After driving a beautiful panoramic road on the Pacific Ocean of California yesterday with the 17-Mile Drive, we made our way to Los Angeles today on Highway 1.
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Geographically, North America includes Greenland (which is an autonomous part of Denmark), Canada, the USA and Mexico. The Caribbean islands, together with the mainland bridge of Central America, form Central America, which is located between North and South America. The largest metropolises include New York City, Mexico City, Los Angeles, Chicago and Toronto. North and Central America extend over all four climate zones of the earth: in the north the continent reaches up to the Poloarkreis and in the south up to the tropics.
17-Mile Drive – Travel Guide, Things to Do & beautiful photo spots (USA)
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) …
» Read the full blog postMonterey Bay – The Monterey Bay Aquarium in Cannery Row (USA)
After doing a Whale Watching Tour in Monterey Bay this morning, we wanted to see the famous Monterey Bay Aquarium in The Cannery Row of Monterey in the afternoon.
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After 2 really great days in Yosemite National Park, our tour through California continued back to california’s Pacific coast. The 300 km long stretch from Mariposa to Monterey (approx. 3.5 hours drive) is not very exciting.
» Read the full blog postYosemite National Park – Glacier Point & the Yosemite Valley (USA)
After visiting the giant sequoias of Mariposa Grove in the morning, we continued towards Yosemite Valley. Before that, however, we made a detour to the 2,200 meter high Glacier Point.
» Read the full blog postYosemite National Park – Mariposa Grove & the Grizzly Giant (USA)
After exploring yosemite national park from the east via the Tioga Pass yesterday, we went from our Hotel in Mariposa to the south entrance of the park today first to the giant sequoias of Mariposa Grove.
» Read the full blog postYosemite National Park – Things to know & Tioga Pass (USA)
After visiting the ghost town of Bodie in the morning, we set off for Yosemite National Park at around 12 o’clock. The eastern entrance of the park at Tioga Pass is only about an hour away from Bodie. On the way there we made a short stop at Mono Lake.
» Read the full blog postBodie Town – The most beautiful ghost town in California (USA)
In the early hours of the morning we set off from Lake Tahoe to drive along US-395 towards Yosemite National Park. On the way there we wanted to take another attraction that was on the route: the small “town” Bodie.
» Read the full blog postLake Tahoe – Tourist Attractions & the most beautiful photo spots (USA)
On our journey for 2 weeks across California we went after the start in San Francisco and a stop in Sacramento over the Lincoln Highway to the beautiful Lake Tahoe.
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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.
» Read the full blog postCable Car – Travel Guide for the famous tram in San Francisco (USA)
In the last few days we have already looked at the most important sights of San Francisco and have really got to know this great city at its best and in bright sunshine. What was missing at the end of our last day was a ride on the legendary Cable Car 🙂
» Read the full blog postMuir Woods – A visit of the Coastal Sequoia Trees in California (USA)
Not only the city of San Francisco has a lot to offer, but also a little away from the city you can experience and look at a lot. Our excursion today took us to the Muir WoodsBiosphere Reserve, which is located north of San Francisco.
» Read the full blog postAlcatraz – Our travel guide for the prison island in San Francisco (USA)
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 🙂
» Read the full blog postGolden Gate Bridge in San Francisco – Things to know & Photo spots (USA)
It is THE landmark of San Francisco and probably the most famous suspension bridge in the world: The Golden Gate Bridge. Since 1937, it has been the entrance to San Francisco Bay and connects San Francisco with Marin County, the Napa and Sonoma Valleys. The bridge was named after the 1.6 km wide, natural entrance to the Bay of San Francisco. At the time of the California gold rush, the bay entrance was named “Golden Gate” around 1846.
» Read the full blog postSan Francisco – Tourist Attractions, Things to do & Photo spots (USA)
Anyone who knows us a little or follows our travel reports knows that we always love to explore cities on foot and on our own. In San Francisco, it’s not as easy as other cities because of the many steep roads and the long distances, but there’s a lot to discover and see. In total we spent 3 days in San Francisco and would like to show you here the most famous sights and great photo spots, which you should …
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