Discover exotic Chinatown on foot! In downtown San Francisco, the present has been built over the remnants of the past. This is especially true of Chinatown. From the towering steel and concrete of San Francisco’s Financial District, you will pass the historic Lion Gates and be transported into the "city-within-the-City", which recalls the days of early Chinese immigration. The first Chinese settled these streets during the Gold Rush and were swiftly followed by thousands of others. Today, San Francisco's Chinese population is one of the largest outside of Asia.

You will walk down Grant Avenue, the bustling, exotic main street of Chinatown, whose many shops specialize in everything from rare jade, ivory and silk, to backscratchers and wind-up Godzilla toys. There may be a visit to an authentic fortune cookie factory. You may also visit a Chinese temple where clouds of incense waft from upper windows carrying prayers heavenward.

Herbal shops, offering jars of ginseng root, alternate with Chinese groceries, whose windows display smoked ducks. Aromas from innumerable Chinatown restaurants combine with the sounds of many Chinese dialects spoken around you. Chinese language movie theaters and newspapers complete the illusion of a visit to Hong Kong.

At the end of the day, the vehicle will return you to your hotel.

Features of the Chinatown tour:

• Transportation to and from Chinatown via deluxe mini-coach
• Narration and walking tour given by professional, uniformed guides
• Donation/admission to the temple and Fortune Cookie Factory

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