Route 66 Self Drive Tour

Itinerary

• Day 1: Chicago

  Arrive at the airport and transfer independently to your hotel.

• Day 2: Chicago

  Enjoy a full day to explore the Windy City. Stroll along Lake Michigan or simply enjoy the stunning architecture.

• Day 3: Chicago – St. Louis

  Collect your rental car and begin your journey south along Route 66 as it winds out of Chicago and traverses the Illinois farmland to St. Louis, Missouri.

• Day 4: St. Louis – Springfield

  Leave the Mississippi River behind and travel through the scenic beauty of the Missouri Ozark region.

• Day 5: Springfield – Tulsa – Oklahoma City

  Nowhere is Route 66 more at home than in Oklahoma. This section of your trip takes you through rolling countrysides once the haunt of Native Americans, later the territory of cowboys and outlaws and along part of the famous Cherokee Strip.

• Day 6: Oklahoma City – Amarillo

  Travel through the land where the Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians lived and hunted bison. Enter the Texas Panhandle, the haven of cowboys, oil-field roughnecks, and self-made millionaires.

• Day 7: Amarillo – Albuquerque

  Continue to New Mexico, driving through what once was the hunting ground of the Comanche Indians.

• Day 8: Albuquerque

  Spend the day exploring Albuquerque.

• Day 9: Albuquerque – Santa Fe – Albuquerque

  Enjoy the short drive today that brings you to Santa Fe, famous for its galleries and museums.

• Day 10: Albuquerque – Holbrook

  Today’s highlight is the Petrified Forest National Park.

• Day 11: Holbrook – Grand Canyon National Park

  Travel through Navajo Indian Country toward today’s destination, the spectacular Grand Canyon National Park.

• Day 12: Grand Canyon National Park – Las Vegas

  Today your drive takes you through Williams and Kingman to the Hoover Dam. Continue to Las Vegas, the glittering oasis in the desert.

• Day 13: Las Vegas

  A full day to enjoy the “Entertainment Capital of the World.”

• Day 14: Las Vegas – Santa Monica/ Los Angeles

  Journey through the Mojave Desert today, stopping at the ghost town of Calico en route to Los Angeles and the termination of Route 66, Santa Monica.

• Day 15: Los Angeles/Santa Monica

  Spend a full day at leisure in the “City of Angels”.

• Day 16: Los Angeles

  Return your car at the airport before your departure flight.

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