Originally Posted by
marine1988
Hi Guys,
need advice. Thanks to new sale from British Airways I was considering three good trips for my next wedding anniversary in August next year and I don’t know if it is worth it to extend it to Hawaii. I thought that it is a best idea to ask here.
Three options:
1. Las Vegas and Los Angeles:
around 5 days in Vegas including trip to Grand Canyon and the rest in Los Angeles ( don't know really what to do there yet)
2. Las Vegas and San Francisco:
around 5 days in Vegas including trip to Grand Canyon and the road trip to SF via Death Valley, Sequoia National Park, Yosemite National Park and Napa Valley
or extreme option, extending either to Hawaii (around a week on first option, around 5 days in the second option).
I truly don't know if Hawaii justifies 20+ hr flight back to the UK.
I think personally I am pretty much set on option no. 2, but myself and my wife we do love the beach and the ocean that is where Hawaii comes from, do you know any other place in California, where we can potentially go after Napa?
Thanks all in advance!
Dan
From Napa, it's a 2ish hour drive to San Francisco. Another 1.5 hours south of SF is Half Moon Bay, which has a sandy beach and a quaint Main Street area. I'd also "recommend" Stinson Beach in Marin County, which is north of SF.
But coming from SoCal, I can't recommend any of the NorCal beaches over the ones down here. Not that our water's that warm, but it's downright frigid up North. Just something to consider anyway.
Also, why 5 days in Vegas? The part of the Grand Canyon that's "near" Vegas is the West Rim... nice, but not part of the National Park and also not the famous deep trench that you may be thinking of.
Here's a decent comparison of the different areas:
http://www.arizona-leisure.com/grand...n-arizona.html
As for Hawaii... it's fantastic, but probably more enjoyable if it's done on a separate trip, IMO.