Winchester Mystery House Mansion Tour - Departs San Francisco

Winchester Mystery House Mansion Tour

Travel South on Highway 280, considered the most beautiful freeway in the United States, to the Winchester Mystery House, in the heart of Silicon Valley. The Mansion is filled with so many unexplained oddities, that it has come to be known as the “Winchester Mystery House”. There will be a guided tour of the Mansion, and time to see the beautiful gardens and museums before returning to San Francisco.

TOUR INCLUDES:

• Round-trip Transportation
• Mansion Tour Entrance Fee
• Admission to 2 Museums at the Mansion.

Winchester Mystery House Mansion Tour

In 1884, the Winchester rifle heiress Sarah Winchester began work on the 160 room Victorian. For 38 years she kept carpenters working 24 hours a day non-stop. See “The gun that won the West” in the “Fire Arms Museum”, one of the largest Winchester rifle collections on the West Coast. Also see the ”Antique Products Museum”, which has a rare collection of antique products once manufactured by the Winchester Products Company.

MANSION TOUR:

Tour through 110 of the 160 rooms and look for the bizarre phenomena that gave the mansion its name; a window built into the floor, staircases leading to nowhere, a chimney that rises four floors, doors that open onto blank walls, and upside down posts! No one has been able to explain the mysteries that exist within the Winchester Mansion, or why Sarah Winchester kept the carpenters' hammers pounding 24 hours a day for 38 years. It is believed that after the untimely deaths of her baby daughter and husband, son of the Winchester Rifle manufacturer, Mrs. Winchester was convinced by a medium that continuous building would appease the evil spirits of those killed by the famous "Gun that Won the West" and help her attain eternal life. Certainly her $20,000,000 inheritance was sufficient to support her obsession until her death at 82!

 

WINCHESTER FIREARMS MUSEUM:

The "Gun that Won the West" is the main attraction in the Firearms Museum. See the collection of guns that preceded the famous Winchester Rifle, including B. Tyler Henry's 1860 repeating rifle that Oliver Winchester adapted and improved upon to produce his first repeating rifle, the Winchester Model 1866. Learn about the Model 1873 which came to be called the "Gun that Won the West." See a collection of the Limited Edition Winchester Commemorative Rifles including the Centennial '66,the Theodore Roosevelt, and the renowned John Wayne.

WINCHESTER ANTIQUE PRODUCTS MUSEUM:

This museum contains a rare collection of antique products once manufactured by the Winchester Products Company. At one time there were 6,300 individually owned Winchester stores carrying these products, which made it the largest hardware chain store organization in the world! The museum now displays items produced in the 1920's ranging from Winchester cutlery, flashlights, lawn-mowers, boy's wagons, fishing tackle and roller skates, to food choppers, electric irons, and farm and garden tools.

Winchester Mystery House Mansion Tour
January - December: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday at 2:00pm. Closed 12/25 & 01/01

Departure Location:

Guest are asked to meet at The Sightseeing Ticket Office at 2627 Taylor Street, San Francisco, CA 94133 located at the corner of Taylor and North Point in the heart of Fisherman's Wharf. There is ample paid parking lots and very limited metered street parking is available. Guests should meet at this address 15 minutes prior to departure.

Complimentary Hotel Pickup:

Complimentary hotel pick up is offered from most hotels in San Francisco. Please be punctual for your pick up time, but allow at least ten 10 minutes for possible traffic delay. Click here for a Hotel Pick Up List

Payment:

Your credit card will be charged the total amount of products and services selected at the time of booking. We accept Visa, Mastercard, American Express or Discover Cards

Confirmation & Travel Voucher:

This tour must be booked at least 24hrs in advance of your travel date. Your confirmation for this product will be received within 12-24 hours subject to availability. You will receive a confirmation email with a link to your E-Ticket Voucher. Print this voucher on you home/office printer and present SIGNED voucher at departure location. Only one voucher will be created per tour or activity for all travelers.

Cancellation Policy: 

Cancellations within 48 hours of the tour are charged in full. Cancellations prior to 48 hours are charged a minimum $10.00 per person administration fee. We charge 100% for No Shows. If the tour is cancelled by the tour operator, the full ticket price will be refunded.

Supplier and Tourcorp assume no responsibility for delays caused by accidents, breakdown, weather, conditions of trails, roads, bays, oceans, rivers, airspace and any other conditions beyond control of Supplier, in addition to insufficient numbers of passengers.

Comfortable shoes, extra layer of warm clothing, hats, visors and sunglasses. Weather: Tour route or activity may be changed depending on local weather conditions. Gratuities and Souvenirs are not included.

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