California Beaches Tour From Los Angeles
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Overview
Enjoy a fun-filled day of sun, sea and surf on this tour of California’s stunning beaches. See the great expanse of Huntington Beach where the surf culture began in the 1950s. Watch the beautiful people and perhaps have a go at surfing yourself.
Visit Long Beach and relive the romance of the great ocean liners when you tour that grand old ship the ‘Queen Mary’.
Stop at Venice Beach, to enjoy the world’s most colorful street entertainment with musicians, mimes, jugglers and a whole cast of comic and curious characters. Pause at Muscle Beach to see body-building fanatics pump iron in a public show of strength.
Spend time in Santa Monica to see the inspiration for ‘Baywatch’ and the 100-year-old pier with its vintage carousel. Then end the day strolling the famous pedestrianized Third Street Promenade, a famous shopping area.
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Feel the sand between your toes on glorious West Coast beaches
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Visit the city where surf culture was born
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See the world′s most colorful street show
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Tour the legendary ′Queen Mary′
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Comfortable vehicles and professional guide
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Los Angeles
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Schedule
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From Starbucks Coffee Shop (entrance), Farmers Market Corner of Fairfax, Blvd and 3rd St: 06.30 am;
4 Points Sheraton Culver City Hotel, 5990 Green Valley Circle, Culver City in the lobby of the hotel: 07:00 am
Duration: Approximately 12 hours
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Sundays
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Thanksgiving Day, 04 Jul, 25 & 31 Dec, 01 Jan
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Pick-up
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The tour departs either from Starbucks Coffee Shop, Farmers Market Corner of Fairfax, Blvd and 3rd St or from 4 Points Sheraton Culver City Hotel, 5990 Green Valley Circle, Culver City in the lobby of the hotel
Please report at the meeting point 15 minutes before the start time. This is mandatory to allow time for pre-departure briefing.
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The tour ends at the departure point
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California Beaches Tour From Los Angeles
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Itinerary
There are two departure points for your California Beaches Tour From Los Angeles. Hotel pick-up is not included so you should make your way to either Starbucks Coffee Shop at Farmers Market Corner of Fairfax, Blvd and 3rd St, at 06:30am, or to 4 Points Sheraton Culver City Hotel, 5990 Green Valley Circle, Culver City, where you will meet your guide in the lobby of the hotel at 07:00am.
For your fun day out, you will be transported in an air-conditioned vehicle and accompanied by a bilingual guide. First stop will be Huntington Beach with its famous 8.5-mile (13.7 km) beach. Often referred to as ‘Surf City’, Huntington is the site of the world surfing championships, which take place here in summer every year.
Huntington is a surfers’ paradise, not so much for the height of the waves, but for the consistent quality of the surf. The waves are a unique natural effect caused by edge-diffraction of ocean swells by a nearby island and disturbance from distant hurricanes. If the weather is good and the stores that offer surfing lessons are open, then it may be possible for you to experience the legendary surf for yourself. The cost of a surfing lesson is not included in this tour (approximately US$ 50 for a 45 minute lesson).
Huntington Beach is regarded as the birthplace of the West Coast surfing culture and featured in the Beach Boys’ song ‘Surfin’ Safari’. It is also the cradle of beach volleyball. As you stroll along the sands, you will see the famous beach volleyball pavilion.
You have around 90 minutes in Huntington, including a stop for breakfast (payable direct) at one of the fast food places along the beach-front, before moving on to Long Beach. Long Beach is known as the venue of a celebrated Grand Prix street race and for its international Marathon and Half-Marathon. Runners love to race here because it is flat and 80 per cent of the course is in view of the ocean.
You will visit RMS Queen Mary, Long Beach’s most famous landmark. Said to be the grandest liner ever built, the magnificent Queen Mary clocked 1001 trips across the Atlantic before settling in her current home. During her long and eventful life, she not only carried the rich and famous across the ocean but was also deployed as military transport in WWII.
Accompanied by your tour guide, you will see the ship’s celebrated Art Deco interiors and visit restored areas that have been under wraps since the final voyage in 1967, including the Isolation Wards and the aft Machine Rooms. And hear tales of the notable passengers who sailed in the luxury liner in her heyday. These included Greta Garbo, Gloria Swanson, Clark Gable, David Niven, Bing Crosby, Elizabeth Taylor, Aristotle Onassis and Mary Pickford. Bob Hope was known to practice his golf swing on the upper decks, and Fred Astaire danced in the ballroom.
After the Queen Mary, you will continue to Venice Beach, home to the world’s most colorful promenade. During the summer season and on weekends, there is an eye-popping array of lively street entertainment. Performers include an eclectic assortment of musicians, singers, jugglers, acrobats, mimes, comics, magicians, prophets, and fortune tellers.
Browse the funky shops, soak up the atmosphere, watch the roller skaters and skateboarders doing their stuff and see the professionals pump iron at Muscle Beach. You will also have the chance to catch a spot of lunch (payable direct).
Then spend some time at Santa Monica Pier, beach and promenade, the home of ‘Baywatch’. The 100-year old pier offers a variety of entertainment including thrill rides, a historic 1922 Carousel, and an interactive aquarium.
End the day with a stroll along Third Street Promenade, a pedestrian street in Santa Monica. It is one of the premier shopping destinations in West Los Angeles and frequently draws crowds from all over Los Angeles County.
At the end of your tour you can be dropped off at either Starbucks Coffee Shop at Farmers Market or 4 Points Sheraton Culver City Hotel. At the start of the tour please advise your guide which of these you prefer. After you are dropped off, you will need to make your own arrangements to get back to your accommodation.
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Do's & Don'ts
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If you are hoping to take a surf lesson, dress in t-shirt and shorts that you don’t mind getting wet. Also wear sun-block as it is easy to get sunburnt
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Cancellation Policy
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More than 7 days prior to the day of departure – No cancellation charge
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'Less than 4 days prior to the time of departure – 100 % cancellation charge
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