When the trip is the Bay, not the park.

The headline city stops in one day.

• Golden Gate Bridge + Marin Headlands (20 min)
• Palace of Fine Arts — 1915 Pan-Pacific Exposition (15 min)
• Fisherman’s Wharf & Pier 39
• Chinatown — the oldest in North America
• Haight-Ashbury
• Civic Center & City Hall
• Union Square
• North Beach / Little Italy
• Painted Ladies Victorian homes
• Lombard Street — the crooked street
• Twin Peaks viewpoint (20 min)

World-famous wineries in California’s Napa region.

• Great views of vineyards in Sonoma, Napa, and Calistoga
• Tastings at world-famous wineries

Cannery Row, Carmel, and the famous 17-Mile Drive.

• Cannery Row in Monterey
• Carmel Beach + lunch on Main Street, Carmel
• The famous 17-Mile Drive past Pebble Beach
• Return on Highway 1
• Optional: Monterey Bay Aquarium or Gilroy Premium Outlets (12-hour day)

The Bay Area’s only old-growth coastal redwood forest.

• Muir Woods National Monument — ancient coastal redwoods
• Sausalito
• Marin Headlands — a unique Golden Gate Bridge view

Boardwalk, the Mystery Spot, and the coast road home.

• The Boardwalk — famous seaside amusement park
• The Mystery Spot — a gravitational anomaly in the redwoods
• Highway 1 drive along the California coastline