• Must-sees

1-2 hours

Escape from the Rock

Do you have what it takes to escape from the Rock?

$47.00
/person normally
Escape from the Rock

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What you'll do

Enjoy a tour around Alcatraz with Go City®

  • With us, there are no entry fees on the day – all you've got to do is show your pass.
  • Return cruise around Alcatraz Island included. *Tour does not include admission onto Alcatraz Island.
  • Fully-narrated tour to learn all about the island and its former prisoners - available in nine languages including: English, Spanish, Mandarin, Italian, French, Japanese, Korean, German & Taiwanese. (Please bring a Wi-Fi enabled device to access the tour.)

Sail around this infamous prison and get immersed in a history of crime and punishment as you learn about the grisly characters, the failed escapes, and the brutality of life on the Rock.

You’ll enjoy a birds-eye view from the boat taking in the prison from every angle as your guide tells harrowing accounts of the various escape attempts. The tour is complete with sound effects to bring stories of Al Capone, Billy Cook the Killer, Clyde Johnson, and other ruthless criminals, to life.

Alcatraz Island facts

Alcatraz Island is located 1.5 miles off the coast of California, and the prison was in use until 1963.

In the operating life of the prison, there were 14 recorded escape attempts, six of which ended in the fatal shootings of prisoners by guards and three which ended with the men being lost at sea, their bodies never found.

On May 2, 1945, a group of six prisoners led an escape attempt, which failed, but came to be known as the 'Battle of Alcatraz'.

In June of 1962, three prisoners were successful, carrying out one of the most meticulously planned escapes in history, which consisted of chiseling away at concrete around an air vent with spoons and scraps of metal. The prisoners reached the waters of the Bay, but are said to have drowned due to cold water temperatures.

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Where you'll be

Operating hours

June 10th - August 4th
Daily:
12:00 PM and 5:45PM

Closings & holidays

Christmas Day
 

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