Note: Each of the Audio Tours are
about
45 MB, and may take approximately four minutes to
download for users with a high-speed internet connection. The download will
take longer for dial-up users.
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Listen to the sounds of history and make your tour come alive. Our
Barbary Coast Trail audio tours feature period music, sound effects, and
historic reenactments. You’ll hear the rumble of the 1906 earthquake and the roar of the fire. Listen as Sam Brannan kicks off the Gold Rush in 1848. Hear a tong war battle in Chinatown, and listen to a Beat poet startle the nation. You’ll
feel as though history is unfolding before you.
It’s easy. Download one or all of our audio tours and maps
onto your computer, then copy the tours onto your iPod or MP3 player and print
out
the map. Now you’re ready to tour the Barbary Coast Trail at your own speed
and at your own time. For more detailed instructions on how to download
and use the Audio Tours go to our Instructions
Page.
We offer three Barbary Coast Trail audio
tours. The
amount of time it takes to complete each tour is listed below, however you can
shorten the time by visiting fewer sites or lengthen it by exploring sites in
greater depth.
Order all three audio tours for a discounted price
and tour the entire
Barbary Coast Trail!
Starts at the Old Mint, a national
historic landmark, visits Hallidie Plaza, Union
Square, one of the first public squares in SF, Maiden
Lane, a sunny street with a shady past, St. Mary's,
the first cathedral in the western US, and Chinatown,
including the “street of the painted balconies.”
Audio length: 40 minutes
Time to complete the tour: 2 hours |
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Begins at Portsmouth Square, birthplace of the
village of Yerba Buena (later renamed San Francisco) and the site where
Sam Brannan jump-started the Gold Rush, the western headquarters of the
Pony Express, follows the original shoreline into the Jackson
Square Historic District, and ends in the old Barbary
Coast, including the last
shanghaiing den in SF.
Audio length: 45 minutes
Time to complete the tour: 2 hours |
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Begins at two haunts of the Beat generation, explores
North Beach and Telegraph Hill, including Coit
Tower and its priceless
Depression-era murals, travels along the waterfront to Hyde Street
Pier,
the largest collection of historic ships in the US, and includes a cable
car ride up to Nob Hill.
Audio length: 65 minutes
Time to complete the tour: 2 1/2 hours, plus 1 hour
for the Nob Hill section. |
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