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California Escorted Tours and Holidays

Milestones offer the very finest and most comprehensive tours to California. Arriving in San Diego and travelling north, follow America's most famous coastline, taking in Los Angeles with a city tour of Beverly Hills and the sunset strip, experiencing the wonder of the 17-Mile Drive along California's central coast, marvel the breathtaking scenery at Yosemite National Park before concluding at San Francisco, visiting such landmarks as Fisherman's Wharf and the Golden Gate Bridge.

The Golden State' of California, the most populous state in the USA, is a state of pure diversity and distinction, with snow-capped mountains, vast deserts, lush forests and long stretches of golden beach.

The ruggedly beautiful coastline curves northward of Los Angeles to San Francisco along the famous Big Sur coastal highway, one of the most scenic drives in the country. The San Francisco Bay Area is proudly presided over by San Francisco, the cosmopolitan city whose cable cars and Golden Gate Bridge are instantly recognisable.


California's best-known wine country extends north of San Francisco into the Napa and Sonoma Valleys, but excellent wine regions also flourish near Santa Barbara and San Diego.

Northern California is the land of giant sequoias and redwoods, waterfalls, whitewater rivers, forests, icy lakes and towering mountains. The California Gold Rush, which began in the Sierras in 1848, forever changed the state and brought new wealth as fortune hunters migrated en masse.

Los Angeles, the 'City of Angels' is the second-largest city in the USA and lives up to its reputation as 'the entertainment capital of the world', with all the dreams being made in Hollywood.

Orange County is home to one of the world's most famous attractions - Disneyland Resort - as well as 67km (42 miles) of beaches and the charming rural communities of the Santa Ana Mountains.

The Desert region, in the southeast, features expansive landscapes, brilliant skies, traces of pioneer history and glittering resort cities. From Death Valley, the lowest place in North America at 86m (282ft) below sea level, one can travel in the same day to California's Mt Whitney, the highest mountain in the continental United States, at 4,418m (14,494ft) elevation.



The finest in first class tours to California. Visiting San Diego, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Cambria, Central Coast, Monterey, 17 Mile Drive, Yosemite National Park, Napa/Sonoma and San Francisco.

The Californian

10 DAY TOUR FROM £1750

From San Diego drive north, following America's most famous coastline, taking in Los Angeles, 17-Mile Drive, Yosemite National Park, Napa Valley concl...

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Leisurely Lively

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Scenic City

Route 66

14 DAY TOUR FROM £2050

Relive one of the world's most famous highways on an historic journey from Chicago to Los Angeles with stops in St Louis, Albuquerque, the Grand Canyo...

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Leisurely Lively

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Scenic City

Western Discoverer

15 DAY TOUR FROM £1940

The most comprehensive tour of America's Golden West, journeying through exciting cities and wondrous national parks and along one of the world's most...

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Leisurely Lively

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Scenic City
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For each itinerary we have created this simple guide to clearly illustrate the nature of your tour from a gentle, leisurely pace to a more lively experience.

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For each itinerary we have created this simple guide to clearly illustrate your touring experience, from the scenic delights of the world's natural wonders to city chic with included excursions and entrances, or a comfortable blend of both.

Trafalgar Tours

Trafalgar Tours:

Trafalgar Tours offer a range of first-class escorted tours including top-class hotels, comprehensive itineraries, luxury transportation, delicious meal plans and knowledgeable tour directors, often joined by experienced local guides.

Insight Vacations

Insight Vacations:

Insight Vacations provides premium-class escorted tours, enabling you to stay in the very best hotels where available, enjoying enhanced meal plans and touring on luxury coaches with fewer seats resulting in extra legroom.

Thompson's Africa

Thompson's Africa:

Thompson's Africa offers excellent first-class escorted tours but with smaller groups ranging from only 2 passengers to 18 per group and touring in air-conditioned micro-buses for a more intimate approach.

AAT Kings

AAT Kings:

AAT Kings, one of Australia's most respected travel companies, provides a range of first-class escorted tours in Australia and New Zealand which include top-class hotels, comprehensive itineraries, luxury transportation, delicious meal plans and knowledgeable tour directors, often joined by experienced local guides.

Brendan Vacations

Brendan Vacations:

When you travel to South America with Brendan, you can expect first class hotels in convenient locations that provide the highest standard of service and the most up-to-date luxurious coaches available