Train and Bus 
Hearst Castle, Coast & Monterey by rails & wheels

3 days / 2 nights
From Los Angeles to San Francisco
Los Angeles to Monterey by Amtrak
From Monterey to San Francisco by Gray Line Tours

Tour includes :
Amtrak tickets Los Angeles to San Luis Obispo and Monterey with transfers on arrival to the hotels, night in San Luis Obispo, guided tour of Hearst Castle and San Simeon Coast, night in Monterey, guided tour of Monterey, 17-Mile Drive, Pebble Beach, Carmel by the Sea continuing to San Francisco. One dinner, one picnic lunch, and one breakfast, and tax.

Day 1: (D) Anaheim or Los Angeles to San Luis Obispo. 220 miles by AMTRAK Coast Starlight train
Click here for pictures of traveling by Amtrak

On AMTRAK train leave Anaheim at 8:07 or Union Station, Los Angeles at 10:15 a.m.  See Simi Valley, orange groves and green houses, reaching the Pacific coast at Oxnard. As the train hugs the shore we see the most magnificent vistas west through Santa Barbara. Turning north at Point Arguello past Vandenberg Space Station fields of strawberries and miles of new vines are all around us on the way to Pismo Beach. On arrival in San Luis Obispo around 3:43 the hotel van takes you to Apple Farm Inn. Check in for the night.
Overnight at Apple Farm Inn, San Luis Obispo.  Dinner  

---- DINNING ON THE TRAIN -----
THE DINNING CAR & CAFE LOUNGE CAR ON COAST STARLIGHT
 The Dinning Car offers a truly unique restaurant style dinning experience to both Sleeping Car and Coach passengers. Enjoy regional wines and regionally inspired dishes prepared by our talented chefs, all the while enjoying a level of service you'd expect of a fine restaurant. In addition to the Dinning Car, all passengers are invited to relax, socialize and dine in the Cafe Lounge Car. The Lounge Car offers extended hours and a more casual environment where you can satisfy your appetite with sandwiches, snacks, beer, cocktails, wine, and an assortment of sodas and juices.

Day 2: (PL) San Luis Obispo / Hearst Castle/ Monterey. 148 miles tour and  154 miles by train and bus.

The Wine Wrangler driver guide takes you about 45 minutes
west to the coast and then on Highway One to San Simeon. Tour Hearst Castle and see the movie “Building the Dream”. Built by Julia Morgan during the 1920s and 1930s for the art collection of world famous newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst this 2 hour tour is ideal for first time visitors with an easy walk, a total of about 150 steps. Enjoy a picnic lunch and stop for shopping or visit a winery. Continue to San Luis Obispo. Board The Coast Starlight at 3:43.The train chugs up Cuesta Grade and then drops down to the horse ranches of Templeton and green pastures and vineyards of Paso Robles. At Camp Roberts we enter Monterey County and along the Salinas River oil fields give way to the Valley, one of the richest agricultural areas in California. Riding through one of the largest vineyards we come upon miles of broccoli, lettuce, flowers and berries. Around 6:36 you reach Salinas where John Steinbeck chronicled the transformation of Monterey county from the days of depression to the wealthier times. Salinas Taxi waits for your arrival and takes you to Bay Park Hotel, Monterey.

Check in at Bay Park Hotel. Relax at this full service hotel.

Day 3: (B) Monterey Peninsula Tour - then to San Francisco. 154 miles by motor coach.

Have breakfast and spend the morning at the hotel. Between noon and one meet the tour motor coach from San Francisco. Spend the rest of the day in historic Monterey, Cannery Row, Pacific Grove looking at golf courses, mansions and scenic vistas. See the Pacific crashing on the rocks and swirling around on the 17 Mile Drive, where the Lone Cypress stands guard. Brush with luxury at the resorts of Pebble Beach. Time in Carmel by the Sea for shopping & browsing. After five we go east through Fort Ord and Castroville to Highway 101 as the artichoke and strawberry fields and green houses give way turning north along the San Andreas fault line through Gilroy and Morgan Hill. The urban sprawl emerges as we enter San Jose. The pace quickens and slows with the traffic driving through the Silicon Valley then past San Francisco International Airport arriving at your hotel in the City around 7:30 p.m.

Notes:  Dinner on the first day, picnic lunch on second day and breakfast on third day are included in the tour price. It is best to have lunch on the first day on the train. With so much to enjoy in Monterey you can spend an extra day and night at Bay Park Hotel coming to San Francisco on the 4^th day. 

Amtrak (Coast Starlight Train)

Comfortable reclining seats on Coast Starlight

Beautiful Ocean View from the train

          

Parlor Car (Vista Dome) and Dinning car

      

Burger and chips on the train   &  Sun Luis Obispo train Station  

THIS IS AN INDEPENDENT TRIP USING AMTRAK and local tour company.
Requires a minimum of 2 persons.    ***THIS IS NOT A GROUP TOUR***

3 Day Amtrak Train and Deluxe Motor coach Tour Code: LA2TC
Available almost daily.

PRICE FROM APRIL 1ST 2013 TO MARCH 31ST 2014

COST FROM APRIL 2013	Double	Single	Triple	Child
Tour Code LA2TC	$625	$895	$507	$222

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

This site updated on February 7th, 2013

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