nerakmai
Earning My Ears
- Joined
- Apr 15, 2011
Hi -
We are planning a trip to California this summer where we will drive down the coast from San Francisco to LA ending at Disneyland before flying home. Below is our planned itinerary. Does everything planned look doable each day? I’m unsure about driving times, especially on days 5 and 6, so please let me know if I am being overly ambitious.
Also, please let me know if there is something spectacular that i’d miss on the drive down, and if you have any hotel recommendations.
Thanks for any help that you can provide. I appreciate it!
Here’s the plan...
Day 1: Travel Day
We are planning a trip to California this summer where we will drive down the coast from San Francisco to LA ending at Disneyland before flying home. Below is our planned itinerary. Does everything planned look doable each day? I’m unsure about driving times, especially on days 5 and 6, so please let me know if I am being overly ambitious.
Also, please let me know if there is something spectacular that i’d miss on the drive down, and if you have any hotel recommendations.
Thanks for any help that you can provide. I appreciate it!
Here’s the plan...
Day 1: Travel Day
- Flight from East Coast to San Francisco
- Hotel near airport
- San Fran hop on hop off city bus tour
- Ride cable car
- Hotel near Fisherman’s Wharf
- Disney Family Museum
- Golden Gate Park
- Alcatraz tour at night
- Hotel near Fisherman’s Wharf
- Big Basin Redwoods State Park in Santa Cruz
- Monterey Bay Aquarium
- 17-Mile Drive or Fisherman’s Wharf and Cannery Row
- Hotel in Monterey
- Bixby Creek Bridge (photo op)
- McWay Falls within Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park (Overlook trail to falls)
- Hearst Castle (late afternoon tour)
- Morro Bay (photo op of Morro Rock)
- Hotel in San Luis Obispo (Madonna Inn)
- Pismo Beach (quick stop at pier)
- Solvang (stop for an hour)
- Santa Barbara (visit Courthouse and Mission)
- Malibu (dinner?)
- Hotel in Santa Monica
- Santa Monica Beach & Pier (morning)
- Griffith Observatory & 0.2 mile hike to see Hollywood sign (afternoon)
- Walk of Fame & Grauman’s Theater (evening)
- Hotel in Hollywood
- Universal Studios
- Hotel in Anaheim
- Disneyland
- California Adventure
- Hotel in Anaheim
- Morning trip to Ocean County Beach (Sunset, Huntington or Newport)
- Fly to east coast from Long Beach Airport