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THE JEWEL THAT IS THE USA
NEW MEXICO - ARIZONA – NEVADA - CALIFORNIA
MARCH 27TH TO APRIL 10TH 2014
MARCH 27 – ARRIVAL IN SANTA FE (FOUR SEASONS)
MARCH 28 – SANTA FE GRAND TOUR (FOUR SEASONS)
MARCH 29 – SANTA FE // ALBUQUERQUE // WINSLOW (LA POSADA)
MARCH 30 – WINSLOW // LAS VEGAS (WYNN – TOWER SUITES)
MARCH 31 – LAS VEGAS & GRAND CANYON (WYNN – TOWER SUITES)
APRIL 01 – LAS VEGAS // SANTA MONICA (SHUTTERS ON THE BEACH)
APRIL 02 – SANTA MONICA & LOS ANGELES (SHUTTERS ON THE BEACH)
APRIL 03 – SANTA MONICA // SANTA BARBARA (FOUR SEASONS)
APRIL 04 – SANTA BARBARA // CARMEL (L’AUBERGE CARMEL)
APRIL 05 – CARMEL & PEBBLE BEACH (L’AUBERGE CARMEL)
APRIL 06 – CARMEL // SAN FRANCISCO (FOUR SEASONS)
APRIL 07 – SAN FRANCISCO (FOUR SEASONS)
APRIL 08 – SAN FRANCISCO // NAPA VALLEY (BARDESSONO)
APRIL 09 – NAPA VALLEY (BARDESSONO)
APRIL 10 – NAPA VALLEY // HALF MOON BAY (RITZ-CARLTON)
APRIL 11 – DEPARTURE
THURSDAY 27TH MARCH
SANTA FE
CHECK IN AT THE FOUR SEASONS RANCHO ENCANTADO. VOTED AS ONE OF TRAVEL
& LEISURE’S TOP 50 U.S. DESTINATION RESORTS.
PERFECTLY POSITIONED AMID THE BREATHTAKING AND PRISTINE BEAUTY OF SANTA
FE, FOUR SEASONS RESORT RANCHO ENCANTADO OVERLOOKS THE RIO GRANDE
RIVER VALLEY, THE PEAKS OF THE JEMEZ MOUNTAINS AND THE WILDS OF NEW
MEXICO IN ALL DIRECTIONS. YOUR CARS WILL AWAIT YOUR ARRIVAL.
FRIDAY 28TH MARCH
SANTA FE
TODAY WE WILL EXPLORE THIS MAGIC HISTORIC CITY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.
FROM A MORNING DRIVE TO THE TOWN OF MADRID, TO A UNIQUE AND
UNFORGETABLE LUNCH EXPERIENCE OF THE WILD WEST, DODGE TOWN. IN SANTA
FE YOU WILL SEE ITS HISTORIC ADOBE ARCHITECTURE THAT GIVES SANTA FE ITS
LEGENDARY SOUTHWESTERN CHARM.
SANTA FE IS ALSO INTERNATIONALLY
RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE WORLD'S TOP THREE ART MARKETS. IT HOUSES ONE
OF THE LARGEST CONCENTRATIONS OF ARTISTS, GALLERIES AND MUSEUMS IN ITS
MODEST 37.4 SQUARE MILES.
SATURDAY 29TH MARCH
SANTA FE / ALBUQUERQUE / WINSLOW
WE DEPART NEW MEXICO AND HEAD INTO ARIZONA. LUNCH WILL BE LOCATED AT
THE FAMOUS AND HISTORIC RANCHO INN AT THE TOWN OF GALLUP.
JUST BEFORE REACHING OUR HOTEL, WE WILL VISIT THE PETRIFIED FOREST
NATIONAL PARK.
OVERNIGHT WILL BE AT LA POSADA IN WINSLOW, THE LAST GREAT RAILROAD
HOTEL BUILT IN 1929 BY THE SANTA FE RAILWAY FOR THE FRED HARVEY
COMPANY. IT IS RUMOURED TO HAVE COST OVER $2MILLION THEN (1929). LA
POSADA WAS RECENTLY RATED AS ONE OF THE “WORLD'S BEST PLACES TO STAY”
BY CONDE NASTE TRAVELLER.
SUNDAY 30TH MARCH
WINSLOW / LAS VEGAS
AFTER A VISIT TO THE METEOR CRATER, OUR AWAITED DRIVE ON THE HISTORIC
ROUTE 66, AND THE MOST STUNNING DRIVE YET, FROM ARIZONA TO NEVADA INTO
THE SIN CITY, LAS VEGAS.
MONDAY 31ST MARCH
LAS VEGAS / GRAND CANYON
HELICOPTER TOUR OF THE GRAND CANYON DEPARTING RIGHT OFF THE LAS VEGAS
STRIP INCLUDING INCREDIBLE VIEWS OF THE HOOVER DAM, THE COLORADO RIVER
AND LAS VEGAS AND MUCH MORE BEFORE DESCENDING 3,200 FEET AND LANDING
INSIDE THE GRAND CANYON FOR A JEWEL EVENTS CHAMPAGNE BREAKFAST. IN
THE EVENING AN EARLY SHOW “LE REVE” FOLLOWED BY DINNER AT THE FAMOUS
SINATRA RESTAURANT.
TUESDAY 1ST APRIL
LAS VEGAS / SANTA MONICA (DEATH VALLEY)
POSSIBLY ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING DRIVES, CROSSING DEATH VALLEY, LOWEST
AND DRIEST AREA IN NORTH AMERICA. DEATH VALLEY HOLDS THE RECORD FOR
THE HIGHEST RECORDED AIR TEMPERATURE ON EARTH IN MID TO LATE SUMMER.
