Grant's
San Francisco
Travel Guide

The Neighborhoods of San Francisco - Civic Center

The civic center is the seat of local government. You will find city hall here (worth a look incidentally - it is really quite impressive), in addition to the Opera House, Davies Symphony Hall, the Asian Art museum and Peace Pagoda Gardens.

City Hall Tours

Monday - Friday 10:00 am, 12:00 noon and 2:00 pm.
Public tours run 45 minutes to an hour.  Reservations are required for groups of eight or more and must be made four weeks in advance to allow for scheduling.  A fee is charged for private groups of eight people or more.  There is no charge for school groups from the elementary-high school level. 

City Hall is located at 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place

The sign-up location for tours is the Docent Tour kiosk, located in the Van Ness Ave. lobby next to the elevators.