Tours and Tickets to Experience Route 66
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Route 66
Some modern maps don’t show Route 66, but detailed directions are available online.
Route 66 begins in Chicago and ends in Santa Monica, California, but only segments of the original road remain.
Fuel up often along the road, especially in western states like Arizona where gas stations can be scarce.
Don’t forget sunglasses; the east-west orientation of Route 66 means you’ll likely be driving into the rising or setting sun at some point.
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There are plenty of ways to experience Historic Route 66. Looking at ratings and reviews previously given by customers, these are the best tours available right now:
Historic Route 66 runs cross-country between Chicago and Los Angeles, but most travelers only experience a small section. Grand Canyon day trips from Las Vegas with a Route 66 detour cost from around US$350, while some Chicago tours visit the start of the route, at prices from around $65.
Historic Route 66 runs for 2,400 miles (3,862 kilometers) across the US. So, if all you did was drive, you could cover the distance in less than a week. However, it’s best to allow at least two weeks, and you might spend three weeks or more.
Historic Route 66 spans an impressive range of weather conditions, which can include snow. To avoid scalding desert heat in summer and the bitter chill of the Windy City in midwinter, plan your Route 66 road trip for spring or fall (March through May and September through November).
The signature Historic Route 66 attractions are slices of vintage Americana, such as the Wigwam Motel (located in Holbrook, Arizona, and San Bernardino, California), the grandiose Conoco Tower Station, the Route 66 Drive-In, and The Ariston Cafe. Natural attractions include the Meramec Caverns and Petrified Forest National Park.
Route 66 runs through eight states: Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California. Besides its terminal cities of Chicago and Los Angeles, it runs through the major cities of Springfield in Illinois, St. Louis in Missouri, Tulsa and Oklahoma City in Oklahoma, and Albuquerque in New Mexico.