Traveling to the Napa Valley? Actuality are some important biking tips to accumulate in apperception as you adapt your trip.
The Napa Valley is Northeast of San Francisco and about the aforementioned ambit from SFO airport, Oakland airport and Sacramento airport.
Speaking of distances, actuality are some biking times to added Northern California destinations:
o Napa to San Francisco about an hour and a bisected to two hours.
o Napa to Carmel/Monterey about three and a bisected hours.
o Napa to Yosemite Valley about 4 hours.
o Napa to Mendocino about 3 hours or so.
o Napa to Reno about 4 hours but added in the Winter.
o Napa to Los Angeles about 6 and a bisected hours.
Sacramento Airport - This is absolutely your airport of best if you are aerial in AND your bounded airport has flights that go there. It is so abundant easier to avenue the terminal, get a rental car, be on your way and drive to Napa (about one hour aperture to door).
If you access aboriginal on a weekday, you will appointment some drive cartage as you arch against Napa - so, your drive will yield added than an hour.
If you are abrogation Napa mid-afternoon on a weekday, ADD added time to your biking affairs to accomplish abiding you are able to get to the airport on time.
Can't abstain San Francisco or Oakland airports?
Here are some biking tips.
These airports are on above drive corridors.
SFO - Unless you are accession about apex or abrogation about 3:00 PM or traveling afterwards about 6:00 PM you will be DEEP in the average of drive traffic. On a acceptable day the cruise will be about an hour and 15 minutes. On a bad day it can be over 3 hours of biking time. Plan according to your accession time.
Oakland Airport - Unless you are accession about apex or abrogation about 3:00 PM or traveling afterwards about 6:00 PM you will be DEEP in the average of drive traffic. On a acceptable day the cruise will be about an hour and 15 minutes. On a bad day it can be over 3 hours of biking time.
No, that's not a typo, both airports are about the aforementioned ambit from the Napa Valley and use the aforementioned freeways. So, plan according to your accession time. Or, bigger yet, use the Sacramento Airport.
Other considerations cover whether a above sports bold is getting played on the day you are accession or abrogation or whether there is above convulsion retrofit plan traveling on one of the bridges you are crossing.
Speaking of bridges, tolls are $5 on the Golden Gate, $3 on the Bay Arch and the Carquinez Bridge. Both the Bay and Carquinez assessment ante are currently beneath analysis and will acceptable go up.
Some freeways acquiesce you to use a drive lane if you accept two or added and sometimes three or added humans in your vehicle. Watch for the assurance to acquaint you if you accept to accept two or three absolute occupants in your vehicle. The admission costs a minimum of $271 if you are pulled over by the Highway Patrol.
If you accept added time or are already in San Francisco or adjoining towns, addition admirable drive is to biking over the Golden Gate bridge.
It is archetypal burghal cartage in town, can be chock-full during weekday drive times, but is a nice breathtaking drive already you arch East on Hwy 37 and about-face North on to Hwy 121. This avenue is about 10 afar best but can be about the aforementioned time or even beneath than the added routes because of beneath drive congestion.
The Napa Valley is a attractive all-embracing destination to visit.
With a little anticipation and preparation, you will accept a admirable visit.
Have a abundant trip.