travelsandy

Which is a better deal City Pass or Go San Fran card if we do not want to visit Art Galleries, or museums ? We will be staying at the Fishermans Wharf Courtyard.

saps

While not exactly addressing your question let me just say that depending on how long your stay is in SF these cards may not be worth it at all.

If you are staying for 1-3 days then there is so much in SF that is free that in my opinion by buying these cards you end of going to the places that you paid for but not necessarily the places that you want to go.

Free - Union Square, walking Golden Gate Bridge, Fisherman's Wharf, Pier 39, Presido, Golden Gate Park, Lombard Street, Visiting Chinatown, Walking down Haight-Asbury, Embarcadero/Ferry Building, Market Street, etc etc

Look at what the cards offer, figure out what sites you want to visit depending on your length of stay and make a decision as to whether you would save money or not. If you save money then buy the card.

quackerbacker

I'm not familiar w/the Go San Fran card, but I can glowingly recommend the CityPass--for me, it paid for itself after visiting just 1 or 2 of its attractions...plus, I LOOOOVED being able to ride the cable cars for free, armed w/my CityPass...the cruise on the Bay and accompanying tour of Alcatraz was awesome too! Though the wind kept threatening to send my beloved Oregon Ducks cap into San Francisco Bay!

FainaAgain

If you don't plan to visit museums, why do you need a city pass or GO card? Why not to buy a MUNI pass, they are sold from 1 day to 1/2 month if you need them for that long! Check first if Cable Car rides are included or not.

calimom29

I went ahead and replied to your other response but I'll post it here too. The Go San Francisco Card I think is the better deal because it includes more attractions and more variety for the price whereas city pass seems to have only a few attractions. I suppose if you're only visiting for a day--maybe go with the pass, but I would spring for the Go San Francisco Card that way I could try a handful of attractions. We have this pass in San Diego and it's very popular and easy to use. I've used it to entertain relatives visiting the area and they had a blast. You also get shopping and dining discounts and a free guidebook with purchase--where as with the Pass you only get the attractions and that's it. Hope that helps!

Also, I think it's cool that the Go Card also includes a trip out to Wine Country and attractions in that area too.

If you don't want to visit art galleries you could also do the harbor tours, fisherman's wharf attractions and the tours to wine country--that tour is worth something like 69 bucks normally. So you'd probably get your money's worth. I also like the Bike Rental which is included.

It's up to you though and the other poster had it right--you don't need these passes to enjoy San Francisco but they would be great if you wanted to make it a little easier by just buying all the attractions at once for a little less.