(21 days / 20 nights - Begins Washington, D.C. & Ends Los Angeles)
Tour Itinerary
Day 01 - Washington, D.C. Arrival
Today you will arrive in beautiful Washington, D.C. Transfer independently to your hotel by shuttle service or taxi.
Hotel: Red Roof Inn Downtown or similar
Day 02 - Washington, D.C.
This morning at 08:00 hours your representative will provide you with your tour documentation. Today tour such highlights as the U.S. Capitol Building, The Supreme Court, Library of Congress, F.B.I. Building, the Washington Monument, and the Lincoln Memorial.
Day 03 - Washington, D.C. – Gettysburg
Driving Distance: 90 mi./150 km.
Today see Gettysburg National Military Park, site of the most famous battle of the American Civil War.
Hotel: Best Western Inn & Suites or similar
Day 04 - Gettysburg – Niagara Falls
Driving Distance: 360 mi./580 km.
Travel through central Pennsylvania and upstate New York. Then cross the US border to romantic Niagara Falls.
Hotel: Days Inn Fallsview Casino or similar
Day 05 - Niagara Falls – Toronto, Canada
Driving Distance: 100 mi./160 km.
Spend the morning sight-seeing at Niagara Falls. In the afternoon travel to Toronto, the largest English-speaking city in Canada. Take a short city tour before arriving at your hotel.
Hotel: Best Western Primrose Hotel or similar
Day 06 - Toronto – Detroit
Driving Distance: 240 mi./384 km.
Continue through the US province of Ontario to Windsor. Then cross back over the border to Detroit, America’s automobile manufacturing centre.
Hotel: Best Western Greenfield Inn or similar
Day 07 - Detroit – Chicago
Driving Distance: 280 mi./450 km.
Today travel across Michigan. Stop in Ann Arbor, Battle Creek, and Kalamazoo before reaching Lake Michigan and Chicago.
Hotel: Doubletree Hotel Chicago or similar
Day 08 - Chicago
Enjoy a full day to explore The Windy City. The architecture of Chicago is truly remarkable. See some of the tallest buildings in the world. There are also many excellent museums in the area to visit at your leisure, as well as great shopping and dining opportunities.
Day 09 - Chicago – St. Louis
Driving Distance: 300 mi./480 km.
This morning continue your journey south along Route 66 as it winds out of Chicago and traverses the Illinois farmland to St. Louis, Missouri.
Hotel: La Quinta Inn or similar
Day 10 - St. Louis – Springfield
Driving Distance: 210 mi./340 km.
Leave the Mississippi River behind and travel along Route 66 through the scenic beauty of the Missouri Ozark region to Springfield.
Hotel: Best Western Deerfield or similar
Day 11 - Springfield – Tulsa – Oklahoma City
Driving Distance: 310 mi./520 km.
Nowhere is Route 66 more at home than in Oklahoma, where the pavement follows the contours of the land as though it has always been there. In the dust-bowl years of the 1930s, fifteen percent of Oklahoma’s population started out on Route 66 in cars or caravans, carrying all their belongings, children, hopes, and dreams with them. This section of your trip takes you through rolling countryside, once the haunt of Native Americans, later the territory of cowboys and outlaws, and part of the famous Cherokee Strip.
Hotel: Best Western Saddleback Inn or similar
Day 12 - Oklahoma City – Amarillo
Driving Distance: 260 mi./420 km.
Travel through the land where the Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians lived and hunted buffalo. Enter the Texas Panhandle, the haven of cowboys, oil-field roughnecks, and self-made millionaires.
Hotel: Best Western Amarillo Inn or similar
Day 13 - Amarillo – Albuquerque
Driving Distance: 290 mi./450 km.
Before leaving Amarillo, make a visit to the Cadillac Ranch where you will find ten tail-fin Cadillacs half buried in the sand. This is the land of tumbleweeds, cattle, cotton, and oil. Continue to New Mexico, driving through what once was the hunting ground of the Comanche Indians. Overnight in Albuquerque.
Hotel: Red Roof Inn Midtown or similar
Day 14 - Albuquerque
Driving Distance: 180 mi./290 km.
Enjoy the sweeping views of New Mexico, The Land of Enchantment, as you approach today’s destination, Albuquerque, your home for the next two nights. drive tours 205
Day 15 - Albuquerque – Santa Fe – Albuquerque
Driving Distance: 116 mi./190 km.
Enjoy the short drive today that brings you to Santa Fe, famous for its galleries and museums, and known as the art center of the Southwest.
Day 16 - Albuquerque – Holbrook
Driving Distance: 260 mi./420 km.
Today’s highlight is the Petrified Forest National Park to view its thousands of acres of petrified trees. Overnight in Holbrook, Arizona.
Hotel: Best Western Adobe Inn or similar
Day 17 - Holbrook – Grand Canyon National Park
Driving Distance: 180 mi./290 km.
Travel through Navajo Indian Country toward today’s destination, the spectacular Grand Canyon National Park. A walk along the rim will provide you with memorable views of this stunning canyon.
Hotel: Yapavai Lodge West or similar
Day 18 - Grand Canyon – Las Vegas
Driving Distance: 300 mi./ 480 km.
Today your drive takes you through Williams and Kingman to the Hoover Dam. Continue to Las Vegas, the glittering Entertainment Capital of the World, where your hotel is located on the famous Strip.
Hotel: Imperial Palace Hotel or similar
Day 19 - Las Vegas
A full day to explore Las Vegas. Why not take a drive out to the Hoover Dam or Lake Mead before returning to Vegas for shopping and non-stop entertainment.
Day 20 - Las Vegas – Santa Monica/Los Angeles
Driving Distance: 290 mi./ 470 km.
Journey through the Mojave Desert today, stopping at the ghost town of Calico en route to Los Angeles and Santa Monica. Continue to your overnight hotel.
Hotel: Custom Hotel or similar
Day 21 - Los Angeles DepartureSpend the morning relaxing in the California
sunshine before returning your rental car at Los Angeles International Airport for your departure flight.
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