Official Alcatraz Island tickets
San Francisco, United States
The real site
cityexperiences.com
Tickets are sold on the official partner site linked from nps.gov.
Go to the official siteChecked by hand on October 12, 2026.
- Entry
- Timed tickets. Book ahead; popular slots sell out.
- Best time to go
- Morning
- Plan for
- 3 hrs
- Price
- See the official site for current prices.
Alcatraz City Cruises is the only official ferry. Tickets sell out weeks ahead.
Hours change by season. Check the official site before you go.
How to spot a lookalike
- The address isn’t cityexperiences.com. Lookalikes add words like “tickets” or “official” to the name.
- It’s the top result marked “Sponsored”. Scroll past the ads.
- The price is far above the official one, or there’s a “service fee” at checkout.
- Some resellers are legitimate (tours, skip-the-line packages). Compare with the official price before you pay.
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