Monterey, Carmel and Pacific Coast Explorer from San Francisco

A beautiful trip. Monterey was beautiful , 7mile drive offered amazing views of the shoreline and beyond. Wish we had more time in Carmel by the Sea to explore the beach. The hour given isn’t enough for getting a bite to eat, view the beach and shop for trinkets. All in all was a scenic day. Driver Don with GreyLine was great, lots of insight.

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We were picked up 40mins late. The excuse was traffic restrictions because of a road race. It then took more than an hour to get out of SF. This could have been planned for by the tour company. The bus was not in a great state of repair. It had a cracked windscreen a bad seat and damaged bodywork. The guide/ driver was pleasant enough but did not offer a "guided tour" and only spoke occasionally on the long trip to Monteray and on the two hour trip back from Carmel. Our stops in Monteray and Carmel were only 30 mins and 120 mins. If you see this tour as a long journey to Monteray and back with about 3.5 hrs in the towns and Pebble Beach Drive it could be for you. We were quite disappointed.

Beautiful sightseeing coast, with Monterey Bay and restaurants , the awesome beaches and golf areas, very far from Sah Francisco, I recommend this tour.

Loved this trip. Beautiful scenery down the coast and enjoyed all the stops. So much to see and do. Loved Monterey and Carmel by the Sea

Don is an excellent tour guide. He is very knowledgeable. Took us to Monterey, Pebble Beach and Carmel all beautiful places. He gave clear instructions where the bus would be parked so no one could get lost. I highly recommended him for your adventure. Job well done Don. Thank you!

Outstanding tour with Don. We covered so much. I’d highly recommend. My only issue was as a solo traveler — older, who had recently (a few months ago) healed from pneumonia in both lungs — for me having to get back to my hotel on my own was a royal pain. Please consider reinstating dropping people off at their hotels after an 11 hour tour or at least picking a better drop off nighttime location than dark Post Street location. At least drop off at a well lit hotel and active area. Even a man in my group asked “THIS is where you are leaving us???” My only Don complaint was he said he’d not noticed if the Cafe the bus dropped off across from would be open. Kind of important (since I’m a single older woman who needed to step inside somewhere to use my cell phone to call taxi). Luckily Don saw, and I saw, the Cafe was open (only with 5 remaining minutes). I was able to make my call inside. As I exited the Cafe to get into the cab a homeless guy was yelling at me (loudly and strangely) from across the street — 2, 3 times. I was shocked by this street guy’s aggressiveness because he could see I was GETTING into the taxi. He’s yelling at me from across the street over and over as I’m there WITH the taxi driver. How would it have been if we were 5 minutes later, and I had to call for the taxi standing on the street across from this guy. Might have been fine, but would have felt unpleasant. People, especially, senior older women, do not go on vacation to worry. Even that gentleman, much younger than me did not like the Post Street drop off area. Try to at least do a drop off location at night, in the dark that is well lit, has activity, hopefully, even has restroom access. Post Street pick up might be fine in morning, not fine at night. Otherwise Don and the tour was GREAT.

The tour was great as far as getting to the places we wanted to see. The guide was not especially informative so it was more transportation than tour.

Very poor quality transport and disappointing experience. A lot of time on an uncomfortable min bus with little reward. Too many unnecessary stops to see similar views of the ocean. Over 2.5 hour stop in Monterey where there was nothing to do if you don’t want to go to the aquarium. Less than 1 hour stay in Carmel which would have been a much nicer destination to look around and shop. Driver who talked too much nonsense and drove too fast and asked for $20 per person tip. Overall extremely disappointing and poor value for money.

Lovely wholesome experience… stops in Monterrey and Carmel were lovely!! We loved the Pigeon Point and Pebble Beach!!

Great drive down Hwy 1. Our driver, Don, was excellent resource and logistics were well organized! Interesting nights and included all highlights that I wanted to revisit

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