Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd ROUTE 66 ROAD TRIPS Andrew Bender, Cristian Bonetto, Mark Johanson, Hugh McNaughtan, Christopher Pitts, Ryan Ver Berkmoes, Karla Zimmerman
HOW TO USE THIS BOOK Reviews In the Destinations section: All reviews are ordered in our writers preference, starting with their most preferred option. Additionally: Sights are arranged geographically and, within this order, by writer preference. Eating and Sleeping reviews are ordered by price range (budget, midrange, top end) and, within these ranges, by writer preference. Symbols In This Book K Top Tips Link Your Trips Tips from Locals Trip Detour History & Culture Food & Drink Outdoors Essential Photo Walking Tour 5 Eating Family 4 Sleeping Map Legend Routes Trip Route Trip Detour Linked Trip Walk Route Tollway Freeway Primary Secondary Tertiary Lane Unsealed Road Plaza/Mall Steps Tunnel Pedestrian Overpass Walk Track/Path Boundaries International State/Province Cliff Hydrography River/Creek Intermittent River Swamp/Mangrove Canal Water Dry/Salt/ Intermittent Lake Glacier Route Markers US National Hwy US Interstate Hwy State Hwy Trips Trip Numbers Trip Stop Walking tour Trip Detour Population Capital (National) Capital (State/Province) City/Large Town Town/Village Areas Beach Cemetery (Christian) Cemetery (Other) Park Forest Reservation Urban Area Sportsground Transport Airport BART station Boston T station Cable Car/ Funicular Metro/Muni station Parking Subway station Train/Railway Tram Underground station Note: Not all symbols displayed above appear on the maps in this book 1 Sights r Beaches 2 Activities C Courses T Tours z Festivals & Events 4 Sleeping 5 Eating 6 Drinking 3 Entertainment 7 Shopping 8 Information & Transport These symbols and abbreviations give vital information for each listing: % Telephone number hopening hours p Parking n Nonsmoking aair-conditioning i Internet access W Wi-fi access sswimming pool v Vegetarian selection E English-language menu c Family-friendly #Pet-friendly g Bus f Ferry j Tram d Train apt apartments d double rooms dm dorm beds q quad rooms r rooms s single rooms ste suites tr triple rooms tw twin rooms
CONTENTS PLAN YOUR TRIP Welcome to Route 66... 5 Route 66 Map... 6 Route 66 Highlights... 8 Chicago City Guide...10 Los Angeles City Guide...11 Need to Know...12 ROAD TRIPS 1 Eastern Route 66 5 7 Days...17 2 Central Route 66 5 7 Days... 25 3 Western Route 66 3 4 Days... 35 DESTINATIONS Illinois...44 Chicago...44 Springfield...61 Missouri to Oklahoma...62 Missouri...62 St Louis...62 Kansas...66 Oklahoma...66 Tulsa...67 Oklahoma City...69 Texas to Arizona...72 Texas...72 Amarillo...72 New Mexico...74 Tucumcari...74 Albuquerque...75 Santa Fe...79 Arizona...86 Flagstaff...86 Grand Canyon National Park...90 California...96 Los Angeles...96 Santa Monica... 114 USA DRIVING GUIDE...120 3
Destinations Illinois (p44) Start your nostalgic, kitschy adventure in downtown Chicago, before making your way to historic Springfield, once home to Honest Abe Lincoln. Missouri to Oklahoma (p62) On your way along the Mother Road, take in some quintessential American cities: St Louis, the gateway to the West ; oil capital Tulsa; and cowboy hotspot Oklahoma City. Texas to Arizona (p72) From the Grand Canyon to Wheeler Peak, awe-inspiring natural sites abound in the Southwest, but its cities offer surprising delights: from steak-lovin Amarillo to creative Santa Fe to hiking haven Flagstaff, there s much to experience. California (p96) After zooming past ghost towns in the Mojave Desert, fulfill your Hollywood dreams and take in the City of Angels, before ending your journey on the sunny beaches of Santa Monica. Chicago (p44) RUDY BALASKO / SHUTTERSTOCK
Lone- ly Planet Publications Pty Ltd INDEX 360 Chicago 45 A accommodations 13, see also individual locations airports 13 Albuquerque 29-30, 75-9, 76, 79 Amarillo 27-8, 72-4, 24, 73 Amboy 37, 4-5 Arcadia 40 Arizona 86-95 aquariums 41, 115 Atlanta 19-20 B Barstow 38 Baxter Springs 22, 66 Big Texan Steak Ranch 27-8, 73, 24, 73 books 31 Breaking Bad 78 budgeting 13 business hours 13 C Cadillac Ranch 28 Calico Ghost Town 38, 39 California 35-41, 96-119 campervan rental 121 000 Map pages 000 Photo pages Canyon Rd 82 car insurance 120 car rental 12, 121 cars, see driving cell phones 12 Central Route 66 25-33, 26-7 Chicago 10, 18-19, 44-60, 46-7, 10, 42-3, 45, 54, 57 accommodations 10, 