San Francisco CityPASS Tops the List of Money-saving Fall Travel Tips

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--One sure way to save money on a San Francisco vacation is to visit during the less crowded, more affordable off-season. Another is to include San Francisco CityPASS, a booklet of prepaid admission tickets that saves visitors nearly half off combined admission to the city’s top attractions.

Inside each San Francisco CityPASS ticket booklet is a San Francisco Muni & Cable Car 7-day Passport, which lets travelers enjoy a week of unlimited rides on the city’s iconic cable cars, as well as all Muni buses and streetcars. Complementing the passport are tickets to the California Academy of Sciences, Blue & Gold Fleet Bay Cruise, Aquarium of the Bay and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. The booklet also includes an option ticket that gives travelers a choice between the Exploratorium or the de Young Museum and Legion of Honor.

San Francisco CityPASS costs $64 for adults (value $120.90) and $39 for kids age 5-12 (value $74.95).

Among the museums whose tickets are included with CityPASS are the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, containing the West’s most comprehensive collection of contemporary art; the California Academy of Sciences, which houses an aquarium, planetarium, natural history museum and four-story rain forest canopy — all under one eco-friendly roof; and the de Young Museum, whose galleries showcase American art from the 17th through the 21st centuries. The de Young ticket also includes same-day admission to the Legion of Honor museum.

The de Young shares an option ticket with the Exploratorium. CityPASS travelers, especially those with kids, will want to make a beeline for this fascinating and challenging museum, where visitors can freeze their shadows on the Shadow Wall and touch a swirling, 10-foot-tall tornado funnel.

San Francisco CityPASS’ water-based adventures include a one-hour Blue & Gold Fleet Bay Cruise and the Aquarium of the Bay, which gives ticket holders an up-close look at local marine wildlife.

San Francisco CityPASS can be purchased online at citypass.com or at any of the CityPASS attractions. It is valid for nine consecutive days, beginning with the first day of use. CityPASS ticket booklets are also available for New York, Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Hollywood, Houston, Philadelphia, Seattle, Southern California and Toronto. For more information, visit www.citypass.com.