Historic Route 66
From $3649
Per person, double occupancy, excludes roundtrip airfare
14 Days
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Route 66 Vacation Details
Get your kicks on a tour of the Mother Road, historic Route 66. America’s most famous road connected the country using miles of concrete, unique attractions, and an identity built on the ideals of freedom and individuality.
Tour Includes
Sightseeing- Chicago
- St. Louis
- Branson
- Oklahoma City
- Amarillo
- Albuquerque
- Flagstaff
- Las Vegas
- Los Angeles
- Santa Monica
- 13 Nights
- Moderate hotels based on twin/double occupancy
- Start your tour a day earlier in Chicago, or add an extra night at the end in Los Angeles. Call for more details.
- 13 Breakfasts, 1 Lunch, and 2 Dinners
- A professionally trained local tour director who is knowledgeable of the area and will provide you with a wealth of information. Their friendly service will make your trip a memorable experience.
- To and from your hotel room throughout your land tour for one piece of Checked Baggage per person.
Activity Level
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Tour Highlights
- Stand at the official start and end points of Route 66 in Chicago and Santa Monica
- Visit the 8 states that comprised historic Route 66
- Photo ops at roadside oddities including Cadillac Ranch and Elmer's Bottle Tree Ranch.
- See the Painted Desert, Petrified Forest, and Grand Canyon
- Travel to the top of St. Louis' Gateway Arch
- Enjoy a guided tour of Chicago, including the Chicago River Boat Architecture Tour
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Historic Route 66
Historic Route 66
Tours Starts: Chicago, IL
Tours Ends: Los Angeles, CA
Day 1
Arrive in Chicago
Welcome to Chicago! If you purchased airline tickets from YMT Vacations, a friendly YMT representative will greet you at the airport and transport you to your hotel. Take a seat and enjoy an included pizza welcome feast. Connect with your new travel companions over big slices of Chicago’s famous deep-dish pizza at one of the Windy City’s pizza parlors. (D)
Hampton Inn Magnificent Mile or similar
Day 2
Chicago
This morning you will enjoy a panoramic city tour of Chicago and visit the intersection of E. Adams and S. Michigan in Downtown Chicago is the official starting point of Route 66—look for signs during your stop at the place where millions of people have set off down the Mother Road since 1926. Enjoy an educational architecture tour on the Chicago River. Expert docents will explain the history of more than 50 buildings, and how they played a part in Chicago’s thrilling story. (B)
Hampton Inn Magnificent Mile or similar
Day 3
Chicago, Pontiac & St. Louis
Today you hit the open road. Travel west to Pontiac, home of the Route 66 Hall of Fame & Museum. Enjoy the nostalgic exhibits, then have lunch on your own. Next stop is Lincoln’s tomb, the resting place of the 16th President. Pull into St. Louis late this afternoon. (B)
Drury Inn & Suites Convention Center or similar
Day 4
St. Louis to Branson
This morning you will ride a tram 630 feet up to the top of the St. Louis' Gateway Arch, located at Gateway Arch National Park, then set off for Branson, the “Live Music Capital of the Universe.” Relax on your own this evening or join us for an optional. (B)
Fairfield Inn & Suites or similar
Day 5
Branson to Oklahoma City
Travel from Branson to Oklahoma City by way of Galena, Kansas. Route 66 goes right through Galena’s historic district. Oklahoma City, known locally as OKC, is renowned for its cowboy culture and excellent barbecue. Visit the Oklahoma City Memorial before checking into your hotel. (B)
Wyndham Garden Hotel Oklahoma City Airport or similar
Day 6
Oklahoma City to Amarillo
Continue to Elk City, where you will see the National Route 66 & Transportation Museum. Enjoy lunch on your own in the charming town, then pull into Amarillo, TX for an included dinner at The Big Texan Steak Ranch. (B, D)
Holiday Inn West Medical Center or similar
Day 7
Amarillo to Albuquerque
Stop by Cadillac Ranch, one of Route 66’s stranger art exhibits. Cadillac Ranch consists of ten graffiti-covered Cadillacs buried nosedeep in the hard dirt. After a short pit stop in Adrian, Route 66’s halfway point, walk through the Tucumcari Historical Museum. Enjoy lunch on your own in town before heading to Albuquerque. (B)
Best Western Plus Rio Grande or similar
Day 8
Albuquerque to Flagstaff
Enjoy lunch on your own in Gallup, home to the f lamboyant Hotel El Rancho that hosted many Golden Age movie stars while they shot classic westerns in the surrounding desert. Continue to the Painted Desert and Petrified Forest National Park. The landscape is full of windswept buttes, barren mesas, and breathtaking vistas. (B)
Days Hotel or similar
BONUS: ALBUQUERQUE BALLOON FIESTA:
Oct 1, 2023 departures will visit
Albuquerque during the Balloon Fiesta.
