Most visits can be booked on the spot. A few sell out days ahead. Here they are, stop by stop, with what you can do without booking underneath. Keep the rest of your time free.
3 activities to book · about €117 per person
No booking needed: Golden Gate Bridge, on foot or by bike · Lombard Street and the cable cars · Fisherman's Wharf and the sea lions of Pier 39
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No booking needed: Bixby Creek Bridge · McWay Falls, dropping onto the beach
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No booking needed: Santa Monica and Venice Beach · The Malibu beaches · Griffith Observatory
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€117 per person if you do them all, across 3 bookings. The most expensive is "Studio tour and Hollywood" at €60, the cheapest "Monterey and the 17-Mile Drive" at €12. Prices checked when written: confirm them when you book.
8 visits on this itinerary need no ticket or time slot, starting with Golden Gate Bridge, on foot or by bike, Lombard Street and the cable cars, Fisherman's Wharf and the sea lions of Pier 39, Bixby Creek Bridge. They make up most of your days: booking ahead only concerns a handful of sites with limited places.
San Francisco, with 1 activity to book, against 1 at the quietest stop. That is where slots go first.
From 2h30 for the shortest to Half day for the longest. Fit them into your days before filling the rest: a guided visit often takes half a day.