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68 EW SHOW DAILY Sunday, April 21, 2013 IN OTHER NEWS San Francisco tours This walking tour allows visitors to "eat their way" through San Francisco neighborhoods including Chinatown and North Beach/Little Italy. The tour provides visitors with free samples of food such as pastry, chocolate, pizza, and pasta. Italian coffee is another feature of the North Beach tour. The tour is a "leisurely, guided tour," according to the company's website, featuring a short walk of about eight blocks over mostly flat streets. Segway, bicycling tours City Segway Tours Fisherman's Wharf 877-734-8687 www.citysegwaytours.com S an Francisco boasts a variety of tour companies that visit all of its attractive and famous sites, by water or by land. Touring the city with a tour guide can be a perfect way to see the most sites at one time. Tours of San Francisco, some beginning at the iconic Fisherman's Wharf, include: Sailing tour Adventure Cat Sailing Charters Pier 39, Dock J 800-498-4228 www.adventurecat.com This company brings visitors a unique way to see San Francisco: by boat. Participants can sail the bay on a premier catamaran for an hour and a half excursion that passes Alcatraz Island and Sausalito and travels beneath the Golden Gate Bridge. Marine life seen while on the boat includes sea lions, dolphins, and occasionally, whales. Sailing without engines on the bay is quiet and peaceful, with drinks and snacks available on-board. The off-season is Dec. 2 to March 1, so call for reservations from March 4 to Nov. 27. Food tour Local Tastes of the City Tours North Beach 888-358-TOUR (8687) www.sffoodtour.com If not by boat or by bicycle, San Francisco can be toured by another vehicle—a Segway. City Segway Tours offers visitors a different method of seeing a large area of the city with the least exertion, and with the added benefit of being in the open air. Sites seen include views of the Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz, Ghirardelli Square, Aquatic Park, and the cable car turnaround. The tour begins with a safety video and 30-minute orientation, with practice on the Segways so participants feel safe and comfortable operating the vehicles. San Francisco Electric Tour Company Golden Gate Park 415-474-1944 www.electrictourcompany.com The San Francisco Electric Tour Company also offers tours of the city by Segway, including the Golden Gate Park tour, an 8-mile guided experience riding through the 1,107-acre park on trails and bicycling routes. New night tours have expanded the city sites viewed on a Segway to include Chinatown, North Beach, and the Embarcadero waterfront. The company also features electric bicycling tours in the city, including through Fisherman's Wharf and over the Golden Gate Bridge to Sausalito. Following the guided tour there, riders can spend independent time in Sausalito with return by ferry. The electric bicycles offer the ability to alternate between pedaling or using the electric motor power, with bike pedal power over the bridge required. Bay City Bike Rentals and Tours Fisherman's Wharf 415-346-2453 baycitybike.com Bay City Bike Rentals and Tours provides custom-guided bike tours, both self-guided and daily tour-guided. Participants can select which bicycle ride they want to take, including across the Golden Gate Bridge, in Golden Gate Park, and at the Marin Headlands. A variety of bicycle choices are offered, from comfort hybrids to mountain bikes to tandems. The company's website includes detailed information about the types of bikes for rent, the bike gear included in the rental price, and the amazing locales that can be visited in the tours. The cost varies by bicycle, with the price of a single comfort bike at $32 a day and a tandem comfort bike at $60 per day. See the website for more details. EW