Denver Breweries to Napa Vineyards with Scenic Train Ride V2

Today is the arrival day into Denver. We’ll begin activities in the late afternoon, after checking into our hotel. We’ll head off to two very cool neighborhoods. the LoDo and RiNo districts. There are all sorts of eclectic shops, cafes, and historic buildings to explore. We’ll provide access to an optional bike tour of these areas. We’ll have a welcome dinner in one of the cool speakeasies in one of these hip areas, and sample some craft beers Denver is famous for.

Today we’ll enjoy the scenic vistas surrounding the city as we do a Foothills of the Rockies Tour. After lunch we’ll continue with exploring, with more beer tastings, and in the evening we can hang out in the cool RiNo district of Denver to take in the street art and nightlife.

Today we board the California Zephyr for our 33-hour train ride. But don’t worry, we’ll be entertained with majestic views for much of the morning and afternoon. We’ll get first class service with all meals provided, and we have access to lounges for drinks anytime we want. Our rooms contain sleeping berths, and the sleeping cars have bathrooms with showers.

We’ll continue our train ride until late afternoon, with special entertainment just for our group. We’ll present a wine sommelier’s lessons in wine tasting, so we’ll be prepared to know how to properly taste wines like an expert!

Our Zephyr train ride ends at 4pm in Emeryville, CA, so we’ll take transportation to our San Francisco accommodations – the Hotel Zephyr!!!, for 2 nights. That evening we’ll go to Fisherman’s Wharf to walk along the piers and eat some great seafood in a restaurant on the wharf.

This morning we head out to visit Alcatraz Island and tour the island and facilities, and learn the fascinating history of this iconic prison and its infamous inhabitants. Once we ferry back, we’ll take a street car to Chinatown, where we can enjoy a lunch of authentic Chinese food (dim-sum, anyone?). Then walk it off by exploring the unique shops and markets there. The evening will be yours to explore as you see fit.

We have a private driver and van lined up for these next two days as we venture out of San Francisco. We’ll stop at the Golden Gate Bridge to see the views and take obligatory pictures, then drive into the magnificent Muir Woods, where we can do an easy hike for about an hour. Then its back into the van, stopping at 2 exclusive wineries where we have private tastings booked.  We’ll check into our luxury boutique hotel in wine country for the night. We can take in the views before heading out to one of the fine restaurants in the area for dinner.

Tastings at 2 wineries (TBD)

We’ll continue with 4 more exclusive wine tours and tastings, in unique and luxury wineries. We’ll learn about the history of wine making in the area, and visit some historic places. We’ll have our farewell dinner tonight, included in the tour, at a very nice restaurant, to cap off our wonderful week. The van will then take us back to San Francisco to our airport hotel for our last night before we fly home in the morning.

Winery tastings at 3-4 more wineries.

OPTIONAL – for dinner, we can have the tasting menu at the Michelin restaurant The French Laundry for an upcharge.

After breakfast at our airport hotel we check out, then go to the San Francisco airport to fly home.