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Coast Starlight & Valley Trains - 14 days from £2489

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Experience California’s celebrated wine country; see the stunning Yosemite Valley with its waterfalls and mountains; explore the delights of Los Angeles and San Francisco; be amazed by the sight of immense redwoods and travel down the coast of California on some of America’s most iconic and traditional railways.

Journey highlights

The scenery along the Coast Starlight route is unsurpassed, lush forests, fertile valleys and long stretches of Pacific Ocean shoreline provide a stunning backdrop to your journey
The Pacific Surfliner is your Southern Californian seaside seat as it travels the coast to San Diego
Sample a unique selection of little local trains including the Napa Valley Wine train, a leisurely journey through the beautiful wine country of Napa Valley in meticulously restored vintage rail cars

What’s included

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Flight to Los Angeles, returning from San Francisco
12 nights hotel accommodation on a room only basis
Gratuities for train porters
Hotel porterage

Included excursions

City tour of Los Angeles
Sacramento
Napa Valley Wine Train including gourmet lunch and wine tasting
Monterey & the Roaring Camp Railroad
Yosemite Valley & the Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad with barbeque lunch
Sacramento & Railroad Museum

Optional excursions

Santa Barbara
San Francisco

Your Accommodation

LOS ANGELES
Sportsmen’s Lodge (3-star), 1 night room only.
The hotel is close to fine restaurants and boutiques, and adjacent to the original lodge where celebrities such as Clark Gable came to fish in the trout fishing lake. The hotel offers a welcoming atmosphere with pool, patio cafe, pub and comfortable guest rooms.

SAN DIEGO
Holiday Inn Express (3-star) or similar, 1 night room only.
This hotel is ideally located for downtown San Diego and has a restaurant, cafe and gym. Bedrooms have air conditioning, safe, satellite TV, and tea and coffee making facilities.

SANTA BARBARA
Best Western Pepper Tree Inn (3-star), 2 nights room only.
Conveniently located near beaches and opposite a shopping mall, this excellent hotel offers a restaurant, cocktail bar, two outdoor heated pools, and whirlpools in a courtyard garden, combined with comfortable rooms and friendly service.

SAN FRANCISCO
Radisson Fisherman’s Wharf, (3-star), 4 nights room only.
The only hotel to be located directly on the waterfront at Fisherman’s Wharf, this excellent hotel offers sweeping views of the bay and has a wide array of restaurants nearby to choose from. The hotel has a heated outdoor swimming pool, fitness centre and comfortable rooms.

MARIPOSA
Mariposa Lodge (3-star) or similar, 2 nights room only.
This family-run hotel has modern guest rooms with telephone, TV and fridge, as well as a pool and garden courtyards.

SACRAMENTO
Holiday Inn Express (3-star), 2 nights room only.
Ideally situated for the old town, this hotel has a health and fitness centre. Rooms are comfortably furnished with private facilities, TV, telephone and hairdrier.

Your Itinerary

DAY 1 UK/Los Angeles

We fly to Los Angeles and transfer to our hotel for an overnight stay.

DAY 2 Los Angeles & San Diego

LA is an outrageous amalgam of almost a hundred townships sprawling over 4,000 square miles, and is of course home to the Hollywood Movie Industry. Discover Mann’s Chinese Theatre and Hollywood Boulevard on our included city tour before we head to San Diego. California’s second largest city, San Diego is bordered by the Anza-Borrego Desert, the Pacific Ocean, Mexico and the Laguna Mountains. This spectacular setting, along with its marked Spanish influence, makes it a delightful place to explore.

DAY 3 Santa Barbara

Leaving San Diego behind, we join the Pacific Surfliner train to Santa Barbara. Our journey takes us through Los Angeles and along the coast before arriving in the glorious city of Santa Barbara in the afternoon.

DAY 4 Santa Barbara

Nestled between Los Angeles and San Francisco, Santa Barbara is often referred to as the American Riviera. Miles of sandy beaches, cafe-lined streets and a mix of cultural influences, all characterise this city. It has, for many years, been a favoured holiday destination for the rich and famous and is a delight to explore. An optional city tour will show you the best it has to offer.

DAY 5 San Francisco

We join the Coast Starlight train today for our journey to San Francisco. Sit back and enjoy the ride as we enjoy lunch on board and watch the picturesque scenery pass by the window.

DAY 6 San Francisco

This is one of the world’s most beautiful cities, famous for its superb bay, the Golden Gate Bridge, street cable cars and Fisherman’s Wharf. Today is free for you to fully explore this delightful city. Or why not join our optional city tour which will take you to all the major sights, including the infamous prison on the island of Alcatraz – once home to the notorious Al Capone.

DAY 7 Napa Valley

Today we enjoy an excursion to the Napa Valley. This is California’s celebrated wine country. Rows of beautifully manicured vineyards on rolling hillsides; picturesque valley floors; neat, welcoming communities such as St Helena and Calistoga; and world-famous names on all sides. This gentle and idyllic region is unmissable and we’ll see it all from the comfort of our seats as we take a ride on the beautiful Napa Valley Wine Train. This lovingly restored Pullman train offers a very traditional rail experience, as well as being one of the regions best, and certainly most unique, restaurants. We enjoy a wine tasting prior to boarding the train. A gourmet lunch will be served onboard.

DAY 8 Monterey

Experience the enchanting redwood forests as we travel by steam train from Monterey. Trains have been carrying tourists to see the redwoods and beaches along this route for over 100 years and the Roaring Camp Railroad train we travel on is one of the best preserved narrow gauge steam trains from this time. We will travel to the summit of Bear Mountain and explore Roaring Camp.

DAY 9 Mariposa

We leave San Francisco behind today and travel to Mariposa, where we will stay for the next two nights.

DAY 10 Yosemite Valley

Made by glaciers as they gouged their way through the canyon of the Merced River, the Yosemite Valley is stunning. We enjoy a tour of the valley, taking in this paradise of waterfalls, trails, lakes, dramatic mountain peaks and the famous halfdomed mountain. It’s then time to board the Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad for a historic journey through the Sierra National Forest, on the same tracks that these trains once hauled timber. Sit back and enjoy the experience and the views. A barbecue lunch is included.

DAY 11 Sacramento

We travel to Sacramento today with the afternoon at leisure.

DAY 12 Sacramento

This cosmopolitan, modern city and state capital retains much of its Gold Rush history and we have the opportunity to explore its many delights today on an included excursion. Later, a visit will be made to the California State Railroad Museum in Old Sacramento.

DAYS 13 & 14 San Francisco/UK

We leave Sacramento this morning for San Francisco airport and the return flight to the UK. We will arrive the following day.

Dates, Prices & Departure

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Travel Information

Flights are by scheduled services of British Airways
Departing London Heathrow 0955h
Return arrival 1300h.
Regional connecting flights to London also available.

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