Haight Ashbury

The Haight-Ashbury district, in San Francisco

Haight-Ashbury is the mythical district of the hippie movement, cradle of the counterculture of the 1960s. The San Francisco audio-guided tour stops here to evoke this emblematic place, the scene of the Summer of Love and the free spirit of the era.

The cradle of the counterculture

The Haight-Ashbury district, at the crossing of Haight and Ashbury streets, was the epicentre of the hippie movement. In the mid-1960s, thousands of young people flocked there, attracted by the ideals of peace, freedom and community, during the famous Summer of Love of 1967. Music, psychedelic art and new ways of living bubbled there. Today, the district keeps the spirit of this era through its vintage shops, its record stores, its colourful façades and its murals, and remains a high place of the memory of the counterculture.

What to see

Here you wander between the vintage shops, the record stores, the colourful façades and the murals, in the district that was the epicentre of the hippie movement and the Summer of Love. Haight-Ashbury keeps the free spirit of the 1960s. It is a must-see stop, to be explored on foot.

Practical information

The Haight-Ashbury district lies in San Francisco, reachable on foot and by public transport. It is a freely accessible public district; the shops, cafés and businesses have their own hours. You discover it during a walk, particularly lively along Haight Street.

Why is Haight-Ashbury famous?

Because it was the epicentre of the hippie movement and the counterculture of the 1960s, the scene of the famous Summer of Love of 1967, in San Francisco.

Where is the Haight-Ashbury district?

In San Francisco, in California.