Californian Gardens and Galleries
In a small group, travel from Los Angeles to the seaside resort town of Santa Barbara and onto San Francisco. Experiencing beautiful gardens, mansions, museums and art galleries throughout California. Day 1 - Arrive Los Angeles
Be met at the airport and transferred to your hotel. Later, meet your fellow travellers and Botanical Guide at a Welcome Dinner.
Accommodation: Three Nights: Los Angeles, Hilton Pasadena Hotel
Meals: Dinner
Day 2 - Getty Museum
Today visit the architectural masterpiece that is the J. Paul Getty Museum and explore the stunning gardens surrounding it.
Accommodation:
Meals: Breakfast
Day 3 - Huntington Gardens
Explore the Huntington Gardens, sprawled over 207 acres with 14,000 different plant species and maintained by 40 gardeners.
Accommodation:
Meals: Breakfast Lunch
Day 4 - Lotus Land, Santa Barbara, Cambria
We visit Lotus Land, a fantasy world created with dramatic plant combinations and exotic hard landscaping, then travel on to Cambria.
Accommodation: Cambria, Pines Lodge
Meals: Breakfast Dinner
Day 5 - Hearst Castle
Today, visit an amazing castle created by mining magnate William Randolph Hearst. We then continue on to San Francisco.
Accommodation: Two Nights: San Francisco, Parc 55 on Union Square
Meals: Breakfast
Day 6 - San Francisco Gardens
We visit Filoli, considered one of America’s finest gardens, then the San Francisco Botanical Gardens at Strybing Arboretum.
Accommodation:
Meals: Breakfast Dinner
Day 7 - Depart San Francisco
Be transferred to the airport after breakfast for your flight home.
Accommodation:
Meals: Breakfast
