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Bodega Bay
• Overnight in Bodega Bay at the Tides Inn with a great restaurant and views
• See Gigantic Redwoods and sequoias at Muir Woods National Monument
• John Muir Historic Site in Martinez
• Jack London State Park in Glen Ellen
• Tour and Tasting at Korbel Champagne Cellars in Guerneville
• Point Reyes National Seashore
• Quaint little town of Healdsburg
• Bear Republic Brewery and Restaurant in Healdsburg
• Redwood Adventurer Train trips
• Marin French Cheese Factory
• Excellent Italian dinners at the Union Hotel in Occidental
• Historic Sonoma Plaza Shopping
• Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito
• Sausalito shopping or lunch stop at Scoma’s Restaurant
Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks
• Overnight at Montecito-Sequoia Lodge with meal plan
• Narrated tour including stops during a scenic drive through Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
• Visit Redwood Mountain, Giant Forest and General Grant Groves
• Yosemite National Park or Wonder Valley Ranch can be added
Morro Bay, Solvang, San Luis Obispo
• In San Luis Obispo overnight at the world-renowned Madonna Inn or the Apple Farm
• In Morro Bay overnight at the Inn at Morro Bay or the Harbor House Inn
• In Solvang overnight at the Danish Country Inn, Royal Scandinavian Inn or Svendsguaard’s Danish Lodge
• Mission San Luis Obispo
• Tour of the Apple Farm Mill including a snack – cookies & ice cream
• Tour and tasting at the Arciero Winery in Paso Robles
• Tiger’s Folly II Sternwheeler Cruise around Morro Rock
• Solvang for shopping and Danish style lunch or dinner
• Spectacular dinners at A.J. Spur’s Restaurant in Solvang
• Danish festival days
• Dinner Theater
Monterey & Carmel
• Overnight at Casa Munras Garden Hotel near the wharf
• Doubletree Hotel or Monterey Beach Hotel
• American Tin Cannery Outlet Shopping
• Mission San Carlos Borromeo Del Rio Carmelo
• Dinner at Fisherman’s Wharf or Cannery Row in Monterey or downtown Carmel
• Monterey Bay Aquarium
• Point Lobos State Reserve
• Shopping in quaint Carmel
• Scenic 17-Mile Drive
• Steinbeck Spirit of Monterey
• Wax Museum
Placerville
• Overnight in Placerville at Best Western Placerville Inn
• Wild West barbeque dinner with entertainment
• Lunch and shopping time at apple ranches in Apple Hill
• Madame Rouge Theater or Claypiper Theater in Drytown
• Hangtown’s Gold Bug Mine Park
• Dinner at the Smith Flat House (an old Pony Express Station)
• Walking tour of “Old Hangtown” and antiquing in Placerville
• Winery tours and tasting at either Sierra Vista, Perry Creek, Windwalker, Lava Cap or Gold Hill
• Shopping in historic Sutter Creek or Jackson with possible family style meal stop on way home
Auburn
• Overnight in Auburn at the Holiday Inn
• Coloma – John Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park (gold panning and museum)
• Auburn Dam Overlook, Courthouse Museum and Old Town
• Lunch in historic Nevada City
• Dinner at Fat City or on Delta King in Old Sacramento
• Empire Mine State Historic Park
• Melodrama at Coloma Theater
• Daffodil Hill (April is blooming season)
San Francisco
• Overnight at Ramada Hotel at Fisherman’s Wharf or Holiday Inn Union Square
• Guided tours of San Francisco including Twin Peaks, Nob Hill, Chinatown, Presidio, Golden Gate Park, North Beach, Mission Dolores, Golden Gate Bridge and more!
