Monterey by rail & wheels - 2 Days
AMTRAK from Los Angeles or Anaheim
through Santa Barbara and Salinas Valley plus Monterey Sightseeing Tour
2 days / 1 night
From Los Angeles to San Francisco
This independent tour is made possible by taking AMTRAK train from Anaheim or Los Angeles to Monterey, spending a night there and then a motor coach tour and transfer to San Francisco. The motor coach tour may be operated by California Parlor Car Tours, Tower Tours or by Super Sightseeing Tours.
Tour includes: AMTRAK train tickets from Anaheim or Los Angeles. Hotel room with tax.
Tour of Monterey Peninsula. Entrance fee for 17 Mile Drive. Transportation to San Francisco.
Day 1. Anaheim or Los Angeles to Salinas and Monterey. 375 miles.
On AMTRAK train leave Anaheim at 8:07 or Union Station, Los Angeles at 10:00 a.m. Riding through suburbs of Los Angeles we see Simi Valley and Fillmore, orange groves and green houses, reaching the Pacific coast at Oxnard. As the train hugs the shores we see the most magnificent vistas. West through Santa Barbara and then turning north at Goleta we pass by Vandenberg Space Station on the way to Pismo Beach. Fields of strawberries and miles of new vines are all around us as we ride north to San Luis Obispo. Soon the train chugs up Cuesta Grade and then drops down going to the horse ranches and pasture lands of Paso Robles. At Camp Roberts we enter Monterey County and run alongside 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. The train lets us off in Salinas where John Steinbeck chronicled the transformation of Monterey county from the days of depression to the wealthier times. The AMTRAK bus takes us past Laguna Seca to the ocean at Monterey Bay where Golf courses, mansions and scenic drives take over. It should be just after 7:15 in the evening. Check in at the Bay Park Hotel in Monterey
Bay Park Hotel 1425 Munras Avenue, Monterey
Day 2. Monterey Peninsula Tour and then to San Francisco. 154 miles.
Spend the morning enjoying this resort. At about 11:00 meet the
motorcoach for a tour of Monterey. Spend the rest of the day in Historic Monterey, Cannery Row, Pacific Grove.
See the Pacific crashing on to the rocks and swirling around on the 17 Mile Drive, where the Lone Cypress stands guard.
Brush with luxury at the golf courses and resorts of Pebble Beach. Time in Carmel by the Sea for shopping & browsing.
Around four we go east through Fort Ord and Castroville to Highway 101, turning north along the San Andreas
fault line through Gilroy and Morgan Hill. Soon the artichoke and strawberry fields, green houses and pastures give way
to the urban sprawl that emerges as we enter San Jose. The pace quickens and slows with the traffic as we drive with
the San Francisco Bay on our right through the Silicon Valley, past the International Airport coming in to San Francisco
after 6:00. The trip ends at your hotel.
Departures from Anaheim / Los Angeles
Almost daily, subject to availability.
2 Day Amtrak Train and Deluxe Motor coach - Tour Code LA1M
Departures from Anaheim / Los Angeles almost daily, subject to availability.
| Double | Single | Triple | Child | |
| Tour Code: LA1M | $266 | $349 | $251 | $130 |
Tour price per person in U.S. Dollars includes features shown above and handling fee. The costs can change depending on the hotel and train rates that vary according to special events at the hotels and days of travel on the train.
Images furnished by Monterey Convention and Visitors Bureau.
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