenue Tiled Steps

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