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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