After completing this audio tour, you’ll be amazed at how many fascinating stories and personalities intersect at San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury. Even better,  you’ll be tempted to flash a peace sign and put a flower in your hair.

We’ll begin our walk at the Golden Gate Park and end across the street from the Hippie Temptation House that was featured in a 1967 TV documentary of the same name.

On the roughly one mile walking tour, we’ll visit the following sites:

• Golden Gate Park, where you’ll learn about the manycontributions of landscaper extraordinaire John McLaren
• The Haight grounds, where 20,000 people watched professional baseball in the 19th century
• The homes and hang outs of rock legends the Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and Jefferson Airplane
• A row of some of the finest Victorian houses in San Francisco, including the famous "Four Seasons"
• The home of infamous mass murderer Charles Manson
• The townhouse where ballet dancer and Soviet defector Rudolf Nureyev was busted for possession of marijuana

The Haight-Ashbury is an exciting, urban neighborhood with many cafes, restaurants, and bars. You can pause the tour at any time to stop for refreshments. You'll also find markets specializing in organic and sustainably grown foods and breweries offering  locally produced ales. The books, music, vintage clothing and Tibetan handcrafts in the Haight’s shops are unlike what you will anywhere.

Departure

The west corner of Haight and Stanyan, at the entrance to Golden Gate Park. The exact dress is 730 Stanyan St, San Francisco, California, 94117.

Know before you go

This is a self-guided audio tour. Entrance fees to all attractions mentioned on the tour are excluded from the price.

Remember your headphones and charge your phone's battery. The way the app uses GPS to play audio automatically can be battery intensive.