Winchester Mystery House and Silicon Valley Tour departs from San Francisco

Winchester Mystery House Tour: “Silicon Valley” – San Jose, CA

Winchester Mystery House Tour

Travel south on Hwy 280 – considered the most beautiful freeway in the US – to the Winchester Mystery House, in the heart of Silicon Valley.

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.

The Mansion is filled with so many unexplained oddities, that it has come to be known as the “Winchester Mystery House”.

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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.

There will be a guided tour of the Mansion, and time to see the beautiful gardens and museums before returning to San Francisco.

The Mansion Tour is NOT accessible to wheel chairs or infant strollers. Wheelchaired guests are invited to tour the Gardens and Historic Firearms Museum .

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• Tours are conducted from our fleet of comfortable and air-conditioned motor coaches.

• House Tour Entrance Fees and 2 museums at the facility

• Guided Tour

• Round-trip Transportation

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!

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The Winchester Firearms Museum

The "Gun that Won the West" is the main attraction in the Firearms Museum, one of the largest Winchester Rifle collections on the West Coast. 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.

The Winchester Antique Products Museum

This museum contains a rare collection of antique products once manufactured by the Winchester Products Company, a subsidiary of theWinchester Repeating Arms Company. In the years following World War I, the parent company launched a Post-war Program, aimed at expanding the manufacture of new products in order to fill the factory space previously used for military production. 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.

The Mansion Tour is NOT accessible to wheel chairs or infant strollers. Wheelchaired guests are invited to tour the Gardens and Historic Firearms Museum .

Winchester Mystery House and Silicon Valley Tour
2:00 PM Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday

Departure Dates:

Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday - Closed Christmas and New Years Day

Departure Point:

Tours departs at 2:00 PM from the SuperSightseeing Office, 2627 Taylor Street, San Francisco, CA 94133 - located at the corner of Taylor and North Point, across from the Hayatt Fisherman's Wharf Hotel. Passengers should meet at this address 15 minutes prior to departure.

2:00 PM

Hotel Pickup:

On request basis at time of order. We pick up at hotels in the major tourist areas of San Francisco. Pick up from Airport and outlying areas is not available. San Francisco Hotel Pick up List Here

Discounts:

Discount rates: Children 5 to 11.

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Payment:

Payment in advance by major credit card; Visa, Mastercard, American Express or Discover Card.

Confirmation & Travel Voucher:

For every confirmed booking you will receive an e-mail with a link to your E-Ticket Voucher - when your booking is confirmed. Please print this voucher on your home / office printer. Present E-Ticket voucher at the Tour Office.

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This tour must be booked at least 24 hours in advance of your travel date. Your confirmation for this product will be received within 12-24 hours subject to availability.

Cancellation Policy:

Cancellations within 24 hours of the tour are charged in full. Cancellations prior to 24 hours are charged a $10 per person administration fee. We charge for no shows. No Shows on tour dates are charged 100%. Some specific tours and activities have a higher cancellation fee due to the limited space available.

Recommended for all tours in San Francisco: Comfortable shoes and a extra layer of warm clothing.

Weather permitting. If seasonal fog obscures the view, tour route may be altered.

Super Sightseeing Tours and TourCorp assume no responsibility for delays caused by accidents, breakdown, bad conditions of the road and other conditions beyond control, in addition to insufficient numbers.

Buses are air conditioned and the size of the bus depends on the number of passengers booked for that particular day. Super Sightseeing Tours reserves the right to change the size of the bus to meet the proper carrying out of tours.

Meals, Gratuities and Souvenirs are not included.

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