The United States
The great Western classic in ten days, from Los Angeles to San Francisco
The United States
The legendary Western loop in a group: Los Angeles, Route 66, the Grand Canyon, Monument Valley, Lake Powell, Bryce Canyon, Las Vegas, Death Valley, the giant sequoias and San Francisco. Variants: with the Pacific coast (Monterey, Carmel, Santa Barbara) in 12 days from €1,932, with two more nights in San Francisco from €2,127, with Universal Studios from €2,278, or extended to New York from €2,839 per person.
When
April to October
Price
From 1 751€ excl. flights
(based on 2 people sharing)
How long
8 nights
Ideal length
Days 1-5
From the Pacific to Navajo land.
Day 1
Arrival in Los Angeles
Flight to Los Angeles, welcome and transfer to the hotel.
Day 2
Los Angeles – Kingman
A tour of Los Angeles, then across the Mojave Desert towards Arizona.
Day 3
Route 66 and the Grand Canyon
A stretch of the legendary Route 66 and its vintage gas stations at Seligman, then the Grand Canyon: from the South Rim, the Colorado River flows 1,500 metres below.
Day 4
Monument Valley – Page
Monument Valley, on Navajo land, and its red sandstone buttes made famous by westerns (optional 4x4 tour with the Navajo), then Lake Powell and the Glen Canyon dam at Page.
Day 5
Bryce Canyon – Las Vegas
Bryce Canyon and its amphitheatre of orange hoodoos, then the drive to Las Vegas and its glittering casinos.
Days 6-10
The desert, the sequoias and the bay.
Day 6
Death Valley – Bakersfield
Death Valley, the lowest point in North America: Zabriskie Point, Badwater and its salt flats, then the drive into California.
Day 7
Giant sequoias – Modesto
Sequoia or Kings Canyon park and its giant sequoias, including the General Sherman, the largest tree in the world by volume.
Day 8
Modesto – San Francisco
San Francisco: the Golden Gate, Fisherman's Wharf and its sea lions, the cable cars, Chinatown and the Victorian houses of Alamo Square.
Day 9
San Francisco – flight home
Free time depending on your flight, then transfer to the airport and fly to France.
Day 10
Arrival in France
Arrival in France during the day.
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