California Parlor Car Tours
California Parlor Car Tours offers year-round three-, five- and seven-day tours from San Francisco to Los Angeles. Tours are available using bus transportation exclusively, or a combination of bus and train travel. The seven-day tour begins with two days in the San Francisco Bay area, with free time in San Francisco and a Napa Valley and Sonoma wine tour included. Stops along the way offer tours of Monterey's Cannery Row, 17-mile Drive, Pebble Beach and Carmel by the Sea. The drive south takes you through Big Sur, the Coastal Redwoods of San Simeon and a tour of Hearst Castle. Arriving on the fifth day in Los Angeles, you will enjoy two days in Los Angeles, exploring Hollywood, Griffith Park, Beverly Hills and the homes of some of Hollywood's greatest stars. Accommodations and most meals are included in tour packages.
California Parlor Car Tours
500 Sutter St., Suite 401
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 474-7500
calpartours.com
Starline Tours
Starline Tours offers a number of tours from San Francisco to Los Angeles, ranging in length from two to seven days. Tour highlights include Yosemite, Big Sur, Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Hearst Castle. Tours are narrated during travel times, and offer free time at selected locations along the way. Tours at selected attractions are included in the packages, along with professional tour guides. Starline Tours offer a great mix of town and village attractions, along with some of the most spectacular natural landscape in the world. The price of accommodations and most meals is included in the package price.
Starline Tours
6541 Hollywood Blvd., #110
Los Angeles, CA 90028
(323) 463-3333
starlinetours.com
Green Tortoise Adventure Travel
A big part of the fun and adventure of a Green Tortoise Adventure Travel tour is, well, talking a Green Tortoise tour. The tour from San Francisco to Los Angeles includes stops in Monterey, Santa Cruz, Hearst Castle and Big Sur. Tours are unguided. They provide the transportation and the opportunity and you and your fellow travelers pick up the planning from there. Custom-made buses are equipped with sleeping bunks, which provide bus camping for the trip along the way. Meals, mostly vegetarian, are provided by Green Tortoise, and cooked by staff and travelers at campsites along the way. Green Tortoise offers a great alternative to the usual type of guided tour, and an opportunity to meet interesting people and have an experience you will never forget.
Green Tortoise Adventure Travel
494 Broadway
San Francisco, CA 94133
(415) 956-7500
greentortoise.com