• Bay Cruises or ferry to Sausalito
• Cable Car Ride
• Golden Gate Park – Tea Gardens, Chinatown, De Young Museum, Legion of Honor or Exploratorium
• Theater Performance or Beach Blanket Babylon
• Museum of Modern Art, Muir Woods National Monument, Jeremiah O’Brien and Fisherman’s Wharf
• Ferry to Alcatraz for walking tour or tram tour of Angel Island
• Many spectacular restaurants such as the Cliff House
Napa Valley
• Overnight in Napa at Napa Valley Marriott
• Guided tours of wineries: Charles Krug, Hanns Kornell Champagne Cellars or Inglenook
• Lunch at Silverado Brewing Company (micro brewery & pub)
• Tram ride to Sterling Vineyards plus tour, tasting and a gift shop
• Freemark Abbey Candle Factory & Winery
• Old Faithful Geyser of California
• Napa Valley Wine Train
• Yountville/Vintage 1870 Shopping
• Tour & Tasting at Domaine Chandon in Yountville
• Tour the Clos Pegase Winery & Art Gallery
• Hot Air Balloon Rides
• Culinary Institute of America
• Greystone Winery Restaurant
• Piatti Restaurant in Yountville
Sonoma/Petaluma
• Overnight in Sonoma at Sonoma Mission Inn or Best Western Sonoma Valley Inn
• Pet-A-Llama Ranch in Petaluma
• Sonoma State Historic Park
• Sonoma Cheese Factory
• Marin French Cheese Factory
• Buena Vista Winery in Sonoma
• Sebastiani Vineyards in Sonoma
• Historic Sonoma Plaza Shopping
Reno or Lake Tahoe
• Overnight in Reno at Silver Legacy, John Ascuaga’s Nugget or Reno Hilton (Sun-Thu – Fri & Sat available at higher rates)
• Overnight in Tahoe at Harvey’s or in Minden at Carson Valley Inn
• Amtrak train either one-way or round-trip between Sacramento & Reno can be requested six months to one year in advance
• Lunch stop and shopping at Apple Hill
• Nevada City or Grass Valley shopping or lunch stops
• Lake Tahoe Cruise with optional lunch or dinner
• National Automobile Museum
• Ponderosa Ranch
• Cocktail Shows
• Historic Virginia City
• Carson City Gambling or Nevada State Railroad Museum
• Gambling stops for three or six hours are available in South Lake Tahoe, Reno, Minden or North Shore Lake Tahoe
Mystery Tour
• Ask our experienced Tour Planners about our famous Mystery Tours
• Overnight at a unique mystery hotel, lodge or motel from the mountain to the sea
• Include some unique attractions not visited on your other group tours
• Feature a special meal or two and maybe add some entertainment just for fun
• To add to the mystery possibly add a train ride or a boat cruise
• Ask passengers to guess the Mystery Destination and award a prize
• Your group will have a lot of fun and laughs along the way
Motherlode
• Overnight in Angels Camp at new Angels Inn Motel or in Murphy’s at the Murphy’s Hotel
• Scenic Highway 49 tour including Sutter Creek, Jackson, San Andreas
• Winery Tours such as the spectacular Kautz-Ironstone Winery in Murphy’s
• Shopping in historic Murphy’s or Sutter Creek
• Family style dinners in Sutter Creek or Jackson
• Dinner at Jamestown National or Willows Hotel in Jamestown
• Dinner at Black Bart Inn in San Andreas
• Columbia State Park or gold panning
• Railtown 1897 State Historic Park
• California Cavern or Mercer Caverns
• Szonka’s Apple Ranch
• Calaveras Big Trees
• Theater performances in Drytown, Murphy’s, Columbia and Sonora
Los Angeles
• Stay 1 or 2 nights in Orange at Doubletree Hotel or in Anaheim at the Best Western Raffles Inn or in North Hollywood at Beverly Garland Holiday Inn
• Glory of Easter or Glory of Christmas performance
• Live TV Show Taping (fall only)
• Medieval Times Dinner Show or Wild Bill’s Wild West Extravaganza Dinner Show
• Broadway Theater performance
• Descanso Gardens
• Queen Mary
• Universal Studios and Wizards Dinner Show in Universal City
