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USA ON THE ROAD MAP AND TRAVEL ITINERARY |
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SELF-DRIVE TOUR TO USA - INFORMATION AND TRAVEL GUIDE |
This trip review discusses how to rent a car and travel to USA West Coast, from Los Angeles to San Francisco, through Arizona, Utah and Nevada, sleeping into motels on the way. Visit to the most beautiful national parks in the USA, like Grand Canyon, Monument Valley, Bryce Canyon and Death Valley. Trip through Sonora desert between giant Saguaro cactus. Pictures from USA South West. USA On The Road trip. WHAT DO DO AND WHAT TO SEE IN SOUTHWEST?In a nutshell: incredible landscapes, including some of the unique world's wonders like the Grand Canyon. A trip to southwest is ideal for nature enthusiasts, for photographers, for geologists, but also for botanists thanks to the endemic flora and the unique trees like sequoias and giant Saguaro cactus. In any case, although most of the trip will be usually focused on nature and landscapes, you will also visit beautiful cities like San Francisco and you will probably want to stop a couple of nights in Las Vegas, which is on the way traveling from Utah to California. HOW TO ORGANIZE A SELF-DRIVE TRIP TO THE USA?Traveling throughout the USA is easy and very safe. All that you will need to do, is to rent a car (obviously is best to book it in advance, especially during high season), making sure that the contract allows to travel to all the states you wish to visit. The roads are all in good conditions, but if you would like to sometimes leave the paved road to explore more, you may need at least an "intermediate" class car allowing to drive safely on gravel roads with some possible sand. Accommodations may be all pre-booked: this will give you the peace of mind to certainly have a place where to sleep, without hearing "sorry, we are sold-out tonight", but will make the journey less flexible, as you can't stop longer or shorter in the place you visit, depending on how much you like it. The best way would be to travel off season, avoiding July and August, so that you may travel without pre-booked accommodation (just stop to a motel when you are tired and see the "vacancy" sign). WHAT IS THE BEST SEASON TO GO TO SOUTHWEST?The best time to visit the southwest, including California, Arizona, Utah and Nevada is probably late spring and late summer / early autumn, because the weather is milder and there are less tourists. July and August may be crowded and very, very hot, with temperature often exceeding 40 degrees Celsius throughout Arizona, Nevada and internal regions of California. Wintertime is probably too cold, with possible snow at higher altitudes (you will drive up to 3000 meters of elevation). TRAVEL TIPS AND IMPORTANT THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE GOING TO SOUTH-WEST USAThe US is a major tourist destination among people from all over the world, so it is not difficult to find in the web lot of useful information needed to plan the tour. We nonetheless publish a brief summary of the most important things to know before you travel to the United States, inviting to always check the latest information on other web sites:
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CALIFORNIA PICTURES - ARIZONA PICTURES - UTAH PICTURES - NEVADA PICTURES |
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