Muir Woods and Wine Country Tour

Description of Muir Woods and Wine Country Tour

The Wine Country and Muir Woods all in one day tour offers you a combination of two icons: The unique Giant Redwoods and the world famous Wine Country. Join us on our Wine Country Muir Woods unforgettable tour, you'll remember for a lifetime. A journey filled with spectacular views and photo stops, wine tasting, shopping. It's all about sun, fun and wine.

As we drive north on Highway 101 through the Golden Gate passing Sausalito in Marin County, we start winding our way up along the Pacific Coast Highway 1 at the footstep of Mt. Tamalpais, Muir woods tour is a short drive about 12 miles only from the Golden Gate Bridge. The Park offers peace and numerous hiking trails through the Giant Redwoods. The entrance fee to Muir Woods is not included with this tour. It's $ 5 per person.

Muir woods tour offers an hour or more to allow you to walk in the park, shopping at the gift shop or simply enjoying a hot chocolate at the coffee shop terrace surrounded by the imposing Redwood trees.

Your knowledgeable and state licensed tour guide will share with you the secrets and history of this unique National Park before entering to the park, as tour guides are not allowed to guide there.

Then we will head north to the Wine Country to spend the rest of the day touring through the picturesque rolling hills of Sonoma Valley.

While other raise their prices to cover the wine tasting fees, Golden Horizon Travel keeps them low and often manage to offer complimentary wine tasting. Unlike others, we spend more quality time in the wineries than in the traffic driving between two wineries. Thanks to our experience and excellent relationship with many wine makers, we manage to pick up the best wineries off the beaten paths away from the crowded and business oriented wineries to provide you with excellent wine and service.

An optional walking tour may be scheduled within a vineyard with a wine-maker or a wine expert who explains the grape growing technique and the wine making process. The wine tasting itself often takes place in the middle of a winery or a vineyard with a sommelier or a wine expert who will share with you how to taste and appreciate some rose, red and white wines and how to combine the wine with the right food.

Our Muir Woods and The Wine Country Tour will offer you a great opportunity to enjoy a quality time for your lunch break at the historic Sonoma Town Plaza, the birthplace of the statehood of California. You can combine wine, cheese and BBQ, vegetarian food at Jake Cheese Factory or at your favorite restaurant. Lunch is not included, but it's pretty affordable and available in and outdoor.You can also explore the Plaza's monuments such the historic Mission or enjoy a walk through the local charming shopping courtyards on your own time.

Muir Woods and The Wine Country Tour will offer you a relaxing afternoon for more wine tasting.

Then our tour will take you back to San Francisco after such amazing day with an optional side trip via Sausalito where you can decide either to stay with us or enjoy Sausalito and leave back to San Francisco on the ferry (tickets are not included).

Muir Woods and The Wine Country Tour leaves the best at the end as we often choose to make the breathtaking photo stop at Marin Headlands overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge and San Francisco Bay. The Golden Gate Bridge is San Francisco's most colorful and iconic monument. It's the most photographed bridge in the world.

Our tour guide will drive you now back to your hotel via the famous Pacific Heights (optional), the most expensive area in San Francisco. Some Movie Stars and celebrities live in the fancy Pacific Heights. In addition, we may show you some famous movie locations such the house where Mrs. Doubtfire was filmed.

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We highly recommend our 4x4 SUV tour to better explore The Muir Wood and the Wine Country Tour and its highlands in-depth. In addition, the SUV is allowed to go through many famous streets where vans, buses and stretch limousines are restricted, such Lombard Street, the crookedest street in the USA. It's more affordable for a group of three or more to go on the SUV than on the Van or bus tours. Book online and save money and time or contact us by phone at 1800-210-3008.

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Itinerary for Muir Woods and Wine Country Tour

8:30 AM - 9:00 AMPick Up

Pick up from your hotel in downtown San Francisco and Fisherman's Wharf.

 

9:00 AM - 9:45 AMDrive to Muir Woods

We start our excursion by driving through Marina District, home to the Palace of Fine Arts dominated by the Presidio and the Pacific Heights. We keep driving north through the colorful and iconic Golden Gate Bridge passing Sausalito in Marin County where we start winding our road up on the scenic Highway 1 and then down to Kent Canyon where Muir Woods lie, about 12 miles north of the Golden Gate Bridge.

