Travel Reports » 2 weeks road trip through California


We made a nice self-drive itinerary for 2 weeks in California that includes city sightseeing as well as shopping and magnificent nature. Our start is San Francisco, where we have planned 3 full days to explore the city with all its sights. From San Francisco we will continue with a rental car to Sacramento, the capital of California. From here it is about 190 kilometers to the beautiful Lake Tahoe. Along the U.S. Highway 395 we drive over the 3,000 meter high Tioga Pass to the Yosemite National Park, before we drive again towards the Pacific coast to Monterey Bay. Here a whale watching tour, the 7 Miles Drive and a visit to the Monterey Bay Aquarium are on our list. The last part of the trip will take us along the Pacific Coast Highway (California State Route 1) with a stop at Hearst Castle until we reach Los Angeles. All in all a beautiful route with a total length of about 1,500 kilometers.

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Los Angeles – 3 famous Instagram photo spots (USA)

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After 2 really great weeks across California our trip ends in Los Angeles. Since we already knew Los Angeles from previous trips, we had planned only one night here before our return flight to Frankfurt. But nevertheless we visited 3 beautiful places, which we knew from many pictures on Instagram and had not seen ourselves 🙂

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17-Mile Drive – Travel Guide, Things to Do & beautiful photo spots (USA)

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After doing a Whale Watching Tour in Monterey Bay this morning and then visiting the Monterey Bay Aquarium, we used the rest of the day to drive off the 17-Mile Drive. The 17-Mile Drive Interesting facts The 17-Mile Drive is located about 200 kilometers south of San Francisco between the beautiful coastal towns of Monterey and Carmel-by-the-Sea in California. The privately managed road, which winds between Pacific Grove and Pebble Beach, runs for a total of 27 kilometers (17 miles) …

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Sacramento – Tourist Attractions & Things to do in the Old Town (USA)

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On the way from San Francisco to Lake Tahoe, halfway through the capital of California is the cityof Sacramento . It takes only 1.5 hours from San Francisco for the approximately 150-kilometer stretch of Interstate 80. Due to the evening traffic and longer traffic jams, it took us about 3 hours the night before. This morning we wanted to use to explore downtown Sacramento.

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Alcatraz – Our travel guide for the prison island in San Francisco (USA)

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A L C A T R A Z… just when you speak the word, you automatically think of crime fiction, prison outbursts and crooks. The island fortress radiates a special myth in stories and legends are formed around it. Since a visit to Alcatraz is an absolute obligatory program during a visit to San Francisco, we took a closer look at the prison island in the San Francisco Bay 🙂

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