Providing day trips, as well as overnight vacation tours, the Napa Valley Wine Train is located in the heart California's central coast. Travelers can choose trips lasting half a day or up to two nights. The wine train is a refurbished passenger train featuring Vista Dome rail cars for exceptional viewing as you travel. It also has an antique dining car from the early 1900s that's fully restored.
Regardless of which excursion you book, you'll always depart from the McKinstry Street Station in Napa, California. You'll eat lunch aboard the train and then embark on a series of carefully selected vineyard and wine tasting tours along the way. Overnight stays include accommodations at partnered hotels like the Candlelight Inn, River Terrace Inn, Marriott or Hilton. November 2010 prices start around $95 per person for a lunch or dinner tour and $415 per couple for all-inclusive, overnight vacation packages. All active duty military members are offered special discounts as a tribute for serving our country.
Travel on a seven-day wine train tour from San Francisco and experience a full itinerary visiting landmark California sights, premier vineyards and wineries and overnight accommodations in luxury hotels. All tours are fully guided by your assigned expert. Travel by train will take you into the heart of Napa Valley and Sonoma, two of the California's well-known wine producing regions.
You'll tour various vineyards and wineries throughout the day, and then retreat for other parts of California for nighttime entertainment. Other areas you'll visit include San Francisco Bay, Hollywood and Los Angeles. November 2011 fare prices start at $1,799 for double occupancy.
Travel for 12 days aboard Amtrak's Golden West Rail Ramble tour. You'll ride the train known as the California Zephyr from Chicago, Illinois, out to San Francisco, California. Your trip itinerary will take you across the Great Plains, through the Rocky Mountains, approximately five different canyons, through the Sierra Nevada Mountains and over Donner's Pass. Once in San Francisco, you'll travel north to several vineyards for wine tasting tours. Other area's you'll visit along the California Coast include Monterey, San Simeon and Hearst Castle, Los Angeles, Hollywood and Catalina Island.
Four of your 11 nights you'll stay in an overnight sleeping car aboard the train. The remaining seven nights will be spent at first-class hotel accommodations of the railway's choosing. Your vacation price also includes 20 meals, sightseeing and tour costs, round-trip train fare to and from Chicago and all taxes, fees and tips. November 2011 rates are $3,295 for double occupancy.
