From Washington to San Francisco

Welcome. transfer to hotel and free time. You will receive information for the start of your circuit in the afternoon, or through the information signs located at the hotel reception. In the afternoon we include an evening transfer to Georgetown, the city’s busiest district full of bars and restaurants. Accommodation.

After breakfast, departure to the beginning of the visit of Washington D.C. We begin the view of the city, first we see the Pentagon on our way en route, with photographic stop at the Iwo Jima Memorial, both in Virginia. We will continue with stops at the Lincoln, Korea and Vietnam Memorial; We visit the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, then we will make a photo stop at the White House and finally we will border the Capitol, ending in the museum area of Washington. In the afternoon, we go on a boat trip on the River Potomac to see some of the main landmarks of the city. After the trip, we return to the hotel. In the evening, we take an optional tour of Washington by night and then return to our accommodation. Note: due to the weather conditions, the Potomac River boat does not operate from October to March.

Breakfast and departure from Washington to LANCASTER, where we will observe the typical Amish farms and their 18th century lifestyle. Stop along the way for lunch. We continue to NEW YORK. Arrival in the afternoon.

After breakfast, a panoramic tour of the city seeing higher, middle and lower Manhattan. We will visit Wall Street, Rockefeller Center, St Patrick’s Cathedral, Central Park, Columbus Circle, the AOL/ Time Warner Building, the famous Village, Little Italy and Battery Park (with the panoramic image of the Statue of Liberty). In the evening, we include a transfer to Times Square, the real heart of the city, with Broadway’s musicals and its spectacular lights. Note: If the confirmed hotel is in the Times Square area, no additional transfer is provided.

We depart to Boston, Massachusetts. Arrival at midday and panoramic tour of the city which was key in the Independence of the United States. We will visit Beacon Hill, Harvard University, the gardens of Boston Common, Trinity Church and we will end up at Quincy Market, a busy area by the docks, full of shops and restaurants, where we will have free time before going back to the hotel and our accommodation.

After breakfast, we cross two Eastern US states that have the most spectacular scenery: New Hampshire and Vermont, stopping at WOODSTOCK (Vermont), a beautiful town with restored Georgian houses. We cross the Canadian border and arrive at Montreal. Accommodation.

After breakfast, we include a panoramic tour of the city of MONTREAL in the morning. We will visit, among other places, the Parc Mont Royal, St. Joseph Oratory and the Cathedral. After lunch, departure to QUEBEC. Arrival and accommodation.

After breakfast, panoramic tour of QUEBEC City in the morning, highlighting among its most important points: Chateaux Frontenac, Place Royale, Sainte Anne de Beaupré and the Citadelle. In the afternoon, free time where we suggest visiting the Montmorency Falls.

Right after breakfast, a stage full of Canadian landscapes will begin. We will visit the Laurentian Hills where we will make a stop in the charming town of Sta Agathe des Monts and will continue to Mount Tremblant, with its world-famous ski station. From there, we will continue to OTTAWA, capital city of Canada. Arrival and sojourn.

Tour of the city after breakfast. We will visit the Canal Rideau and the Parliament Buildings where we will watch the Changing of the Guard (only July and August). We will then continue to Gananoque where we will take a sightseeing cruise offering spectacular river landscapes of St. Lawrence and the 1000 islands. After disembarking, we will continue south arriving at our hotel in Toronto late in the afternoon.

After breakfast, we include a sightseeing tour during which we will visit Chinatown, City Hall, the Financial District, Eaton Center, Casa Loma and the city’s most important tourist sites. In the afternoon, you will have the option to visit the CN Tower, shop at Eaton Center or walk around the Underground City with 25 km of shopping gallerias right under the financial district. In the evening, you will have a chance to visit Queens Quay, a lively leisure area full of restaurants. Accommodation.

After breakfast, we will go to the beautiful town of NIAGARA ON THE LAKE. After strolling around for some time, we will continue to Niagara Falls. Once there, we will take photos of the Floral Clock before we get on the Hornblower Niagara Cruise, a small boat that will take us to the foot of the famous falls. We will later have some free time to enjoy the Clifton Hill attractions. In the late afternoon we will arrive to our hotel in Niagara Falls.

After breakfast we included a panoramic tour of this extensive city. Tour including music center, civic center and financial center, via LA Live & Staples Center. We continue along Wilshire Boulevard, heading west of the city, past the Korean Quarter and the Brea Ditch to reach Beverly Hills. Continue on Sunset Boulevard to reach Hollywood and find the Walk of Fame with its thousands of stars, the Dolby Theater, Chinese Theater and the Hollywood sign. Free time to walk and have lunch. Late in the afternoon, we include a transfer to Long Beach, where palm trees mix with the glass buildings, we will have some time in Shoreline Village to walk and dine in their lively restaurants across the Queen Mary transatlantic.

We leave Los Angeles and stop at the Santa Monica Pier, so often depicted in Hollywood movies. Continuation to Solvang, a Danish little piece in California. Later we arrived in Bakersfield.

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS: Amazing forests with its sequoias. After breakfast, we set out on a journey with scenery that is completely unlike what we saw the day before. We leave the desert behind us and enter one of the most impressive forests in the USA, inhabited by an exception species: Giant Sequoias. Visit to the Sequoia National Park. Visitors can take pictures of the General Sherman, the largest tree in the world, among others, and stroll amidst these giants of nature. Then we continue to Fresno.

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS: Yosemite National Park. Waterfalls and mountain landscapes. After breakfast, we head for another important national park: Yosemite. Its awesome precipices, waterfalls and vegetation make it one of the most beautiful mountain landscapes in the world. We will visits its most important icons: the Captain, the Half Dome and its waterfalls. Free time for lunch. In the afternoon, we continue to SAN FRANCISCO where we arrive in the late afternoon.

After breakfast, we include a city tour of the city, we will pass through Union Square with its trams, the famous Chinatown, Financial District, the Theater District, Civic Center and Alamo Square, where we can see the famous painted Victorian houses, with the contrast to the background of the modern city, which has been the scene of countless films. We will pass through the Castro neighborhood to reach the Twin Peaks hill, where we will have a panoramic view of the city and the bay. We continue through the historic hippie neighborhood of "Haight Ashbuty", and continue to Golden Gate Park where we will make a stop. We continue to the Golden Gate Bridge where we will finish the visit of the city. Free afternoon during which you can take an optional tour to the city of Sausalito, with incredible views of San Francisco and the bay. In the evening we include a night transfer to North Beach, "Little Italy", the authentic nightlife heart of the city, full of restaurants.

After breakfast, end of our services.