From San Francisco to Los Angeles by Bus & Train 2008
California offers some of the world’s most spectacular sights and best spots for vacations. From the Golden Gate to Tinsel Town this motor coach tour and train itinerary includes must see places in Monterey and train rides through Salinas Valley and on the Pacific Coast by Santa Barbara. You can choose to take just the three day bus and train tour from San Francisco to Los Angeles or combine it with hotels and tours in San Francisco and/or Los Angeles to make it a 5 or 7 day package vacation. THIS IS NOT A GROUP TOUR.. It is an independent trip using local sightseeing companies and AMTRAK trains. International visitors like the experience of riding the trains through beautiful California countryside. Trains can be late at times but overall the itinerary is very interesting and enjoyable.
This tour can start on any date - subject to hotel availability Price staring April 1st 2008
*For San Francisco Riesling Package to stay at Tuscan Inn Fisherman’s Wharf add $26 per room per person on a double basis. Cost of the 3 day California Pacific tour includes two nights’ hotel rooms with tax, luggage handling, admissions and fees to 17 Mile Drive and Hearst Castle, 1 dinner and 1 breakfast with tax and tips, narrated tour and transportation in San Francisco and Monterey and Los Angeles with experienced driver/guide. (Vehicle size depends on number of clients booked). ** To stay at Clarion Anaheim save $25 (per person on double). You can add extra night(s) before or after the tour. There is open choice of menu. Vegetarian or other diet followers can order fish or appropriate items. Trains can be late at times but overall the itinerary is very interesting and enjoyable. This independent trip requires some flexibility and acceptance of train or other delays and minor changes. It is like a mini adventure. If you are finicky about times and details perhaps you should look at a different itinerary. If you have any questions or comments please email us at reservations@calpartours.com Book This Tour | Brochure | Back | Hotels | Home
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San Francisco
We board The
Coast Starlight at 3:20 or the Pacific Surfliner Train 798 at
4:25. 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 around six 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 9:00 or 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. To the Los
Angeles International Airport Fly Away bus leaves every half
hour, takes about 45 minutes cost only $3. If you are going
further south the train connects to Surfliner 596 arrives in
Anaheim at 10:51, San Juan Capistrano at 11:25 and San Diego
after midnight at 12:50 a.m. 