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Based on 127 reviews
Alcatraz Island Guide4.2Honesty, pricing, process and quality scores appear once 5 customers have rated them.
Alcatrazislandguide.com is an independent ticket booking service helping visitors plan and secure their Alcatraz Island experience in San Francisco. We specialise in sourcing ferry and tour tickets — including Day Tours, Night Tours, and Behind the Scenes Tours — making the booking process simple, fast, and hassle-free.
Alcatraz Island Guide (alcatrazislandguide.com) has 127 customer reviews on Folks Told, with an average rating of 4.2 out of 5.
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Lindsay H.
Check in, boarding on/off the island and at the pier were easy, the ferry and island were super clean, and overall it was a very pleasant tour. The only thing that was disappointing was the length of the audio tour and the depth of content, both of which were lacking. I went on a tour about 10 years ago and remember it being so much more memorable.
Nate O.
Ferry was quick and easy to the island. Staff was very friendly and most had a smile on their face.
Michelle F.
Easy booking,
Marci
We loved the tour. I was not expecting such a historical tour! The history over there is amazing. We loved the headset narration was excellent!
Jay Z.
I enjoyed the experience, the history behind every location is very elaborate and educational. The audio tour that you can pause/play is very handy.
Traci
Liked the talks and demonstrations
Kara N.
Interesting tour, lots of great information! Sad some of the exhibits were closed but understandable in an effort to preserve and continue with operations.
Krys
The boat ride was seamless, the island and the history was really great. The pre-recorded guided tour really helped my family and I better understand Alcatraz and its history. Our only issue was one of the volunteer guides, "Mother Constance." She is a historical reenactor of the Civil War. She mainly kept to her character and presented information as she felt it would have been seen from that time period, but she deviated from it to include a modern perspective that incorrectly stated that the cause of the Civil War as not due to slavery. Several states cited protection of slavery as their main reason for succession (i.e., Mississipi, Georgia, Texas, S. Carolina) and VP of the Confederacy Stephens stated that slavery was a main motivator for succession. She stated the Civil War was about state rights- but she left out that it was the states' right to enslavement that was the motivator. She also said that San Francisco was largely confederate at that time, it was not. In addition, she emphasized that in the 1960's when native Americans took over Alcatraz it was not "abandoned" in order to discredit the movement, why Alcatraz was taken over, and the fight for rights. She was caught up on this point, which is questionable, to invalidate the movement. It was very black-and-white in her telling and we would have preferred a non-biased source to better teach us about what happened and why. All in all, we truly enjoyed the actual tour of the prison, but wish we had walked by "Mother Constance."
