14-Nights California Family Road Trip - Tailormade Journeys

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From world-class surf breaks and towering sequoias to Oscar-winning film studios and retro amusement parks, the Golden State is awash with wonders both natural and man-made, ready to be discovered. Create cherished memories on a family road trip from San Francisco to San Diego, bookended by a guided bike ride across Golden Gate Bridge and a behind-the-scenes tour of the world-famous San Diego Zoo. En route, take time to hike off the beaten track in Yosemite National Park, meet conservationists at the marine wonderland of Monterey Bay Aquarium and kayak in the wildlife-rich Channel Islands National Park. Pair these outdoor pursuits with all the urban-cool California has to offer, with cultural city tours, mouth-watering American cuisine and a VIP tour of Universal Studios, the beating heart of Tinsel Town. 

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Carmel, California, is the kind of place where a person might hand you a poem in the street. It's where at dawn you can get a strong cup of coffee in hand and take a long walk down the beach. You can learn anything you want about dogs, have an authentic Ayurvedic massage and watch the setting sun go flat as a disc on the ocean horizon, then turn around and observe waterfowl leaving skims of silver wake on the Carmel River before daylight disappears. Free Carmel Travel
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At night you can stay up late singing to a crowd at Clint Eastwood's Mission Ranch piano bar, catch a new play in a small theater, cuddle around a beach campfire and stroll back to your hotel along sleepy streets under the stars. You can spend a lot of money in glitzy boutique stores or spend very little at Point Lobos State Nature Reserve.

A place of romance, beauty and culture, Carmel was developed in the early 20th century by artists, poets and visionaries, and its residents have retained its friendly, small-town, sophisticated character. You might even be inspired to write your own verse—and share it back.

Carmel is located at the southern end of Monterey Peninsula, just a few miles/kilometers south of Monterey. The town's refreshingly calm atmosphere results, in part, from strict zoning laws that ban neon, traffic lights and other trappings of urban development. The town also seems to have banned empty parking spaces: Expect to spend some time searching for one.

The residential district has no sidewalks or streetlights, and there is no mail delivery. Homes are known by their names rather than addresses. Carmel received a lot of press in the mid-1980s when Clint Eastwood was its mayor.