Tortas de maçã e céus do deserto: um passeio autoguiado
Descrição
Explore as montanhas, o deserto e o backcountry de San Diego em um passeio panorâmico autoguiado de Escondido a Julian via Palomar Mountain e Borrego Springs. Esta rota de 152 milhas leva você ao longo de alguns dos melhores caminhos traseiros do sul da Califórnia, com áudio desencadeado pelo GPS que o guia para vistas, locais históricos e paradas escondidas ao longo do caminho. Escale para a cimeira da montanha Palomar para visitar o famoso Observatório Palomar, depois desça para as paisagens desérticas de Anza-Borrego. Ao longo do caminho, você notará as icônicas esculturas de metal de Borrego Springs, vistas deslumbrantes do vale e pontos de vista ao longo da estrada que valem a pena parar. A rota termina na cidade histórica de Julian - perfeito para uma fatia de seu famoso bolo de maçã. Este passeio flexível e de ritmo próprio permite que você explore no seu próprio horário. Permita um dia inteiro para tomar pontos de vista, pequenas cidades e caminhadas curtas opcionais, como o Borrego Palm Canyon. Traga água, lanches e proteção solar se você planeja parar e explorar.
Opções de passeio
Itinerário
O Círculo Mágico da Rainha Califia é um jardim de esculturas ao ar livre criado pela artista Niki de Saint Phalle.
Desfrute de uma vista panorâmica enquanto dirige pelo Lago Wohlford.
Aprecie as vistas espetaculares do Vale Pauma enquanto seguimos para a Montanha Palomar.
Pare e visite o Palomar e o Observatório e Museu, que abriga o famoso Telescópio Hale de 200 polegadas.
Desfrute de vistas espetaculares do condado de San Diego no Kica Mik Overlook. O centro de San Diego e o Oceano Pacífico são visíveis em dias claros.
Outro ponto de vista na East Grade Road de Palomar oferece vistas deslumbrantes do Lago Henshaw e dos prados circundantes.
Pare e visite uma das famosas igrejas missionárias do sul da Califórnia, que remonta a 1818.
Desfrute de vistas deslumbrantes da paisagem agreste do deserto e do Mar Salton a partir do mirante panorâmico da Montezuma Valley Road.
Pare no Centro de Visitantes do Parque Estadual Anza Borrego antes de decidir se fará uma curta caminhada até Borrego Palm Canyon para ver o oásis de palmeiras e o riacho sazonal. Fique de olho nas ovelhas selvagens, elas combinam surpreendentemente bem com as pedras!
Levaremos você a algumas das esculturas de metal mais emblemáticas de Borrego Springs. Com mais de 100 espalhados pelo deserto, você poderia passar um dia inteiro visitando-os.
Explore a histórica cidade mineira de Julian, conhecida hoje por suas tortas de maçã! Diremos a você o melhor lugar para comer uma torta, além de apontar diversas outras atrações locais que valem a pena visitar.
Destaques
O que está incluído
Avaliações dos viajantes
Informações importantes
- Aceita animais de serviço
- Adequado para todos os níveis de condicionamento físico
- Observatório Palomar fecha às 15h
- O Centro de Visitantes Anza Borrego fecha às 17h
- Tortas da mamãe em Julian fecha às 17h
- Eagle Mine em Julian fecha às 16h
- Queen Califia's tem horário extremamente limitado
Avaliações(16)
Overall it was a good app. There were a couple of minor glitches, sometimes the directions were a little unclear especially when we got near the sculptures. We got totally turned around. So we had to stop at the local visitor center and get help. Turns out there are 2 sections where the sculptures are. The app never made that clear. I think it would help if they made it 2 stops instead of one. Each stop was a good point of interest. My family liked the Observatory and the Sculptures the best and is course we had to stop for pie at the end.
Glad your family enjoyed the driving tour! We really appreciate the heads-up about the sculpture section, we will take a look at making that part clearer or separating it into two stops as you suggested. Thanks for taking the time to share such helpful feedback!
