Will you help me plan a super cheap, super awesome, 7 day Yosemite/Napa/Sonoma/San Fran vacation?
industrialtorture posted:
Yes! I have never been to California but I need to go so bad. I 'll fly to Oakland on Saturday, 1:30 p. I 'young, fit and don' m; t mind camping much to reduce costs. Just need to know the best places to see and to sleep in Yosemite and wine country. The best views in Yosemite and countryside, the best vineyards and the most inexpensive in Napa and Sonoma, and anything worth doing in San Francisco and Oakland. Can I rent a car to avoid this little tour? I'm thinking two nights in a "luxury" in hotels (but keep the leaves "of tariffs; budget) out of seven is on the right. Where 's the can' t-miss the food here, too?
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You will ahve to rent a car for the Napa, and Yosemite is a good 100 miles out… so I’d recommend a car if you can afford it. Go to Hertz in SF (and try not to get run over by the car attendants as they zip the cars down the circular ramps), then try Hotels.com for the St. Francis or even priceline for the Hyatt Embarcadero or Hyatt Union Square.
Yosemite: Toulamne is the best, and yes… the car issue is mandatory.
The food?
Uh… everywhere?
Oakland… depends on what you want. Go to the anarchist club over near MLK or go for dinner at the Gourmet Ghetto. Maybe hit some eats on San Pablo. Just ask around, people will help… don’t be scared and DO NOT sleep on the beaches in Marin unless you have an armed body guard.
Enjoy it!!!
I don’t think there’s tent campgrounds in Napa, just RV camping. However, I think I might know the cheapest hotel in town, I’ll ask my husband later since I forgot the name. It’s about $70 a night. You do pretty much need a car to see Napa Valley. There are about 17 tasting rooms downtown though in Napa. And a wine tasting card for $20 gets you into many of them. The wine tasting rooms serve a variety of wineries’ wines. They say that with the card that one taste is ten cents, but it’s usually waived. The Town Center (downtown) has shopping, restaurants (Tres Hermanos is a great hole-in-the-wall Mexican place and cheap but the portions are huge and authentic). From there you can hop on the trolley (which used to be free but it might be fifty cents or a dollar now), see the downtown and it runs up to the outlet mall. With a car though you have to see Mumms winery which has a beautiful Ansel Adams gallery, and Oakville Grocery. Gourmet everything, charcuterie, cheeses, wines, and the best sandwiches. The further upvalley you go, the more expensive everything gets, which is why I recommend making Napa your home base for the trip to NV.
Check out for events you might want to see. The nightlife does suck here, the only thing is pretty much Downtown Joe’s which is a brewpub/restaurant but has DJs and dancing after 10 or so.
Um, there’s a lot more to do here. Email me if you have any questions I can answer.
Try to book a camping site in most places, except San Fran.
Try 941 Fort Barry, Sausalito, CA hostel. It will be $20 a night and you can just drive over the golden gate bridge or go to Napa. It is a nice hostel. I stayed there for five days. You get to meet tons of new people and there are hikes that you can take right there. I recommend getting up at 6:00 am and hiking to black sands beach. When you get there early in the morning you can see the tide pools which will have starfish, enenimies, and crabs in the rocks. Wear hikers, the sand is not pleasant.