 

9:45 AM - 11:00 AMExplore Muir Woods National Park

Arriving to Muir Woods National Monument for an exciting excursion among the majestic Giant Redwoods, the tallest trees on earth, The Park offers serenity and peace along numerous hiking trails. Take a walk and roam through this ancient forest where California Redwoods still standing for more than 1000 years.

 

11:00 AM - 11:45 AMDrive To Sonoma

As we leave Muir woods to the Wine Country, we may make an optional photo stop at Muir Beach, overlooking the Pacific Ocean and the scenic Highway 1 winding down through the horizon to Stinson Beach that lies in the dramatic Oceanside and its lagoons. You can now understand why Stinson Beach has been the perfect setting for a number of famous movie filming locations such: Basic Instinct, The Fog, Play It Again, Sam and Memoirs of an Invisible Man. If you are interested in spending more quality time and explore all the surrounding magnificent wonders, please click on our new and exclusive Muir Woods Escapade Tour for more information. As we drive north on highway 101, you can see Richmond-San Rafael Bridge, a 1956 double-decker bridge that measures 5.4 miles that ends just by San Quentin State Prison. Few miles away, you will be able to see Franck Lloyd's architectural masterpiece and national monument known today as Marin County Civic Center. This eclectic landmark is crowned by circular domes symbolizing galaxies and infinity. It has been the perfect setting for a number of science fiction movies such Star Wars, Gattaca and THX 1138. We now exit highway 101 to go on highway 37 East towards Sonoma Valley. As we cross the bridge that separates Marin from Sonoma County, you can enjoy the views over Stone Tree Golf Club and the hanging houses overlooking San Pablo Bay and its picturesque lagoons. We are now coming into the southern part of Sonoma Valley as we pass Sonoma's famous Infineon Raceway on highway 12 that takes us to our first winery.

 

11:45 AM - 12:45 PMWine Tasting in Sonoma Valley

Arriving to the picturesque rolling hills of Sonoma where you will enjoy your favorite wine tasting before leaving to Sonoma Historic Downtown Plaza for lunch.

 

12:45 PM - 2:00 PMLunch and Sonoma Plaza

Lunch time takes place at the historic Sonoma Downtown Plaza where you can combine wine, cheese and BBQ or vegetarian food at the famous Jack Cheese Factory or at your favorite restaurant on the plaza. You can also explore the historic Sonoma Plaza and its local charming shopping courtyards.

 

2:00 PM - 4:00 PMWine Tasting in Sonoma Valley

Muir Wood and The Wine Country Tour will offer you now a relaxing afternoon for more wine tasting at one of the famous wineries in Sonoma Valley where a wine connoisseur will share with you the amazing story of the Wine Country while you are tasting your favorite wine over the picturesque rolling hills or from the terrace of a castle overlooking the Valley.

 

4:00 PM - 4:30 PMBack to San Francisco

Muir Woods and the Wine country Tour will take you back to San Francisco after such amazing journey with an optional side trip via Sausalito where you can decide either to stay with us or enjoy Sausalito and leave back to San Francisco via the ferry (ticket is not included).

 

5:00 PM - 5:30 PMMore Stops

Muir Woods and The Wine Country Tour leaves the best for last and we often choose to make the breathtaking photo stop at Marin Headlands overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge and San Francisco Bay Area. The Golden Gate Bridge is San Francisco's most colorful and iconic monument. Thanks to its astonishing giant dimensions, the Golden Gate Bridge becomes the most photographed bridge in the world. These spectacular sweeping views have drawn millions of tourists from all over the world. The Golden Gate Bridge inspired Hollywood most famous movies, such James Bond, in a "View to Kill" and much more.

 

5:30 PM - 6:00 PMDrop Off

Our tour guide will drive you back to your hotel via the famous Pacific Heights (optional). The Pacific Heights is the most expensive area in San Francisco where some Movies Stars and celebrities live such : Robin Williams, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Don Johnson, Danielle Steele, Nancy Pelosi, Lars Ulrich and more. We may drive by some famous movie locations such the house where Mrs. Doubtfire was filmed.