The “host” of the trip did not explain that there would be long periods of silence during which he said nothing so we got confused at the beginning especially since there were multiple parking lots at the first stop and his instructions were confusing. Once we got back on the road after the first stop we thought we were going the wrong way because he wasn’t saying anything and we kept turning around and trying to get him to talk again to make sure we were going the right way. Anyway once we realized we could go miles and miles with no comments we realized the app was working but it just didn’t have a lot of details. Our experience with other audio tours is that there are not long gaps in the narrative but rather there is history, facts or jokes or interesting stories used so that the silent periods do not last too long. And when there is a long period of silence, it is explained that there will be silence. That way we know we are still on track and making the right turns. But it was fine and we enjoyed most of the stops selected for the tour. We just think it would’ve been more interesting with more narrative.
Glad you enjoyed the tour, and thank you for the thoughtful feedback. Those are fair points! This is a long scenic driving route, so we intentionally leave some quieter stretches to enjoy the views and the drive itself, but you’re absolutely right that we should do a better job setting expectations when there may be a longer gap between audio segments. We’ll take your advice and add some reminders before those sections so it’s clearer that the app is still working and you’re still on track. Thanks again for taking the time to share such helpful feedback!
Love the tour but the narrator was not good. There is so much history he could have talked about, but 1/2 the time he didn’t talk. So we weren’t sure if the app was working.
Glad you enjoyed the tour (overall) and thanks for taking the time to share your feedback! There are a few sections that are either technical or where we assume you'll want to just enjoy the views, but we'll review the route and see what and where we can add more content. Also, if you have any specific suggestions or ideas we would absolutely LOVE your input, so please feel free to reach out to us at feedback@drivesanddetours.com
The whole idea of this app is genius! We hope to find more in other places we visit. We appreciated the historical information in the narration of the sites visited.
Thanks, we're glad you enjoyed it! Be sure to check the app over the coming weeks because we'll be launching tours in several more cities!
If you go the wrong way you kind of know because talking won't start for audio. I loved that there was audio to tell us some history of each spot. I would totally do this again with others and I'm definitely utilizing the 30 days full access you get. I've lived in San Diego for 34 years and I still saw stuff I've never seen before. Just a heads up, we spent 7 hrs on this adventure and still didn't get to do 1 thing because it was closed and didn't get as much walking around as I would like, I was with my older parents. Definitely plan for a FULL day or break it up over the 30 days you have access.
We're thrilled to hear you enjoyed it! We'll consider adding some more detail to the description for folks who plan on walking around and spending time at some of the stops. Thanks for taking the time to leave a review, we really appreciate it!
Traffic instructions could come a little sooner as I had never been to this area but otherwise a very pleasant experience!
Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for leaving us a review!
Great driving tour! I’ve lived in So Cal my whole life and had never visited Borrego Springs before. It was a great contrast between the mountain, small town atmosphere of Julian to the beautiful desert of Borrego Springs. We went in late fall and it was very pleasant weather wise. I would definitely NOT recommend this as a summer tour unless you like 100+ degree heat. Bring plenty of water any time and be sure to have sun protection if you’re going to do any hiking. Overall, the trip was fun and interesting learning the history behind places only a few hours away from home.
Glad to hear you enjoyed the tour! Thanks for taking the time to leave a review.
We had never tried a trip like this before. We had a great time. The app worked perfectly. The sculptures at Barrago Springs are amazing and we would not have seen them if not this trip. The app worked well, we loved the history and appreciated the advance warning if the road was windy or not.
Thanks Sarah, that's great, we're glad you enjoyed the drive! It's actually the staff favorite too. Appreciate you taking the time to leave a review!
We were surprised by the places near us that we wouldn’t usually go to. We didn’t have time to do the whole route since we started later than we should have. When in Escondido again we will visit the places we missed.
Glad you enjoyed the drive! Your code will still work again next time you want to use it (or if you just want to reference it for specific places).
After grabbing some coffee my husband and I started the tour with our children. We really enjoyed this tour because it was at our own pace and we got to do it in the comfort of our own car. I loved the areas this tour covered because the views were so beautiful. We would have never chose to go out of our way to do this otherwise. And the fact that we were learning about the history and finding other gems to travel back to, like the observatory. I highly recommend this tour to adults and families alike. You will be so glad you treated yourself. The set up is super easy and the GPS function follows you and updates automatically while you are on the road.
We're glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for taking the time to leave a review.
