California Highlights: 3-Day West Coast Tour

Embark on a 3-day California coast tour and explore iconic destinations like Santa Barbara, Solvang, Carmel, San Francisco, and Yosemite National Park. Join us in creating a better planet by planting trees for every passenger!

Duration: 3 days
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights

LOS ANGELES – SANTA BARBARA – 17 MILE DRIVE – CARMEL

Old Mission Santa Barbara - SUMMER ROUTE: Head north along the breathtaking California Coast to our first stop in Santa Barbara. Explore a Spanish Mission and discover how these religious outposts played a crucial role in the region’s development.
Solvang Visitor Center - (SUMMER) Proceed…

What's Included
  • Bay cruise in San Francisco
  • Transportation by 15-passenger van or full-sized bus
  • Sightseeing in Santa Barbara, Carmel, and San Francisco
  • Breakfast
  • Entrance to Yosemite Park in Summer (April-October)
  • Professional tour guide
  • Wifi on bus only
  • 2-night hotel accommodation including tax and Continental Breakfast
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • Other meals
  • Tips
Additional Information

Want to discover the best of the West Coast over three memorable days? This unique tour by van or motorcoach will take you from Los Angeles to the must-see destinations of central and northern California: Santa Barbara, Solvang, Carmel, San Francisco, and Yosemite National Park or Monterrey. Sit back and relax as you are transported from one fabulous…