This morning, witness hundreds of
balloons slowly rise to float into the clear
blue New Mexico sky.
BONUS: ALBUQUERQUE BALLOON FIESTA SHAPES RODEO:
On October 5, 2023 departures
you will witness the Special Shapes
Rodeo™ in the morning and the
Shapes Glowdeo™ in the evening at the
Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta.
Day 9
Grand Canyon National Park
The beauty of the Grand Canyon is the complex and breathtaking result of billions of years of geographic tumult. It is a dramatic, dynamic display of earth’s power. Spend most of the day exploring the Grand Canyon on your own. Return to Flagstaff in the evening. (B)
Days Hotel or similar
OPTION: SIGNATURE GRAND CANYON HUMMER TOUR:
Experience the Grand Canyon
during mid-morning and see the
majestic colors of the rocks aboard
a Hummer! $115 p/p.
Please add this option at time of booking.
Day 10
Flagstaff to Las Vegas
Your first stop today is Seligman, the “historic birthplace of Route 66." Kingman, Arizona, is full of murals dedicated to Route 66, and is a great place to grab lunch en route to Las Vegas. Arrive in Sin City this afternoon, and enjoy the evening at your leisure. (B)
Golden Nugget Hotel & Casino or similar
Day 11
Las Vegas
This morning enjoy a photo op at the Las Vegas sign followed by a tour of the Las Vegas Strip. Then, enjoy an optional tour or spend the day at your leisure. Perhaps explore the reinvigorated downtown, or spend some time at the world-famous Strip. (B)
Golden Nugget Hotel & Casino or similar
OPTION: VEGAS! THE SHOW & DINNER:
Vegas! The Show tells the musical
story about Las Vegas, featuring
the greatest entertainers who took
residence in the entertainment capital
of the world. $159 p/p. Please add this
option at time of booking. On select dates.
Day 12
Las Vegas to Los Angeles
After lunch in Barstow, visit Elmer’s Bottle Tree Ranch—one of Route 66’s quirkiest roadside attractions. Elmer Long created over 200 trees and cacti—artful eye-catching when illuminated by the hot desert sun. (B)
Holiday Inn LAX or similar
Day 13
Santa Monica
Today we take a guided tour of Los Angeles and Hollywood, seeing many of the highlights of the City of Angels, including the Sunset Strip and Hollywood and Highland. Enjoy an included farewell lunch on the Santa Monica Pier, the end point of Route 66. Celebrate your trip by looking out at the ocean and up to the sign marked, “End of the Trail.” (B, L)
Holiday Inn LAX or similar
Day 14
Depart for Home (B)
Please note that this is a proposed itinerary; the actual itinerary may vary due to season, special events, or weather. Because our tour arrangements are often made a year or more in advance, YMT Vacations reserves the right to alter the itinerary. Itinerary changes are made to improve your vacation experience, as well as respond to any unforeseen circumstances that mandate alterations. By their nature, all tours vacations involve a certain level of physical activity. While YMT tours have been designed with our guests in mind and are not physically demanding, this tour does include walking and periods of standing during the sightseeing visits. You will also encounter steps and some uneven ground along the way, particularly at older, historical sights.
YMT Vacations itineraries may contain suggestions for activities for your leisure time; these suggestions do not constitute a recommendation nor an endorsement of any specific service provider and the decision to participate in any such activities should be made independently.
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A worry-free experience for our guests is very important to us. With guest's help and the implementation of a few changes and new protocols such as increased sanitization, responsible social distancing, and enhanced tour director training, you can continue to enjoy peace-of-mind while traveling. For more information on our new safety protocols, please see our Travel Safe Program.
Guests do not need a passport or visa for this tour. Starting October 1, 2021, guests are required to have a REAL ID-compliant identification which includes REAL ID-compliant driver's licenses, US passports, US passport cards, US military IDs, and federally recognized tribal-issues photo IDs.
A full list can be found here:
https://www.tsa.gov/travel/security-screening/identification
Before this date, any government-issued ID, including any state driver's license and any federal ID, will suffice.
You will need U.S. dollars.
No, guests will not need to bring adapters or converters as the U.S. use standard 110V plugs.
