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The Great California Getaway


Visit the following cities and sights on your 11 day tour:

  • Santa Barbara
  • Solvang
  • Catalina Island
  • Los Angeles
  • Palm Springs

 

Tour Highlights

  • Fall in love with beautiful Santa Barbara. The flowers, the Spanish architecture, the parks and the mild temperatures provide a wonderful experience.
  • You may never visit Denmark; but, after your visit to Solvang, you will have experienced perhaps the next best thing. Danish architecture, windows, gaslights and cobblestone streets abound.
  • We’ll cover Los Angeles from Hollywood’s opulent Rodeo Drive and Sunset Boulevard to downtown’s Grauman’s Chinese Theater. 
  • “24 miles across the sea . . . Santa Catalina is the place to be”.  The Four Preps aptly describe this island paradise where you’ll spend a memorable day.  Its beauty is breathtaking.
  • Your sightseeing tour of Palm Springs will pass by homes of the rich and famous; Walter Annenberg, Frank Sinatra and more.  Ride the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway to a mountain station at the 8516 foot level of Mt. San Jacinto State Park.  The ride up North America’s sheerest mountain face passes through several different temperature zones.

Tour Package


The following is included as part of The Great California Getaway rail tour:

  • Round-trip transportation by rail departing from and returning to Chicago.
  • Private Roomette bedroom sleeping accommodations on the trains for four nights ($895 additional per person for an Bedroom).
  • First-class hotel accommodations for six nights.
  • 20 meals.
  • Extensive sightseeing including Catalina Island and Palm Springs.
  • Baggage handling, taxes & tips.
  • Services of a professional America by Rail  Tour Director.

Tour Pricing


  • $2995  PER PERSON BASED ON DOUBLE OCCUPANCY
  • $1300 additional for hotel rooms and Amtrak Roomette on a single basis

Available Tour Dates

  • Fri., Sept. 10 to Tues., Sept. 21
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