Location
Four Points Sheraton, 5990 Green Valley Cir
Green Valley Circle
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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997antoninab
Jun 25, 2025
Los Angeles - San Francisco - Las Vegas - A great experience! We were lucky to have Roberto as our guide who was very patient and helpful with us! I recommend this tour because you were able to see so many things that would be difficult to do on your own!
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375eugeniaa
Jun 11, 2025
7-Day West Coast Tour - Recommended option if you have little time and want to know several places. Personalized attention before and during the tour. Bring the best guide in Spanish! Always giving the best advice and company during the trip!
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Stay174021
May 28, 2025
The best of California within 3 days - It was wonderful 3 day trip from LA to Santa Barbara, then to Dutch Village solving and of course, gorgeous park of Yosemite with waterfalls and canyons Roberto is a wonderful tour guide very knowledgeable and patient Hotels were upper business class level, clean and organize We could rest to prepare for the next day trip If you want to discover beauty of California without driving long hours, purchasing, this trip will be one of the best decisions
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K2780tfrhondam
Oct 14, 2024
Tremendous! So much quality experience in 3 days time! - The 3-Day California Coast Tour was absolutely wonderful & exceeded our expectations! Brenda was our guide & she did a super job of keeping everyone informed & creating an experience that was unforgettable and will always have a special place in my heart. I traveled with my 27 year old son & he was every bit as happy & excited about our experience as I .
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Georgyk584
Oct 7, 2024
Fantastic experience - The best tour if you have limited time and want to get as much as possible out of it. Hotels on this tour where we stayed - were simply fabulous (way better, compared to hotels we stayed at in LA and Vegas on our own), one even had a jacuzzi in the room. the main guide Roberto - very experienced and easygoing person, highly recommend him. The tour in total - definitely worth the money. Detailed description and comments below. 1 day. Santa Barbara (not much to see, I would even recommend making a stop not at the mission, but somewhere on the beach or pier). The whole of Santa Barbara as we saw it - literally 2 pictures, that's it. Also, I would recommend making a 5-minute stop at the lake and the dam (even from the bus window this might be an interesting landscape and pics. Monterey, bird rock - fantastic views. 2 day. San Francisco - fabulous day and very interesting, great views. 3 day. Yosemite - awesome, without any comments. The nature and landscapes - simply overwhelming. However, one negative comment I would like to make is about the company, who organized the trip (as far as I understand it's proper name is Amadeo Travel Solutions NY). I specified pickup point during the booking process. They changed it on their own. After that I've called them 3 times within 2 days - and only after the 3rd time they finally changed the reservation to a proper pickup point. Messaging through tripadvisor - they simply don't answer these mails (4 mails - no response at all). The guy who was picking up people from our hotel - we were not on his list, only when we finally located the bus ourselves, we found out that he was also travelling with us (weird but that's just the way it was). So,as a summary - organization and interaction with the company 1 star out of five. And that's, as an example, on the contrary with 1 day LA tour - they were sending messages (even including the color of the bus and where to look for it) at every stage of the tour, well in advance, and messaging in the tripadvisor - i was receiving response within 15 minutes of the request. But all in all - the tour itself is a must, highly recommend it.
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448stevej
Aug 21, 2024
Action packed three days of fun - What an amazing trip through California! We saw so much the only downside was not having more time to enjoy the fantastic sights we saw. Superbly guided by Brenda and thoroughly recommended!
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Elaine
Nov 28, 2024
How to see a lot in 3 days - This Is not an A-level tour. But for a moderately priced tour, it was excellent. Note that this was the winter tour—no Yosemite, though Yosemite is in its title. But 3 days LA to San Francisco had an excellent itinerary, very tightly packed with very little free time. Check the website for details. Pasquale was an excellent host and guide and he made adjustments for my husband who has walking difficulties and also schedule adjustments to keep the group mostly dry during a day and a half of rain. Meals were on your own and sometimes fast food (truck stop for “dinner” the last night). The hotel was Oakland Airport Holiday Inn with no outside walking food options—just the dining room (which was more than ample for us) and a more than decent breakfast bar (included). We’d book it again: how else could you see Santa Barbara, Solvang, California agriculture/wine country, City Hall, Chinatown, Lombard St., Fisherman’s Wharf, Golden Gate Bridge (in person and by boat) Sausalito, Monterey, Pebble Beach, Carmel-by-the-Sea, giant redwoods, and 17-Mile Drive in 3 days? Not to mention great sunsets. Not 5 stars because pre-tour interaction by phone with the company was difficult and unsatisfactory. Some people in the group didn’t realize this tour does not visit Yosemite; how about sending the actual itinerary after booking the tour? And the bus made 2 LA stops and a bus transfer before final drop off.
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Yogesh_s
Jul 24, 2024
Itenary good but rushed and definitely need better hotels - The tour itself very detailed San Francisco was amazing and well worth it. Tour guides both Brenda and Roberto very good. Only 3 stars because hotel in Modesta terrible very basic and no service. Most of sightseeing rushed. Be prepared for lot of time in coach
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Jamgdeguzman
Jun 21, 2025
Made to Feel Less Important - Unfortunately we did not have a good experience with this tour operator. The first bus driver was rude and seemed pissed at having to load the luggage into the bus. The tour guides seemed to discriminate against us and preferred to cater to the European guests. This was particularly evident in the bus wherein front row seats were marked reserved and we were asked to move elsewhere to make way for other guests who boarded later on in the tour, even though we had boarded early to get good seats. The French guide in particular was so loud and talked non-stop to her guests who were just beside her. The only positive was the replacement bus driver Oscar who was nice. The tour in itself was ok.
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Monique_g
Aug 14, 2024
Big disappointment - We had a lot of problems with our bus, we had to switch bus one time and after that it broke 2 times. The last time we had to wait alongside the highway for 2 hours before a mechanic showed up. There was hardly any communication of the guides or touroperator. We were delayed for 5 hours in total and the guides weren’t willing to adapt or change the program. Which meant that we got in the hotel at 11.30 pm and had to get up at 6 pm. The next morning we were on our way really early and the program started with taking pictures for 30 minutes at City Hall in San Francisco which none of the group members requested. We all wanted to start the day a little later because of our late night. And this went on and one. The guides weren’t organized, we spent most times on (broken) busses and it was a real disappointment.
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Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).