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SAMPLE TOUR
San Francisco, Monterey,
& Los Angeles
6 Days – 5 Nights
We customize our student tours to your
length of stay and requirements
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There are numerous tour options that can be included or substituted for suggested features in this tour. Please contact us for more information.
Tour Includes:
- 5 Nights accommodation
- 5 Deluxe continental breakfasts
- 6 Lunches
- 6 Dinners
- Full time escort
- Motorcoach transportation
- Taxes and gratuities (tips are included for escort and bus driver)
Day One
- Afternoon arrival in San Francisco
- Drive across the Golden Gate Bridge
- Stop at the Marin Vista Point
- This evening we will enjoy dinner in a local restaurant
Day Two
- Breakfast at the hotel
- Depart with our escort on a tour of San Francisco
- Union Square
- Chinatown
- Japantown
- Nob Hill
- Haight-Ashbury and more
- See the Mission Dolores and Basilica
- Ride San Francisco’s famous Cable Cars
- Walk down Lombard Street, known as the "crookedest street in the world.
- Twin Peaks, a spectacular panoramic vantage point to see all of San Francisco
- Enjoy lunch included today
- Boat Tour of San Francisco Bay.
- Visit Alcatraz Island (aka "The Rock")
- Free time at Fisherman’s Wharf (admissions to attractions at Fisherman’s Wharf are not included but you may choose to visit any of the numerous attractions on your own)
- Dinner included
Day Three
- Monterey on California’s Pacific Coast
- Walk through Cannery Row
- Monterey Bay Aquarium
- Enjoy lunch while at the aquarium
- Drive by the Point Pinos Lighthouse
- Continue south on Route 1 and each Big Sur
- Cross Bixby Creek Bridge
- Stop at Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park and take a scenic hike to Pfeiffer Falls
- Dinner included
Day Four
- Arrive at Hearst Castle and enjoy the Grand Rooms Tour.
- 40-minute film Hearst Castle – Building the Dream, shown on a five-story screen
- Enjoy lunch while at Hearst Castle.
- Stop at the seal rookery at Piedras Blancas
- See The Piedras Blancas lighthouse (exterior only)
- Free time at the Santa Monica Pier
- Dinner is included this evening while at the Pier
Day Five
- Tour of Beverly Hills
- Rodeo Drive
- See numerous well-known restaurants, many frequented by movie stars
- See the outside of posh hotels, such as The Beverly Hills Hotel ("The Pink Palace") and the Beverly Wilshire (where "Pretty Woman was filmed)
- Drive by the homes (and former homes) of movie stars and TV personalities
- See the outside of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences
- See the outside of the Witch’s House known formally as "The Spadena House”
- Visit the Greystone Mansion (exterior only), the largest house in Beverly Hills. Scenes from movies like Spiderman, X-Men, Indecent Proposal, What Women Want, and many others were filmed at the mansion.
- Visit The Getty Center in Los Angeles
- Lunch is included today at the museum
- Free time at Universal CityWalk Hollywood, a three-block entertainment, dining and shopping promenade
- Enjoy dinner this evening at Buca di Beppo
- Visit the Griffith Observatory
Day Six
- Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Photo opportunity of the Hollywood sign
- Grauman's Chinese Theatre Tour
- Visit the Farmers Market
- Lunch included at the Farmers Market
- Walk through the Chinatown District in Los Angeles. Visit a temple, an herbal shop, art galleries, antique stores, and more
- Outside of the Los Angeles Union Station, a beautiful classic train station that it's often featured in films, including Blade Runner, Silver Streak and The Italian Job
- Visit the Grammy Museum
- Enjoy dinner this evening at the ESPN Zone
- Arrive at the Airport for your flight home
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