Driving the California Coast: A Self-Guided Audio Tour in Monterey & Carmel booking from $9.99

Driving the California Coast: A Self-Guided Audio Tour

Overview

Experience a spectacular driving tour that follows Highway 1 to Big Sur, often called “the greatest meeting of land and water in the world.”

You’ll be greeted by views of the Santa Lucia Mountains rising abruptly from the Pacific Ocean, in contrast with the jagged rock cliffs and churning seas. This section of Highway 1 is considered one of the most scenic driving routes in the United States, if not the world. It’s filled with unblemished natural scenery and dotted with four state parks, hidden beaches, rocky coves and rolling hills.

On the tour, you’ll pass by the historic D.L. James House now owned by actor Brad Pitt, cross the iconic Bixby Bridge, pass by the prominent volcanic rock home of the Point Sur Light Station to the Big Sur River Inn and the famous Nepenthe Restaurant before we stop at the Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park.

All stops, visits to state parks and subsequent hikes are optional and parking fees for state parks are not included in the price of this tour.

City: Monterey & Carmel

Tue 17 Sep

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What's Included

VoiceMap App for Android and iOS

Lifetime access to this tour in English

Offline access to audio, maps, and geodata

Additional Info

Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Public transportation options are available nearby
All of VoiceMap's audio tours are self-guided and users must bring their own smartphone and headphones to take the tour. We urge all our users to wear facemasks and carry hand sanitiser with them to ensure their own protection and the protection of others.

What To Expect

Garrapata State Park

The tour takes you through Garrapata State Park.

Garrapata Creek Bridge

The tour takes you over the Garrapata Creek Bridge.

Notley's Landing viewpoint

The tour passes by Notley's Landing viewpoint.

Rocky Creek Bridge

The tour passes by Rocky Creek Bridge.

Bixby Bridge

The tour goes over Bixby Creek Bridge.

Andrew Molera State Park

The tour passes through Andrew Molera State Park.

Henry Miller Memorial Library

The tour passes by the Henry Miller Memorial Library.

Partington Cove

The tour passes by Partington Cove.

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Cancellation Policy

All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.

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Reviews (2)

Daley-ohio

Feb 2022

The information in the audio portion gets a 4 star rating but the purchase process & app get 2 stars. After we purchased the self driving audio tour of Big Sur California, the email confirmation for the purchase was not clear on how to download & activate trip. We are fairly adept with tech & apps but we had to call customer support for assistance. Once we were on our way, the mapping worked fairly well, but for some reason the audio portion required the use of headphones. Though the app explained that we should use buttons for “End tour” & then “Resume” for long stops, sometimes after very brief stops the audio portion would or would not restart. This tour was rather frustrating at times and we expected something better since we found this thru TripAdvisor. There were several other similar driving audio tours from other companies, some that were cheaper but obviously we can’t say if those would have been better choices.

Abigail L

Jun 2021

We love the coast! We had so much fun! Thank you for this audio tour we learned a lot! And its very helpful and precise we also told a dozen of our friends about it!

Driving the California Coast: A Self-Guided Audio Tour

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