SCREW THE AUDIO TOUR! Walk around the cells like the inmates did and get a pure sense of what it was like to be contained. This place is the funnest tourist trap of all time and the ferry is awesome!
In 1996's "The Rock" Sean Connery is shocked to hear they've turned Alcatraz into a tourist destination, then goes on to rescue it from a terrorist takeover with sidekick Nicolas Cage Read more
Alcatraz Island offers a close-up look at the site of the first US built fort on the West Coast, the infamous federal penitentiary, and the 18 month occupation by Indians of All Tribes which saved the tribes.