USA – 12 DAYS ROADTRIP ITINERARY

by Dimosthenis
monument valley safari

Those οf you who are reading this post are probably seriously interested in this trip and you may have already started searching! We know… There’s some panic!!! After three months of hard preparation and searching we finally experienced this amazing roadtrip successfully! Get some ideas – Customize – Enjoy!

1.Los Angeles – Santa Monica

  • 06.00 Wake up at Hollywood
  • 06.30 Uber to Downtown LA – Breakfast accross the Bradburry Building – Bradburry Building – Open Market – Walt Disney Concert Hall – Skypace – The last bookstore – Grab some coffee
  • 10.00 Uber to Hollywood – Walk of fame – Highland Mall – Dolby Theater – Hollywood sign – Chinese Theater
  • 12.00 Ride Proper Sightseeing (Hop on – off bus) see the whole itinerary here
  • 14.00 Beverly Hills – Rodeo Drive – LACMA
  • 15.30 Uber to Santa Monica
  • 16.00 Bike Center Santa Monica for more info click here – Santa Monica beach – Santa Monica Pier – Little Venice – Muscle beach – Boardwalk
  • 20.30 Uber to Hollywood

2.Los Angeles – Malibu – San Barbara –  San Simeon- Bixby bridge – Big Sur – Karmel

  • 06.00 Wake up at Hollywood
  • 06.30 To Griffith Observatory  – Donuts for breakfast & black coffee
  • 08.30 Universal Studios – grab a light lunch at Universal park
  • 13.00 Maibu – Lululemon – Farm deck – Pier – Lighhouse – Pacific Ocean view
  • 14.00 Santa Barbara – San Simeon – Elephants seals view – Piedras blancas light station – – Bixby bridge – Big Sur – Rocky point
  • 22.00 Carmel by the sea
california roadtrip

california roadtrip

3.Karmel- Silicon Valley – San Francisco

  • 06.00 Wake up at Karmel – Donuts for breakfast & black coffee
  • 06.30 Carmel by the sea –  Lone Cypress (or just other trees… free of charge) – Mission
  • 10.00 To Silicon Valley
  • 14.00 To Premium Outlets San Francisco – Lunch
  • 20.30 San Francisco
california roadtrip

california roadtrip

4.San Francisco

  • 06.00 Wake up in San Francisco (Guerrero street)
  • 06.30 Uber to Painted Ladies – Uber to SF Downtown – Civic Center city hall – Powel Station – Cable car turnaround –  Financial District – Ferry Building
  • 12.00 Uber  to Fisherman’s Wharf – Pier 39 – Sea lions – Lunch at Bubba Gump
  • 14.00 Jump Bikes to Ghirardeli chocolate factory – Golden Gate Bridge – Lombard Street
  • 18.00 Cable car towards Powel Station – Try both 3 lines – Dinner

5. San Francisco – Wine country – Mendocino Country – Redwood Valley – Fair Oaks

  • 07.00 Wake up – Cereal Bars for breakfast & black coffee
  • 08.00 Uber to Dylan’s tours
  • 09.00 Dylan’s tours – Original 6 hours City Loop Electric Bikes – For the whole itinerary check here (Golden gate park, Height – Ashburry, Golden Gate Bridge etc.)
  • 15.00 Lunch – San Francisco to Wine country – Stop at Sausalito – Battery Spencer – Bonita Light house – Muir Woods
  • 16.00 Wineries
zabriskye point

california roadtrip

6.Wine country – Mendocino Country – Redwood Valley – Fair Oaks

  • 09.00 Wake up – Breakfast
  • 12.00 Wineries

7.Fair Oaks – Sacramento – Amador city – Sutter creek – Columbia State Park – Sonora – Jamestown

  • 07.00 Wake up – Brunch by the Lake
  • 12.00 Placerville – Shutter Creek
  • 17.00 Columbia State Historic Park
  • 18.30 James Town – Dinner

8.Yosemite National Park – Tunnel view – Bridalveil fall viewing point – El capitan meadow – Lower Yosemite Fall -Vista Point – Mirror lake – Tuolumne Grove Trailhead – Olmsted point – Whoa Nellie Deli – Mono Lake – South Tufa Area 

  • 06.00 Wake up – Donuts again for breakfast
  • 07.00 Yosemite Entrance
  • 08.5 Yosemite Valley – Tunnel view – Bridal veil fall – El Capitan Weadow – Vernal falls – Mirror lakes – Lower Yosemite Fall – Tuolumne grove trailhead – Tenaya lake – Whoa Nellie Deli – Mono lake South Tufa Area
  • 19.30 Mammoth lake – Dinner
california roadtrip

california roadtrip

9 Mammoth lakes – Devil’s Postpile National Monument – Bishop – Lone Pine – Death Valley National Park (Devils Golf Course, Badwater Basin, Artist’s Palette, Zabriskie Point) – Las Vegas

  • 06.00 Wake up at Mammoth lake
  • 06.50 Devil’s Postpile
  • 9.10 Bishop for gas and breakfast at Schats Bakery
  • 10.25 Lone Pine – Badwater – Artist’s pallete – Devils golf course
  • 14.15 Zabriskie Point
  • 17.00 Las Vegas – Dinner

california roadtrip

10.Las Vegas – Route 66 California Highway – Hooover Dam – Grand Canyon – Grand Canyon Village and Navajo Point – Page

  • 06.00 Wake up – Breakfast at Motel (oh yeah)
  • 06.30 Welcome to fabulous las Vegas sign
  • 07.50 Hoover Dam
  • 08.20 Route 66 entrance
  • 12.40 Grand canyon village – Bright Angel Lodge parking – Shuttle bus to Mojave – Maricopa – Powell – Hop – By car to Yavapai point – Mother point- Pipe creek vista – Yaki point – Grandview, Moran, Lipan, Navajo, Desert view watch
  • 19.30 Page – Dinner

11.Horseshoe Bend – Antelope Canyon – Gooseneck’s state park – Glen Canyon Dam Overlook – Mexican Hat – Monument Valley

  • 06.00 Wake up – breakfast
  • 06.45 Horse shoe bend – Sunrise
  • 07.45 Antelope Canyon Upper
  • 12.45 Goosenecks state park – Mexican hat
  • 15.00 Forrest Gump poin – Monument Valley
  • Camping Night at Monument Valley – booked through airbnb platform
grand canyon

california roadtrip

12. Monument Valley – Monument Valley Safari – Las Vegas

  • 07.00 Wake up
  • 08.00 Monument Valley Safari
  • 12.00 Glen Canyon Dam overlook – If theres is time see Toadstool Hoodoos – Kanab – Valley of state park
  • 19.20 Las Vegas Airport

We hope you enjoyed our detailed itinerary and we would be very happy to know that you tried it yourself! The final total cost of airtickets, accommodation, transportation, Internet, water, food etc… was approximately  €3,700, not bad ha??? If some of you would like to send you an even more detailed itinerary with miles, the exact times etc. Send us an email via our contact form and we will be happy to share it with you!

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