• Disneyland, Knott’s Berry Farm or Six flags Magic Mountain
• Hollywood & Beverly Hills Tour plus Mann’s Chinese Theater
• NBC Studios Tour
• Autry Museum of Western Heritage
• Movieland Wax Museum
• New Getty Center
• Griffith Park
• Farmer’s Market Shopping
Yosemite National Park, Bass Lake and Oakhurst
• Yosemite accommodations: Wawona or Awahnee Hotel or Yosemite Lodge
• Oakhurst accommodations: Best Western Yosemite Gateway Inn
• Bass Lake accommodations: The Pines Resort or Ducey’s on the Lake
• Fishcamp accommodations at Marriott Hotel
• Sonora accommodations: Best Western Sonora Oaks
• Break stops in quaint towns of Groveland or Mariposa
• California State Mining and Mineral Museum in Mariposa
• Erna’s Elderberry House Restaurant
• Yosemite Mountain-Sugar Pine Railroad
• Bar-B-Que Lunch at Railroad Station
• Chateau Meil Coffee House for coffee samples and tasting
• Bass Lake Queen Cruise
• Mariposa Grove
• Yosemite Falls – Upper and Lower
• Great meals at the Awahnee or Wawona Hotels
• Narrated tram tours of Yosemite National Park including stops at Glacier Point, Yosemite Valley and more
Hearst Castle, San Simeon, Cambria and Morro Bay
• San Simeon accommodations: Quality Inn or El Rey Inn
• Cambria accommodations: Best Western Fireside Inn, Bluebird Motel or Blue Dolphin Inn
• Famous Hearst Castle Guided Tours (Choose from 4 different day tours or evening tours)
• Hearst Castle IMAX Theater
• Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park
• Great dining at Mustache Pete’s Italian Eatery or Bramble’s Dinner House
• Cambria Shopping
• Tiger’s Folly Sternwheeler Cruise around Morro Rock
• Scenic drive along Highway 1
• Monterey or Carmel for shopping, lunch or dinner stops
• Lunch or Dinner at Harris Ranch Restaurant in Coalinga
• Tour of the Apple Farm Grist Mill including a snack of cookies and ice cream
• Tour and tasting at the Arciero Winery in Paso Robles
• Mission San Luis Obispo
Santa Maria and Santa Ynez
• Lompoc Valley Flower Festival (June)
• La Purisima Mission State Historic Park in Lompoc
• Western dinners at McLintock’s in Oceanside
• Santa Maria Valley wineries
• Museum of Flight in Santa Maria
• Ranch Tours
• Quicksilver Miniature Horses
• Vandenburg Air Force Base tours and lunch at the Officer’s Club
• Santa Ynez Valley Historical Museum & Carriage House
• Spectacular dinners at either Central City Broiler in Santa Maria or Far Western Tavern in Guadalupe
• Los Olivos – 4 walking blocks of art galleries and tasting rooms
• Located near quaint Danish style town of Solvang
Wonder Valley Dude Ranch
• Overnight in Sanger at Wonder Valley Dude Ranch featuring a whirlpool spa, leisure pool, scenic lake for boating and fishing, a barnyard petting farm & two tennis courts
• Horsedrawn hayride of the ranch
• Bandits can hold-up the motorcoach
• Happy hours and parties in the full service cocktail lounge
• Horseback trail rides available at an additional cost
• Janzen’s Private Race Car Collection
• Mennonite Quilting Center
• Luke’s Almond Acres
• Squaw Valley Herb Gardens
• Tour of Fresno’s Underground Gardens
• 1903 Reedley Opera House
• Located near Sequoia, Kings Canyon & Yosemite National Parks
Minden, Mammoth Lakes
• Overnight in Minden at Carson Valley Inn or in Mammoth at the Mountain Inn or Quality Inn
• Minden Gambling
• Bodie State Historic Park (ghost town)
• Scenic drive along the June Lake Loop
• Mono Lake in Mono Basin National Forest Scenic Area
• Scenic drive over Tioga Pass through Yosemite
• Great dining at Slocum’s Italian & American Grill or Whiskey Creek Restaurant & Mammoth Brewing Company
• Bridgeport
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