Day1: Monday.  San Francisco to Monterey by motor coach. 154 miles.
Leave San Francisco at 8:30a.m. Travel through  Silicon Valley, San Jose, and Gilroy to Salinas called Valley of the World by John Steinbeck. Spend an hour at the National Steinbeck Center
Museum. Past Laguna Seca for a tour of:  Monterey, Cannery Row, Pacific Grove, 17 Mile Drive, Pebble Beach and Carmel.   
Hotel check-in by 5:30. Bay Park Hotel, Monterey    Dinner & Breakfast
 

Day 2: Tuesday. Monterey to San Luis Obispo by motor coach. 174 miles.   
Scenic Highway One, Big Sur Coast, Redwoods, San Simeon.  
Tour No. 1 of Hearst Castle, ideal for first time visitors with an easy walk, a total of about 150 steps. Takes about 2 hours. Drive south east via Highway One to San Luis Obispo arriving by 4:00.
San Luis Obispo to Los Angeles by train.   221 miles.   
AMTRAK train Pacific Coast Surfliner leaves at 4:25 p.m.  The ocean briefly appears at Pismo Beach. Heading south the rails go by Vandenberg Space station and near Gaviota you see some of the most scenic ocean views all the way through Santa Barbara to Oxnard.  Turning inland in early evening the train goes past miles of orange groves then through Fillmore and Simi Valley to Glendale and the great metropolis of Los Angeles.  It is now about 9:45 p.m. as we arrive in the heart of Los Angeles at the Union Station that you may recognize from many Hollywood films.  If you are staying in Los Angeles taxicabs to downtown locations cost about $20, twice as much to Hollywood, West Los Angeles and Beverly Hills or to the Los Angeles International Airport. The train continues to Anaheim arriving at 10:51.  The final destination is San Diego, arrival is past midnight at 12:50.

AMTRAK (Coast Starlight Train)

       

Comfortable reclining seats on Coast Starlight

          

Beautiful Ocean View from the train

          

Vista Dome Car and Dinning Car

    

Burger and chips on the train                          Sun Luis Obispo train Station  

2 Day Deluxe Motorcoach and Amtrak
Departure Date: Every Monday from April to October 2008
Tour Code: SF1L 
Double  Single  Triple  Child
$ 318    $419     $288   $108

Tour price per person in U.S. Dollars. 
Child rate 5 to 18 years old.

Tours operate when there are at least 6 participants.  Vehicle size, from mini van to full size motor coach depends on number of clients taking the tour.