Alcatraz Island, known as America’s most infamous maximum-security prison, is mostly famous for housing the most defiant outlaws, escape artists, and horrific criminals once upon a time. People like George “Machine Gun” Kelly, Al Capone, and Robert Stroud (the “Birdman of Alcatraz”) were among its scandalous inhabitants.
In 1963, Alcatraz was abandoned as a prison and currently stands as a public museum. The abandoned prison island is considered today, one of the most popular tourist spots in San Francisco. It receives over a million visitors each year from all around the world.
A tour of San Francisco’s Alcatraz Island is considered one of the most rewarding experiences of any vacation. If you don’t take a tour of the former federal prison in San Francisco Bay, your visit to California will be incomplete. However, tourists book their tickets online and get Alcatraz tickets in advance to avoid the last-minute rush.
For over a decade, the National Park Service has had a reservation system in place. This system of booking Alcatraz Island tickets is very different from how previous generations used to get them. The National Park Service strongly advises making reservations in advance as that makes it easier for the visitors to visit and pay for the Alcatraz tickets without having to go through the hassle of long queues.