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223 Castillo St, Santa Barbara, California, 93101, United States
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My 80 year old parents are going to Santa Barbara the last weekend in September for a wedding. They want to travel to Yosemite and possibly Sausilto. They will have about seven days starting September 27. We need suggestions to get them to Yosemite with little or no driving. I am wondering about Amtrak or tours. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated including alternate stops. They will rent a car but we are not comfortable about them driving. Yosemite is high on there list of places to visit but my dad has problems walking. Thanks!!!
Yes, you can travel by train and bus. See the webpage: http://www.tripadvisor.com/Travel-g61000-c64594/Yosemite-National-Park:California:Traveling.To.Yosemite.By.Train.And.Bus.html
They need to get to Merced and then take the YARTS (Yosemite Area Regional Transit System) shuttle from the transit center in downtown Merced. They stop at the AMTRAK station in Merced 23rd and K street.
AMTRAK has a bus that will take them from SB to Bakersfield where they will catch the train to Merced. The train ride is a great way to see part of the CA central valley.
In order to accomplish this they would need to arrive in San Francisco to begin with. Sausalito is a small town north of San Francisco. There are day tours from San Francisco that go to Alcatraz, Muir Woods and Sausalito. There are tours from SF to Yosemite, both overnighters and all day.
Then they would fly to Santa Barbara for the wedding.
http://sanfranciscosightseeing.com/?gclid=CPW9gMjagKMCFRBTagodbSJZaQ
http://www.extranomical.com/HTML_PAGES/YOSEMITE.htm?
http://www.allsanfranciscotours.com/Body.asp?tour=SFO-B0052&Page=TourDetails
Good luck.....d:o)
That's a great plan Erik, except the wedding is in Santa Barbara the weekend of the 24th-26th of September. As the poster says:<"They will have about seven days starting September 27."> So, they would be leaving from Santa Barbara on the 27th, after the wedding, trying to get to Yosemite and Sausalito, not able to do it the other way around.
OK Larry, I finally got it. (Had to read it twice.....)
How about going to Santa Barbara for the wedding, and then fly to San Francisco where they can do the rest......just in reverse.
Right on Erik.
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