This trip to West Coast and the National Parks of the United States in 25 days led us to schedule a route in which we met 3 of the best known cities in the country and most of the National Parks of the United States.
We leave from Barcelona with a flight to San Francisco where we picked up a car and after spending the first night we headed to the first of the National Parks of the United States we met: Yellowstone.
Here we spent four days before getting back on our way to the Grand Teton on our way to Salt Lake City where we spent the night.
On the seventh day of the trip we went to the third of the National Parks of the United States that we met, Arches.
From here we continue with our rental car to Dead Horse Point, Canyonlands, Monument Valley to end that same day in Mexican Hat where we stayed.
On the ninth day of our trip we arrived at Antelope Canyon, one of the most special places of this trip, to go later to another of the National Parks of the United States, Bryce Canyon.
After this visit we went to Zion from where we started the road to the Grand Canyon, where we enjoyed not only one of the best-known National Parks in the United States, but also a helicopter overflight.
From here we leave for Las Vegas where we spend a couple of days relaxing from the kilometers we already had behind us.
From Las Vegas we move to Death Valley, the most extreme of the National Parks of the United States where we enjoy landscapes from another planet.
From here we went to Yosemite, where we enjoyed a couple of days to get to know the park before leaving for San Francisco, where we spent the next 3 days.
After this visit to the city, we return to take the rental car to tour the Big Sur and reach Los Angeles, the city in which we spent the last two days of our trip to the West Coast and the National Parks of the United States .
West Coast and National Parks of the United States in 25 days
Dates: From October 10, 2009 to November 3, 2009
Day 1: BARCELONA - SAN FRANCISCO - RENO
Day 2: RENO - IDAHO FALLS - YELLOWSTONE NP (WEST ENTRANCE)
Day 3: YELLOWSTONE PARK - MAMMOTH AND NORRIS AREA
Day 4: YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK - CANYON AREA AND WEST THUMB AREA
Day 5: YELLOWSTONE - GÉISERES AREA - OLD FAITHFUL
Day 6: YELLOWSTONE - GRAND TETÓN NATIONAL PARK - JACKSON HOLE - SALT LAKE CITY
Day 7: SALT LAKE CITY - THE COLORADO VALLEY AND SCENIC 128 - ARCHES NATIONAL PARK - MOAB
Day 8: MOAB - DEAD HORSE POINT - CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK - MONUMENT VALLEY - MEXICAN HAT
Day 9: MEXICAN HAT - SCENIC VIEW - HORSESHOE BEND - ANTELOPE CANYON - PAGE - BRYCE CANYON NATIONAL PARK
Day 10: BRYCE CANYON NATIONAL PARK - ZION NATIONAL PARK
Day 11: ZION NATIONAL PARK - GRAN CAÑON DEL COLORADO
Day 12: GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK - ROUTE 66 - HOUVER PRESA - LAS VEGAS
Day 13: LAS VEGAS
Day 14: LAS VEGAS
Day 15: LAS VEGAS - DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK - THREE RIVERS - SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK (NORTH ENTRANCE)
Day 16: SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK - YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK (SOUTH ENTRY)
Day 17: YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK
Day 18: YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK- SAN FRANCISCO (Pier 39 Fisherman's Warf)
Day 19: SAN FRANCISCO (Castro, Golden Gate Park, Painted Ladies, Lombard Street)
Day 20: SAN FRANCISCO (Fisherman's, Alcatraz Island)
Day 21: SAN FRANCISCO (Twin Peaks, Golden Gate, Sausalito)
Day 22: SAN FRANCISCO - LOS ÁNGELES (Touring the Big Sur)
Day 23: LOS ANGELES (Santa Monica, Venice Beach, Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills, Staples Center)
Day 24: LOS ANGELES (Universal Studios, Griffith Observatory)
Day 25: LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Walk of Fame, Chinese Theater, Kodak Theater) - BARCELONA
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