United StatesWelcome to the narrated driving tour of California’s famous Pacific Coast Highway! This gorgeous highway winds along California’s coast and features some of the most jaw-dropping sights and picturesque towns you’ve ever seen. This flexible tour takes you south from San Francisco to Los Angeles or north from Los Angeles to San Francisco in four scenic segments: San Francisco to Monterey: Cruise down the most beautiful roadway in the world while getting a taste of the west coast way of life. Discover stunning ocean vistas, learn the fascinating history behind towns like Santa Cruz, and find your literary muse in the artsy haven of Monterey. The 17-Mile Drive: Roll your windows down and ride along the Monterey Peninsula, taking in unbroken views of the untouched coastline. See can’t-miss landmarks like the Lone Cypress and walk along the shores of the gorgeous Pebble Beach. Big Sur (Monterey to San Luis Obispo): Imagine hitting the open road. Rolling the windows down, listening to crashing waves as an ocean breeze tousles your hair, and just... driving. Stopping to visit a little coastal village, sampling the freshest seafood you've ever tasted, and watching the sun set over the deep blue Pacific. It’s not just the stuff of daydreams, it’s a real place called Big Sur! San Luis Obispo to Los Angeles: Experience the laid back pace of “SloCal” life in San Luis Obispo, get acquainted with Santa Barbara’s rich history, and soak up some sun and surf at the world-famous Malibu beaches. This is the quintessential California experience in a single drive. Popular points of interest along Highway 1 or Pacific Coast Highway (PCH): ■ Pedro Point ■ Gray Whale Cove & Mavericks Beach ■ Half Moon Bay ■ Pigeon Point Lighthouse ■ Butano & Año Nuevo State Park ■ Santa Cruz Boardwalk & Mystery Spot ■ Monterey & 17 Mile Drive ■ Carmel-by-the-Sea ■ Bixby Creek Bridge ■ Pfeiffer Beach & Canyon Bridge ■ Seal Beach Scenic Overlook ■ Big Creek Bridge ■ Piedras Blancas Light Station ■ Elephant Seal Vista Point ■ Hearst Castle ■ Morro Bay ■ Bubblegum Alley ■ Pismo Beach ■ Guadalupe ■ El Camino Real ■ Goleta’s Butterfly Grove ■ Thousand Steps Beach & Stearns Wharf ■ Ventura ■ Malibu ■ LA: Santa Monica HOW IT WORKS: As you travel, audio stories play automatically based on your location. Simply go to the starting point of the tour and begin following the given route. Each story begins playing on its own, usually just before you reach a point of interest. TOUR FEATURES: ▶ Freedom of travel No scheduled tour times, no crowded buses, and no rush to keep moving past stops that interest you. You have total freedom to skip ahead, linger, and take as many photos as you’d like. ▶ Automatic play No muss, no fuss. Just follow the app’s built-in route to all the must-visit spots — the audio stories about everything you see will play automatically! ▶ Works offline Download the tour in advance and then use it seamlessly, even in areas with no service! ▶ Lifetime purchase No monthly subscription. No time limits. No usage limits. Enjoy this tour as many times as you like. ▶ Incredible stories Immerse yourself in the history, culture, and secrets of this famous site with the help of a top-tier narrator and fascinating stories written by experts. ▶ Award-winning app Featured on Thrillist and WBZ, this easy-to-use app won the Laurel Award for Technology from the Newport Mansions, who use the app for over a million tours per year. FREE DEMO vs FULL ACCESS: Check out the totally free demo to get an idea of what this tour is all about. If you like it, purchase the tour to get full access to all of the stories. IMPORTANT NOTES: Download the tour ahead of time over data or WiFi for full offline use. Be sure your phone battery is fully charged or take an external battery pack. Continued use of the GPS can drain your battery. Allow the tour to access location services and GPS tracking features to play stories automatically during the tour.
Good audio commentary, but tech needs work.
I recently took this app on a road trip from LA to SF. The commentary from the tour guide is insightful and useful, but I encountered multiple issues with the design and implementation that caused me to abandon using it part way through. 1. It’s difficult to use this app for navigation because A) it doesn’t provide enough instruction prior to ALL turns B) the route it uses is not straightforward to plot into a background map app as a supplement. 2. App had trouble detecting when I reached locations, and did not begin audio about 5-10% of the time. 3. App does not handle audio switching between a background music app properly. It pauses the music to play tour commentary, but it does not resume music after. This means you have to either manually resume after each comment (dangerous) or listen only to the tour for your whole trip. 4. Because the audio commentary causes a full screen takeover, the driver loses the ability to see the map without manual intervention. This can cause some wrong turns. 5. It’s unnecessary to read “Look at the map when it pops back up…” after every comment. 6. The “Learn more” option on some of tours doesn’t make sense since the driver shouldn’t be messing with the app. I think it would be better to hear append that commentary to its predecessor. I really wanted to like this app because there isn’t really another app (that I know of) on the market that offers a great audio tour package for the entirety LA to SF, but overall, it feels very much like this app hasn’t been sufficiently user tested by the developers.
United StatesTragedy at every turn!
A nice counter to the epic beauty of PCH is the Action Tour Guide narrator. Nearly every point of interest between Ventura and Carmel is marked by something horrible. Fires, floods, death, extinction! We would wait in anticipation for the tragic turn to every story and laugh out loud when it came without fail. It became a game for us to predict and embellish the dark side of every mark on the map.
United StatesNever Worked
Buy the expensive $6.99 app.. then open it .. all it does is RE-direct you to maps and maps a one road Rt for you .. Shame on you 17 mile drive company ..👎
United StatesNever downloaded
My husband and I both downloaded app and never could get anything to open! Very disappointing!
United StatesDisappointed
I would not recommend this tour. There is not a lot of good information shared. The number of points is also quite low. I would recommend a gypsy guide or some of the other brands instead.
United StatesVery creative stories
I loved this app. The stories played when we got to the point. The best part is that stories are quite unique; very creative. They talk about what happened at each point. Nice !
United StatesHighly recommended buy!
We were doing the Highway 1 road trip and had used their App for LA to San Luis Obispo. We loved that App, so we went all in and bought all their tours for Highway 1 upto SF. You won’t regret it. It works beautifully and makes the drive interesting and informative with titbits about the area we were driving through. Since it is GPS enabled, we just had the phone hooked to the car stereo and periodically it pointed out facts along the way.
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Map & Audio for better Navigation. New Stops added. Nearby California Tours added.
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