Cross-Country Highlights of America—The BIG Tour
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Overview
Highlights
- Visit San Francisco’s Fisherman’s Wharf, Nob Hill, Golden Gate Bridge, Hearst Castle, Sausalito, Oklahoma City Memorial
- Enjoy picturesque “17-Mile Drive”
- Visit Hollywood—Graumann’s Chinese Theatre, Hollywood Bowl
- Visit Monterey, Rodeo Drive, glamorous Santa Barbara, Sacramento’s ”Old Town”
- Experience Spectacular Rockies & Sierra Nevada Mountains, Mormon Tabernacle, Hoover Dam, Old Town Albuquerque, incomparable Grand Canyon National Park
- Casino excitement in ‘Vegas, Reno & Tulsa!
- Enjoy Napa Valley Wine-tasting!
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Trip includes
- Specially enhanced motorcoach with extra legroom for extra-comfortable touring
- Comfortable itinerary designed for no rushing. Touring never begins before 8:30 am and most days it’s 9 am or later! This tour is leisurely paced in the easy, relaxed way you prefer, with late departures, early arrivals, & expertly-guided sightseeing.
- 38 delicious meals
- All admissions, tips to hotel & restaurant staff, local guides, taxes, luggage handling.
- Picturesque “17-Mile Drive”
- Fully escorted via deluxe, video-equipped motor coach, with extra leg-room, tray tables, and the famous Seniortours extras—free cocktails, juices, sodas, snacks & refreshments.
Itinerary
It’s the most beautiful country in the world! Our adventure begins as we ride through scenic PA to Ohio. Throughout our trip, we'll make frequent comfort stops, arriving fresh and relaxed. We’ll never, ever depart before 8:30 am, and most days we’ll be relaxing in our...
Miles of smiles en route, bound for Davenport, Iowa, on the Mississippi River!
Across the mighty Mississippi into America’s Heartland. Fourth of July on the Missouri River overlooking Omaha, Nebraska. More casino fun (if you wish) tonight!
We follow the Oregon Trail and Pony Express route on our way to Wyoming’s capital city, Cheyenne, our destination this afternoon.
Wide open spaces across Wyoming to our home for the next 2 nights in Salt Lake City, Utah. Our downtown hotel is within walking distance to the famous Mormon Tabernacle and Temple Square! With a local expert guide, we’ll enjoy a tour of Salt Lake, host to the 2002 Winter Olympics!
Into “The Biggest Little Town” of Reno, NV, our home for the next 2 nights.
Today we tour scenic Lake Tahoe, Truckee, and Squaw Valley. What incredible scenery! Casino excitement plus the natural beauty of the Sierra Nevada mountains.
Off to California’s capital, Sacramento, with free time in “Old Town” prior to hotel check-in.
En route to San Francisco (our home for 2 nights), we’ll pass through the Napa Valley, with wine-tasting (“of course”). Free time to enjoy Fisherman’s Wharf
Local touring including Golden Gate Park, Twin Peaks, Nob Hill, Chinatown, and more. How about a ferry ride across the bay to Bohemian Sausalito?
A short ride to Monterey and picturesque Cannery Row, then the picturesque 17-mile Drive through Pebble Beach, Lone Cypress and unforgettable ocean vistas!
Today we tour Hearst Castle, after which we thrill to the vistas of the Pacific Ocean as we ride down Route 1, “the most scenic road in America”, to quaint, Scandinavian Solvang!
Free time in lovely Santa Barbara as we continue to the Los Angeles area, home for the next 2 nights. We’ll enjoy local touring with our expert guide, including— Hollywood Bowl! Graumann's Chinese Theatre! Rodeo Drive! L.A. Farmers’ Market, and more!
Into glamorous Las Vegas’ for 2 exciting nights! Casinos! Local touring & leisure time to relax poolside, take in a show, or “cash-in” on all the gaming action!
What a day of “photo-ops” as we ride to tonight’s lodgings in the Grand Canyon area.
Wow! Today we tour the Grand Canyon’s famous Southern Rim— What majestic, awe-inspiring scenery! Overnight in Gallup, NM.
Time to enjoy Old Town Albuquerque (great shops & Indian jewelry). en route to Amarillo and dinner at the “Big Texan”, as featured on the Food Channel!
Lunchtime fines us in Oklahoma City, where we’ll visit the moving Memorial. Next we’re off to Tulsa
We follow the Old Route 66 through Missouri today, heading for the Mississippi River.
More fun as we roll eastward through Illinois and Indiana, into the rolling hills of Ohio.
Meals: Breakfast
Filled with warm memories of great times, we arrive home in the late afternoon.
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