Guided Tours in the Petaluma area are perfect for when you are happy to let someone else take care of the planning and logistics of seeing the sights. There are a number of different guided tours available.
There are free docent-guided walking tours of Historic Downtown which start at the Petaluma Museum on most Saturdays from May through October. Costume-clad docents describe Petaluma's past while leading visitors through the downtown district of 1880s-style Iron Front buildings.
Kids might enjoy Mrs. Grossman's Sticker Factory Tour, which takes place in the corporate headquarters of America's favorite sticker factory on most weekdays by reservation. Cowgirl Creamery also offers tours of their state-of-the-art Petaluma facility starting in April each year.
Tour the Point Reyes Bird Observatory (PRBO) headquarters on Cypress Drive. The observatory is open to the public Monday through Friday. If you’d like to see the big city of San Francisco, the Petaluma KOA offers guided tours daily from May through October. Visitors do not have to be guests at the campground to sign up for the eight-hour tour.
Sit back and relax in a luxury SUV or passenger van and take a guided wine tour with Terrific Tours or one of the many other reputable tour companies in the area. Guided winery tours generally allow you to meet winemakers and get a behind-the-scenes look at the winemaking process. These informative tours are lead by wine experts and pickups at Petaluma hotels are available with advance reservations.
McEvoy Ranch offers a variety of tours of their 550-acre ranch in the Petaluma area. These growers produce olive products and olive oil, grapes, body care products and more, all while adhering to sustainable growing practices. Tours include Gardens and Lunch, Orchards and Mill, Spring Bloomers, Spring Birders, and Olive Tree Propagation.