Los Angeles & the Beaches Holidays
Sample itineraries
Grand West Tour
From £1295
This journey through California and Nevada will take you through iconic cities, fabulous beaches, glitzy resorts, eerie deserts, awesome National Parks and rugged wilderness.
Highlights:
- Los Angeles, Hollywood and The Beaches
- SeaWorld
- Olde Town San Diego (optional side trip to Mexico)
- Las Vegas Strip and the amazing hotels (optional side trip to the Grand Canyon)
- Yosemite National Park
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Death Valley
- Alcatraz Island
- Chinatown
- Mammoth Lakes region
- San Francisco
- The chic desert oasis of Palm Springs
Price per person includes:
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Return flights to Los Angeles and home from San Francisco (or vice versa)
- Airport taxes
- 14 nights accommodation
- 12 days compact fully inclusive car hire with Sat Nav (car hire not necessary in San Francisco)
Prices are based on off-season travel. Please call or email for costs for your preferred date of travel.
Day 1 - 2 Los Angeles
Begin your Grand West Tour in Los Angeles, you'll have plenty of time to check out Santa Monica, Venice or Muscle Beach, visit the shops along Rodeo Drive, stroll along the Star's Walk of Fame, visit Universal Studios or enjoy a kodak moment beneath the iconic Hollywood sign.
Day 3 - 4 Los Angeles - San Diego
Distance: 121 miles
When talk turns to near-perfect year-round climates, Perth and Cape Town may have their followers but our vote goes to San Diego. The average daily high temperature does not fall below 65f at any time of the year, neither does it rise above 80f. Humidity is low and the sunshine average is around 70f. It's hardly surprising that the lifestyle here is based around outdoor activities. There are 70 miles of coastline beaches, it's a sailing mecca and the area boasts some 80 golf courses.
San Diego is California's second largest city, the state's oldest and the birthplace of all that is Californian. Many of it's key attractions are within a short distance of lively downtown San Diego's attractive bayfront area. Don't just think of this region as a fabulous beach destination, the activities go way beyond that!
Day 5 - 6 San Diego - Palm Springs
Distance: 141 miles
Located in the Coachella Valley at the foot of the San Jacinto Mountains, the chic resort of Palm Springs truly is a virtual oasis, sheltered on three sides by mountain ranges and bordered to the east by the great Colorado-Sonoran Desert.
Here you'll find designer shopping, 116 golf courses, top class shows, a wide
choice of eateries (we love the Mexican food here) and world class hotels all
set against an amazing backdrop. If you can plan your visit to Palm Springs
between May-September, you can take advantage of incredible prices in stunning 4/5 star
hotels.
Day 7 - 8 Palm Springs - Las Vegas
Distance: 280 miles
Choice of accommodation for your Las Vegas stay is simply not an issue. 17 of the 20 biggest hotels in the US are here. We aren’t talking your standard Holiday Inn. Las Vegas holiday hotels are destinations in their own right. From a replica of an ancient Egyptian pyramid at Luxor, to the Eiffel Tower at Paris, you can easily spend days of your holiday in Las Vegas just wondering up and down the strip, it truly is chewing gum for the eyes!
Vegas is also a great base from which to explore the Grand Canyon, Hoover Dam, Lake Mead and the incredible Valley of the Fire. Speak to Bon Voyage about the options available to you here, they are endless and ever changing.......
Day 9 Las Vegas - Mammoth Lakes
Distance: 330 miles
From Las Vegas drive through the Nevada desert, across wonderful, eerie Death Valley and into the eastern foothills of the Sierra Nevadas.
Here tucked just beneath Yosemite National Park, you'll encounter the beautiful Mammoth Lakes region, a year-round celebration of all that's outdoorsy!
It's a place of rugged beauty, where giant sawtooth mountains drop into vast deserts of the Great Basin. In winter it provides the finest skiing and snowboarding in California. Once the snow melts, that's when the fun begins, and the incredible scenery emerges...
Day 10 - 11 Mammoth Lakes - Yosemite National Park (eastern entrance)
Distance: 100 miles
Continue to climb through the Sierras and into Yosemite National Park via the Tioga Pass. Take all day to cross the pass marvelling at the waterfalls, giant Redwoods, lakes and meadows before arriving at your accommodation at the western edge of the park.
Day 12 - 14 Yosemite National Park - San Francisco
Distance: 190 miles
In contrast to many modern American cities, San Francisco is as much a city for discovering on foot as London or Paris.
Perched on 43 hills “everybody’s favourite city” has the most diverse neighbourhoods. Try North Beach settled by the Italians and still home to pasta restaurants and cappuccino bars. Or stumble upon beatnik and flower power haunts dating back to the 50s and 60s including Haight Ashbury, the spiritual home of 1967's 'Summer of Love'. Then there's the lively Mission District, favoured by Latin Americans and Japantown with its sushi bars, Japanese baths and karaoke lounges. And don't miss San Francisco's Chinatown, the largest outside Asia.
When your feet have had enough hop aboard a cable car to vibrant Fisherman’s Wharf and then the true heart of the city, Union Square.
San Francisco’s charms are great and small. You won’t want to miss Golden Gate Park, The Palace of Fine Arts, a cable car ride over Nob Hill or views of the thundering Pacific from the cliffs of Lincoln Park. San Francisco has it all…
The possible combinations of itineraries available around this part of the USA are endless. We encourage you to call us to discuss the options, there is SO much to see that we'd hate you to miss anything!
