California and the Golden West
16 days from £3,099 per person
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Driving Big Sur - a rugged, mountainous section of California’s Central Coast. It’s one of the most beautiful and dramatic coastlines in the world, so make sure your camera is fully charged!Summary
One of the longest-running of our original holidays, our escorted tours to California are still among our most popular itineraries today. Travelling in a loop around California (and nudging into neighbouring Nevada and Arizona), it includes great cities like Los Angeles, Las Vegas and San Francisco, drives along Route 66 and the Pacific coastal road, and the spectacular scenery of Yosemite National Park. We’ll also spend two nights in Flagstaff: gateway to the awe-inspiring Grand Canyon.
Your holiday includes:
12 excursions and visits
- Tours of Hollywood, San Diego and San Francisco (including Golden Gate Bridge)
- Visits to the artist colony of Sedona; Hoover Dam; and the Old Silver Mining Town of Calico
- Park entrance fees for Grand Canyon and Yosemite national parks
- Williams Depot and shoot-out re-enactment
- 17 Mile Drive
- Stops at Carmel and Monterey
- Santa Barbara
Plus:
- 14 nights in hotels and 1 in flight (accommodation as specified or similar)
- International flights. Prices are based on return flights with Virgin Atlantic from London Heathrow. Supplements may apply from other airports
Plus
- Titan’s VIP door-to-door travel service
- Titan tour manager
- Travel in destination by coach (with Wi-Fi)
- Porterage

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Important information about your destination
Visa is not included, please call for details Please note: • On day 13, it is not always possible for us to be informed of 17 Mile Drive closures as it is a private road. We do expect that the 17 Mile Drive may be inaccessible for some departures in September, however if this is the case alternative arrangements will be made. • 15 April 2020 departure stays at Embassy Suites by Hilton Phoenix - Scottsdale (3T+) on day 4, with breakfast included.Climate
Optional Excursions
Meal Experience
This tour includes an enhanced meal service available on Virgin Atlantic flights in economy.
- Welcome Cocktails
- Your meal is served in two courses giving you a chance to enjoy both your entree and main dishes at leisure.
- With your dessert you have the choice of tea, coffee or on night flights, hot chocolate.
- As you settle down to watch one of Virgin Atlantic's selection of latest blockbusters, the cabin crew will bring around a tray of ice cream to give you that overall cinematic feel.
- On short flights a deli box will be served with either a traditional English High Tea or an energising breakfast, depending on the time of day.
Extension
When it comes to customising your Titan holiday, the sky’s the limit. Your escorted tour only needs to be part of your overall trip experience, and there are virtually limitless ways in which you can tailor-make your tour to USA so that it’s perfect for you.
For advice and to book, please call our expert travel advisers on 0800 988 5823.
Inspire me - California and the Golden West
Enjoy California’s seaside cities
We’ll stick to the coast for our first couple of days, starting in LA before winding our way south to San Diego. Guided tours will introduce us to some of both cities’ highlights – Hollywood, Sunset Boulevard, Balboa Park – and there’ll be free time for you to relax with an iced coffee or freshly pressed juice (this is California, after all!).
Drive through the red rock landscape of Sedona
The desert scenery of Arizona is a complete contrast to the California coast – but just as beautiful. En route to Flagstaff, we’ll stop off at Oak Creek Canyon, a 16-mile river gorge. We’ll take in the scenery (think pine forests, burnt-orange sandstone formations and dramatic buttes) and spend time in the artists’ colony of Sedona.
Gaze into the Grand Canyon
At 227 miles long, up to 18 miles wide and a mile deep, the Grand Canyon is one of the most awe-inspiring natural sights in the world. We visit on day 6, when you’ll have the chance to wander along the rim of this world wonder and perhaps take an optional scenic flight for unforgettable views.
View the San Francisco skyline
We’ll enjoy two nights in the ‘City by the Bay’, with a full day at leisure. Sample delicious street food, wander through the quaint district of Haight-Ashbury (the heart of America’s ‘counterculture’ in the 1960s) and admire the city skyline as you cross the famous Golden Gate Bridge.
Travel along the famous 17 Mile Drive
On day 13, we’ll make our way from Monterey to Cambria – a route which takes us along one of the loveliest roads in the world. 17 Mile Drive wiggles along the coastline of the Monterey peninsula, passing pebbled bays, craggy coves and cypress forests. We then continue south to another dramatic coastal spot: Big Sur.
Read ‘Big Sur’, Jack Kerouac’s autobiographical novel
Photographthe dramatic scenery in Yosemite National Park (a favourite site of landscape photographer Ansel Adams)
Try San Francisco clam chowder, served in a sourdough bread bowl
Buy a pack of cards from an iconic Las Vegas casino