San Diego, CA • Los Angeles, CA • Santa Barbara, CA • Monterey, CA • San Francisco, CA • & more...
8 Days - Our prices include airfare from your hometown
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Trip Includes:
- A Catholic priest will be with the group to celebrate Mass. Daily Mass is available.
- Round-trip airfare from your hometown is included. If your city has a direct flight to your destination, we will guarantee a direct flight as long as it is available.
- Airport Taxes, Security Fees, and Fuel Surcharges!
- Exclusively 4-5 star hotels in downtown areas.
- All breakfasts and all dinners. Wine is included with all dinners.
- Transportation with luxury bus.
- All entrance fees to all the sites.
- All tips to everyone involved in the tour.
- The tour fees for our guides. Our tour guides are well educated, caring, and professional.
- Luggage handling. Please pack light, one carry-on per person.
- We limit our group to a maximum of 24 passengers, unless the priest on the trip requests a larger group. Small groups with a 5 star service in 4-5 star hotels.
- If you are traveling alone and you allow us to find you a roommate, you don't have to pay the single supplement. If you wish to have your own room and you are not open to the idea of rooming with another passenger, then $900 is what you pay for single supplement fee.
- Dress casually all throughout the trip. Shoulders and knees should be covered when visiting Basilicas or churches.
- Taxi and wheelchair is provided gratis for those passengers who cannot walk. But a traveling companion has to push the wheelchair throughout the trip.
- At the time of registration, as a part of the total balance, a non-refundable $500 (hotel and airfare deposit) is due. For example, if your trip costs $2,800, when you sign up and you pay the $500 deposit, your balance would be $2,300 and is due 4 months before departure date. If you sign up after the final payment due date or at the last minute, you must pay the entire cost of the trip immediately.
Trip Does Not Include
- Lunches
- Checked baggage on the airplane
- Trip Insurance ~ The total trip cost is non-refundable, so we recommend trip insurance to protect your investment.
Trip Itinerary
Day 1: You will depart from your hometown airport for your flight to San Diego, CA. When you arrive you will be met near the luggage carousel by your tour guide for the trip. If time permits we will have a bus tour of the area before going to dinner. After dinner we will check into our hotel in San Diego. This will be our only night in San Diego.
Day 2: Our first stop today will be to the Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcala, founded by Fr. Junipero Serra in 1769. It is the first of the nine Missions in California that Fr. Junipero founded. We will visit all nine as we travel up the coast of California. After lunch we will depart for Los Angeles. Along the way we will stop to visit our second mission, the Mission San Juan Capistrano founded by Fr. Junipero in 1776. After our tour and time for devotions we will have dinner in the area of the mission before continuing on to our hotel in Los Angeles. In order to avoid too much heavy traffic, we are planning an evening arrival. We will stay two nights in Los Angeles.
Day 3: After breakfast this morning, we will begin by seeing the Christ Cathedral in the Diocese of Orange. This is the former Crystal Cathedral built by Robert Schuler in 1980 and purchased by the Catholic Diocese in 2013. This will be followed by a visit to the San Gabriel Arcangel Mission, founded in 1771 by Fr. Junipero; and the Forest Lawn Cemetery in Glendale, known not only for the gravesites of many famous people, but also for the beautiful statues and artwork throughout the grounds. Next we will visit the Venice Canals Walkway then stop by the Santa Monica pier where you can see the western end of Route 66, walk on the beach, or visit the pier. We will have dinner in the area then visit a local casino before returning to our hotel for our second night in LA.
Day 4: Today we will do a little bit of sightseeing before leaving the Los Angeles area. After breakfast we will begin with a walk down Hollywood Blvd to see the stars, compare your hands and feet to those of your favorite actors outside Grumman’s Chinese Theatre. Then we will continue our way north. We will visit two missions today as we drive along the beautiful California coastline. Our first stop is the San Buenaventura Mission that Fr. Junipero founded in 1782. We will continue on the Mission San Luis Obispo, also founded by Fr. Junipero in 1772. We will have dinner in the area and spend one night in the hotel near San Luis Obispo.
Day 5: After breakfast we will depart for Monterey, CA. Our first stop will be the Hearst Castle where we will have a tour. After lunch we will continue up the coast making a stop at the Mission of San Antonio De Padua founded in 1771 by Fr. Junipero before continuing on to Monterey. Upon arrival in Monterey, first, we will visit the Mission San Carlos Borroméo del río Carmelo, also called Carmel Mission Basilica, which Fr. Junipero founded in 1770, followed by free time and dinner before going to our hotel near the San Francisco Bay area.
Day 6: Today, as we will continue our coastal drive towards San Francisco. First, we will have a fun tour of the unique and interesting Winchester Mystery House, owned by the late Sarah Winchester, widow of William Winchester whose company manufactured the Winchester Rifles. Then on to the Mission Santa Clara de Asis, founded in 1777 by Fr. Junipero Serra. This brings us to the area of San Francisco where we will stay for the remainder of our trip. We will have dinner in the area and check into the hotel for the night.
Day 7: After breakfast at the hotel, we will visit our final mission of the trip, Misión San Francisco de Asís founded by Fr. Junipero Serra in 1776. The remainder of the day will be in San Francisco, beginning with a brief bus tour of the city, the golden gate bridge, and culminating at Fisherman’s Wharf for lunch and a free afternoon to explore the area on your own. We will all meet for dinner at a local restaurant before returning to our hotel for the night.
Day 8: Today we will return home, our private bus will take us to the airport in time for our departing flight.