Monterey Sea & Land - 2 Days
Monterey Sightseeing Tour and AMTRAK train
through Salinas Valley and Santa Barbara to Los Angeles or Anaheim
2 Days & 1 Night
This independent tour is made possible by taking motor coach tour from San Francisco to Monterey, spending
a night there and then AMTRAK train connection to Los Angeles, Anaheim or San Diego. The motor coach tour
is operated by San Francisco Sightseeing Gray Line Tours, Coach America Company.
Tour includes: Pick up from your hotel in central San Francisco area, narrated tour by full size motor coach to Monterey. Hotel room with tax. 17 Mile Drive fee. AMTRAK throughway transfer to Salinas. Train tickets to Los Angeles.
1st Day. San Francisco to Monterey, 154 milesLeave San Francisco around 9:00 a.m. Driving south along San Andreas Fault then west to the Pacific Ocean down Highway One you go through Santa Cruz. Miles of artichoke and strawberry fields by the Monterey Bay, home of Fort Ord where armed forces once trained now students prepare for their future at California State University. Going through Monterey we stop at Cannery Row around lunch time and optional visit of the world renown Monterey Bay Aquarium. Driving along stops are made at *Pacific Grove *17 Mile Drive *Pebble Beach *Carmel by the Sea for about an hour.
Check-in to the hotel by 5:30 p.m.
Bay Park Hotel 1425 Munras Avenue, Monterey.
2nd Day. Monterey to Salinas and Los Angeles. 375 miles.
After a relaxing morning, 5 minutes by taxi to Transit Plaza for 10:55 AMTRAK Thruway motor coach transfer you via Laguna Seca
to Salinas Train Station. This takes about 30 minutes. AMTRAK Train #11 that started in Seattle the day before now takes us
through the Salinas Valley, center of Monterey Country's agricultural region. The route takes us by Salinas River through
small towns, fields of lettuce, broccoli and acres of green houses. Suddenly by King City we see miles and miles of newly
planted vineyards where just a few years ago there was only cattle pasture. The oil fields appear and then the military
installations at Camp Roberts. Soon we reach historic Paso Robles. Leaving the level areas we now climb Cuesta Grade and
drop down to sea level at San Luis Obispo. The ocean briefly appears at Pismo Beach. Heading south the rails go by
Vandenberg Space station and near Goleta 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 9:00 p.m. as we arrive at the 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 Los Angeles International Airport.
If you are going further south the train connects to Surfliner #794 at 10:05 that arrives in Anaheim at 10:51, San Juan Capistrano
at 11:25 and San Diego well past midnight at 12:50.
Departures from San Francisco
Almost daily, subject to availability.
| Cost per person | Double | Triple | Single | Child |
| 2 days Monterey Sea & Land | $266 | $251 | $349 | $130 |
Child rate based on ages 5 to 18 sharing a room with adult(s), extra charges for cot or rollaway.
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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