WEDNESDAY 2ND APRIL
SANTA MONICA & LOS ANGELES
FOLLOWING A WONDERFUL NIGHT AT THE LUXURIOUS AND BEAUTIFUL HOTEL
SHUTTERS ON THE BEACH IN SANTA MONICA, A WELL DESERVED REST DAY TO
EXPLORE THE CITY OF ANGELS. A VERY SPECIAL PRIVATE EVENING IS PLANNED FOR
TONIGHT.
THURSDAY 3RD APRIL
SANTA MONICA // SANTA BARBARA
AFTER A RELAXED MORNING TO RECOVER OUR ENERGY FROM LAST NIGHT, WE WILL
START OUR DRIVE ON ONE OF THE MOST STUNNING HIGHWAYS IN THE WORLD, THE
PACIFIC HIGHWAY 1.
FOLLOWING A STUNNING DRIVE WE WILL CHECK IN AT THE FABULOUS FOUR
SEASONS THE BILTIMORE IN SANTA BARBARA. NESTLED ON THE CALIFORNIA
COAST BETWEEN THE PACIFIC OCEAN AND THE SANTA YNEZ MOUNTAINS, SANTA
BARBARA IS GRACED BY SUNNY SKIES AND A MILD YEAR-ROUND CLIMATE –
EARNING ITS REPUTATION AS THE AMERICAN RIVIERA.
FRIDAY 4TH APRIL
SANTA BARBARA // HEARST CASTLE // BIG SUR // CARMEL
MISS PATRICIA HEARST THE GRANDDAUGHTER OF WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST
AND A GREAT PERSONAL FRIEND OF THE CHAIRMAN HAS BEEN KIND ENOUGH TO
ENDEAVOUR TO ORGANISE WITH THE STATE PARK AUTHORITIES A PRIVATE TOUR
OF HEARST CASTLE AS WELL AS ALLOWING US TO DRIVE OUR SPECIAL CARS TO
THE CASTLE ITSELF.
FOLLOWING THIS UNIQUE ESPERIENCE, WE WILL BEGIN TO DRIVE ON WHAT IS
CONSIDERED THE JEWEL OF THE PACIFIC HIGHWAY 1, SIMPLY THE MOST
BREATHTAKING DRIVE, PASSING BIG SUR UNTIL ARRIVING IN CHARMING CARMEL.
SATURDAY 5TH APRIL
CARMEL VALLEY & PEBBLE BEACH
A MORNING’S LEISURE DRIVE AROUND CARMEL,
INTO THE WINE AREA OF THE CARMEL VALLEY.
PEBBLE BEACH, MONTEREY AND
AN EARLISH LUNCH WILL BE ON THE LEGENDARY SHORES OF PEBBLE BEACH.
IN THE AFTERNOON, FREE TIME TO EXPLORE THIS CHARMING SMALL TOWN AND ITS
MANY SHOPS. AND FOR THE GOLF AFICIONADOS, TIME TO PLAY.
SUNDAY 6TH APRIL
CARMEL // SAN FRANCISCO
WE DEPART CARMEL AND DRIVE ON WHAT WILL BE OUR FINAL STRETCH OF THE
PACIFIC HIGHWAY 1 ON OUR WAY TO SAN FRANCISCO. MUCH FLATTER BUT EQUALY
BREATHTAKING, THE ROUTE WILL TAKE US TO A UNIQUE LUNCH EXPERIENCE AT
DUARTE’S TAVERN, AN INSTITUTION FOUNDED IN 1894 AT THE TOWN OF
PESCADERO.
MONDAY 7TH APRIL
SAN FRANCISCO
AFTER AN EASY MORNING IN SAN FRANCISCO AT OUR HOTEL, THE FOUR SEASONS,
YOU WILL HAVE TIME TO EXPLORE THE CITY AND IT’S MANY ATRACTIONS.
TUESDAY 8TH APRIL
SAN FRANCISCO // NAPA VALLEY
TODAY WE WILL DRIVE TO THE MUCH AWAITED NAPA VALLEY VIA THE GOLDEN
GATE BRIDGE. OUR HOTEL FOR THE NEXT TWO NIGHTS WILL BE IN YOUNTVILLE.
THE TOWN OF YOUNTVILLE, RENOWNED FOR ITS WORLD-CLASS RESTAURANTS AND
AWARD WINNING CHEFS, HAS EARNED THE UNOFFICIAL TITLE OF "CULINARY
CAPITAL OF THE NAPA VALLEY."
WEDNESDAY 9TH APRIL
NAPA VALLEY
FULL DAY OF TASTING SOME OF THE FINEST WINES IN NAPA VALLEY FOLLOWED BY
A SPETACULAR PRIVATE LUNCH AT FAR NIENTE AND A VISIT TO THEIR PRIVATE CAR
MUSEUM.
THURSDAY 10TH APRIL
NAPA VALLEY // HALF MOON BAY
WE LEAVE NAPA VALLEY BEHIND AND MAKE OUR WAY TO THE WONDERFUL AND
UNIQUE RITZ-CARLTON IN HALF MOON BAY FOR OUR VERY SPECIAL, YET LAID
BACK, CALIFORNIAN STYLE FAREWELL BRUNCH.
WE HAVE CHOSEN THIS LOCATION FOR OUR LAST NIGHT BECAUSE OF ITS PROXIMITY
TO SFO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AS WELL AS FOR THE LOGISTICS OF GETTING THE
CARS LOADED ONTO CARS EUROPE TRUCKS.
FRIDAY 11TH APRIL
DEPARTURE