51-2 activities 51 drinking & nightlife 56-8 entertainment 58-9 food 10, 52-6 shopping 59-60 sights 44-5, 48-9 tours 49 travel within 10, 60 walking tour 50, 50 climate 12 costs 13 D Daggett 38 Delgadillo s Snow Cap Drive-In 32 Disney California Adventure 104-5 Disneyland 104-5 driving 120-3 car rental 12, 121 documents 120 driver s license 120 fuel 12, 123 E insurance 120 maps 22, 121-2 parking 123 road conditions 122 road rules 121, 122-3 safety 121, 122, 123 websites 122 Eastern Route 66 17-23, 19-20 El Reno 23 Elmer s Place 38-9 emergencies 12 F Flagstaff 31, 86-9, 93-5, 87, 32, 88 Fontana 40 food 13, see also individual locations fuel 12, 123 G Galena 22 galleries, see museums & galleries Gallup 28 gas 12, 123 Gateway Arch 20, 62, 20-1 Gemini Giant 19, 16 Giant Orange 40 Glendora 40 125
INDEX G-M Goffs 37 Grand Canyon Caverns 32 Grand Canyon National Park 90-1, 92, 93, 94 Grapes of Wrath, The 31, 33, 36, 38, 71 Grauman s Chinese Theatre 96-7, 97 Guthrie, Woody 22, 31, 67 H Hackberry 32 Hesperia 39 highlights 8-9 hiking Flagstaff 88 Grand Canyon National Park 90-1 Santa Fe 82 Santa Monica 117 history 33 Holbrook 30 Hollywood 41, 96-7, 98, 11 Hollywood Sign 97, 106 Hollywood Walk of Fame 96 horseback riding 83 Humphreys Peak 88-9 I Illinois 44-61 insurance 120 internet access 12 K Kansas 22, 66 Kingman 32-3 L Lebanon 21, 9 Lincoln, Abraham 20, 61 Lincoln Home 20, 60 Lincoln s Tomb 20 literature 31 Los Angeles 11, 41, 96-114, 98, 102, 11, 14-15, 34, 97, 100, 106, 109, 110, 112 accommodations 11, 103 drinking & nightlife 108-11 entertainment 111, 112-13 food 11, 104-8 shopping 113-14 sights 96-101 tours 102-3 travel within 11, 114 Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) 13 Lowell Observatory 87-8, 88 M maps 22, 121-2 markets Chicago 49 Los Angeles 100, 113 Santa Fe 83, 86 McLean 26-7 Meramec Caverns 21 Meteor Crater 31 microbreweries 57, 61, 66, 71, 95 Missouri 62-6 mobile phones 12 money 13 motorcycle rental 121, see driving Mt Elden 88 Munger Moss Motel 9, 21 museums & galleries American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame & Museum 72 Anderson-Abruzzo Albuquerque International Balloon Museum 76 Art Institute of Chicago 19-20, 44 Broad 101 California Route 66 Museum 39 Chicago Children s Museum 45 Chicago History Museum 49 City Museum (St Louis) 63 Devil s Rope Museum 27 Field Museum of Natural History 49, 57 First McDonald s Museum 39-40 Georgia O Keeffe Museum 29, 81 Getty Center 99 Gilcrease Museum 67, 67 Griffith Observatory 97, 100 Hollywood Museum 96 Indian Pueblo Cultural Center 75 Lincoln Home & Visitor Center 61 Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum 61 Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) 100, 110 Meow Wolf 82 Mesalands Dinosaur Museum 28, 74 MOCA Grand (Museum of Contemporary Art) 101 Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) 45, 48 Museum of International Folk Art 81 Museum of Northern Arizona 88 Museum of Tolerance 99-100 National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum 69 New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science 75-6 Oklahoma City National Memorial Museum 22, 69, 69 126
Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame 67-8 Oklahoma Route 66 Museum 23, 23 Petersen Automotive Museum 100 Rainbow Forest Museum 30 Riordan Mansion State Historic Park 31 Route 66 Mother Road Museum (Barstow) 38 Route 66 Museum (Kingman) 33 St Louis Art Museum 63, 65 Western America Railroad Museum 38 Woody Guthrie Center 67 music 123, see also opera parks Forest Park 62-3 Grand Canyon National Park 90-1, 92, 93, 94 Griffith Park 99 Lincoln Park 48 Millennium Park 19, 44 Northerly Island 49 Palisades Park 41, 116 Paseo del Bosque 77 Petrified Forest National Park 30, 28-9 Pasadena 40-1, 40 Petrified Forest National Park 30, 28-9 Petroglyph National Monument 30, 76-7 petrol 12, 123 St Louis 20, 62-6, 63, 20-1, 65 Steinbeck, John 31, 33, 71 Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument 88, 89 T Tall Paul 19 telephone services 12 Texas 72-4 tipping 13 transport 13, see also individual locations Tucumcari 9, 28-9, 74-5, 9, 74 Tulsa 22, 67-8, 67 INDEX M-Y N Navy Pier 45, 45 Needles 36-7 New Mexico 74-86 Newberry Springs 38 O Oatman 33 O Hare International Airport Chicago (ORD) 13 O Keeffe, Georgia 81 Oklahoma 66-71 Oklahoma City 22-3, 69-71, 70 Oklahoma Route 66 Museum 23, 23 Old Chain of Rocks Bridge 20 Old