San Francisco to San Simeon Package Tour

Length:

2 days / 1 night

Departs:

8:30 am from San Francisco*

Prices:

Single:

$438.00

Double:

$665.00

Triple:

$903.00

Child:

$197.00  (ages 5-11)

Price Includes:

Narrated tour bus transportation, return by AMTRAK, two lunches and one dinner, overnight hotel stay, tax, tips & porterage, 17-Mile Drive fee, and Hearst Castle Tour.

Itinerary:

Day One: A 154-mile narrated bus tour from San Francisco to Monterey. We'll travel through Silicon Valley, San Jose, and Gilroy (site of the annual Garlic Festival) to Salinas Valley, the childhood home of John Steinbeck. Next it's an hourlong visit to the National Steinbeck Center Museum then a break for lunch. After lunch, we'll drive past Laguna Seca through Monterey, making sure to see historic Cannery Row, the waterfront Victorian-home-lined streets of Pacific Grove, world-famous 17 Mile-Drive and Pebble Beach, and the waterfront artist colony of Carmel. We'll check into our Monterey hotel at 5:30 pm and dine in the hotel.

Day Two: We'll take a breathtaking 138-mile drive south on the scenic coastal Highway One, traveling along the majestic coastline of Big Sur with views of the coastal redwoods, and will arrive in San Simeon just in time for lunch. In San Simeon, we'll take an easy 2-hour tour of the opulent Hearst Castle, built in 1920s through 1940s by famed architect Julia Morgan for newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst. Then we travel east to Paso Robles to board AMTRAK for our return trip to San Francisco. The train travels along the Salinas River, and you'll pass the rolling hills of the agricultural heart of Central California. We'll continue east to Oakland, the terminus for AMTRAK. At the train station, we'll board a bus, crossing the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge as we make our way back into San Francisco. After arriving in San Francisco around 10:00 pm, prepaid cab vouchers will be available for transportation to most major San Francisco hotels.

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Los Angeles to San Simeon with Monterey Package Tour

Length:

2 days / 1 night

Departs:

8:30 am from Los Angeles*

Prices:

Single:

$438.00

Double:

$665.00

Triple:

$903.00

Child:

$197.00  (ages 5-11)

Price Includes:

Narrated tour bus transportation, return by AMTRAK, two lunches and one dinner, overnight hotel stay, tax, tips & porterage, 17-Mile Drive fee, and Hearst Castle Tour.

Itinerary:

Day One: A narrated bus tour starting from hotels in Anaheim/Los Angeles/Hollywood that will take you first to Santa Barbara, to see the "Queen of the Missions." Then it's on to the delightful Danish village of Solvang, where we will stop for lunch. We'll continue north through Santa Maria, traveling along the Pacific coastline to San Simeon, the site of Hearst Castle. After the tour, we'll continue along scenic coastal Highway One, passing Big Sur and the coastal redwoods, and will arrive in Monterey at our hotel by 8:00 pm where we will eat dinner.

Day Two: Morning begins with a bus trip to AMTRAK's Salinas station. We'll travel by train through the heart of Central California's agricultural region, with its acres of lettuce, broccoli, and pastures dotting the scenery. Then it's on to King City, where you'll see many recently established vineyards. After passing the oil fields and the military installations at Camp Roberts, we'll reach the historic, small town of Paso Robles. After ascending Cuesta Grade, we'll descend back to sea level at San Luis Obispo and get a brief glimpse of the Pacific Ocean at Pismo Beach. Then we'll pass Fillmore, Simi Valley, and Glendale, before arriving at Union Station in Los Angeles around 9:00pm.

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