Trails Bridge 36 opening hours 13 opera 85 P Painted Desert 30 parking 123 Chicago 10 Los Angeles 11 Pittsburg 66 R rafting 82-3 recreational vehicles (RVs) 121 rental cars 12, 121 Rio Chama 82 Rio Grande 82 Riordan Mansion State Historic Park 31 Riverton 66 road rules 121, 122-3 Rodeo Drive 99, 109 Runyon Canyon 117 S safety 121, 122, 123 San Bernadino 39-40 Santa Anita Park 40 Santa Fe 29, 79-86, 80-1, 82 Santa Monica 9, 41, 114-19, 116, 8, 119 Seligman 31-2 skiing 83 Springfield 20, 61, 60 V Venice 115, 116 Victorville 39 W walking tours 50, 50, see also individual locations Walnut Canyon 88 weather 12 websites 13, 122 Western Route 66 35-41, 36-7 wi-fi 12 Willis Tower 44-5 Wilmington 19, 16 Winslow 30-1 Wrigley Field 49, 54 Y yoga 101 127
Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd OUR WRITERS ANDREW BENDER Award-winning travel and food writer Andrew Bender has written three dozen Lonely Planet guidebooks (from Amsterdam to Los Angeles, Germany to Taiwan and over a dozen titles about Japan), plus numerous articles for lonelyplanet.com. A native New Englander, he now lives in the Los Angeles area. CRISTIAN BONETTO Cristian has contributed to over 30 Lonely Planet guides to date, including New York City, Italy, Venice & the Veneto, Naples & the Amalfi Coast, Denmark, Copenhagen, Sweden and Singapore. When not on the road, you ll find him slurping espresso in his beloved hometown, Melbourne. Instagram: rexcat75. MARK JOHANSON Mark Johanson s travel-writing career began as something of a quarter-life crisis, and he s happily spent the past eight years circling the globe reporting for Australian travel magazines, British newspapers, American lifestyles and global media outlets. When not on the road, you ll find him gazing at the Andes from his home in Santiago, Chile. Follow the adventure at www.markjohanson.com HUGH MCNAUGHTAN A former English lecturer, Hugh swapped grant applications for visa applications, and turned his love of travel into a full-time thing. He s never happier than when on the road with his two daughters. Except perhaps on the cricket field CHRISTOPHER PITTS Infinitely curious about the other side of the world, Chris left the US to study Chinese in university, living for several years in Kunming, Taiwan and Shanghai. A chance encounter in an elevator led to a Paris relocation, where he lived with his wife and two children for over a decade before the lure of Colorado s sunny skies and outdoor adventure proved too great to resist. RYAN VER BERKMOES Ryan Ver Berkmoes has written more than 110 guidebooks for Lonely Planet. Since college he has been traveling the world, both for pleasure and for work which are often indistinguishable. Ryan calls New York City home. Read more at ryanverberkmoes. com and at @ryanvb. KARLA ZIMMERMAN Karla lives in Chicago, where she eat doughnuts, yells at the Cubs, and writes stuff for books, magazines and websites when she s not doing the first two things. She has contributed to 40-plus guidebooks and travel anthologies covering destinations in Europe, Asia, Africa, North America and the Caribbean. To learn more, follow her on Instagram and Twitter (@ karlazimmerman). Contributing Writers: Sara Benson, Gregor Clark, Andrea Schulte-Peevers Published by Lonely Planet Global Limited CRN 554153 Although the authors and Lonely Planet have taken all reasonable care in preparing this book, we make no warranty about 2nd edition Feb 2018 ISBN 978 1 78657 358 2 the accuracy or completeness of its content and, to the maximum extent permitted, disclaim all liability arising from its use. Lonely Planet 2018 Photographs as indicated 2018 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Printed in China All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be copied, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, recording or otherwise, except brief extracts for the purpose of review, and no part of this publication may be sold or hired, without the written permission of the publisher. Lonely Planet and the Lonely Planet logo are trademarks of Lonely Planet and are registered in the US Patent and Trademark Office and in other countries. Lonely Planet does not allow its name or logo to be appropriated by commercial establishments, such as retailers, restaurants or hotels. Please let us know of any misuses: lonelyplanet.com/ip.
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