Livermore Wine Country — scenic view along the route

Narrated audio driving tour

Livermore Wine Country

California, USA

Stories on the way
14
Distance
27 mi
Drive time
1 hr 25 min

Photo: eenwall · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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The Bank of Italy Building

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Livermore Wine Country is a narrated audio driving tour through California, USA — about 1 hour 25 minutes and 27 miles end to end. The route strings together 14 stops — The Centennial Light, Lake Del Valle and The Bank of Italy Building among them — each with a story that plays automatically as you reach it. Download the drive in Getaways and it rides along offline, narrating the road even where the signal drops.

Every stop on the route

14 places, 14 stories — each one starting itself as you arrive. Here's what you'll pass; the narration rides along in the app.

  1. 1

    The Centennial Light

    The Centennial Light is an incandescent light bulb recognized as the oldest known operating light bulb.

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  2. 2

    Livermore Sanitarium

    Livermore Sanitarium was a private sanitarium and psychiatric hospital, located in Livermore, California, in operation from 1894 until 1965.

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  3. 3

    The Bank of Italy Building

    The Bank of Italy Building is a historical building in Livermore, California.

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  4. 4

    Livermore Carnegie Library and Park

    The Carnegie Library at Livermore, California, opened in 1911 and continued in use as a library until 1966.

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  5. 5

    Rancho Las Positas

    Rancho Las Positas was a 8,880-acre (35.9 km2) Mexican land grant in present-day Alameda County, California given in 1839 by governor Juan Alvarado to Robert Livermore and José Noriega.

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  6. 6

    Ravenswood Historic Site

  7. 7

    Sycamore Grove Park

  8. 8

    Livermore Valley AVA

    Livermore Valley is an American Viticultural Area (AVA) in Alameda County, California, centered around the city of Livermore in the Tri-Valley region which is composed of Amador, San Ramon, and Livermore valleys.

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  9. 9

    Cresta Blanca Winery

    Cresta Blanca Winery was one of the original Livermore Valley wineries.

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  10. 10

    Concannon Vineyard

    Concannon Vineyard is a historic winery located in Livermore Valley, California, and one of the oldest continuously operating wineries in the state.

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  11. 11

    Wente Vineyards

    Wente Family Vineyards is a winery in Livermore, California, that is "the oldest continuously operating, family-owned winery in the United States.

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  12. 12

    Arroyo Mocho

    Arroyo Mocho is a 34.7-mile-long (55.8 km) stream which originates in the far northeastern corner of Santa Clara County and flows northwesterly into eastern Alameda County, California.

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  13. 13

    Del Valle Regional Park

    Del Valle Regional Park is a part of the East Bay Regional Park District (EBRPD) in an unincorporated region of Alameda County, California, 10 miles (16 km) south of the city of Livermore.

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  14. 14

    Lake Del Valle

    Lake Del Valle is a storage reservoir located 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Livermore, in Alameda County, California.

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Good to know before you go

  • The Centennial Light

    A short public turnout sits in front of the station on East Avenue. Leave the apron and the bay doors completely clear and walk in rather than idling out front.

  • Livermore Sanitarium

    If the history grabs you, the museum in the old Carnegie library a few minutes ahead is where the photographs of it live.

  • The Bank of Italy Building

    Angled street parking runs the length of First Street, with free public lots a block back on either side. Weekend evenings fill up fast.

  • Livermore Carnegie Library and Park

    Street parking around the park, plus the downtown lots a block or two away. On market mornings the nearest spaces go early.

  • Rancho Las Positas

    Watch the oaks as the houses thin out. Those valley oaks are the survivors of the grazing land the grant was actually for.

  • Ravenswood Historic Site

    A gravel lot sits inside the gate. If an event is running, the lot belongs to the event and the site is closed to drop-in visitors.

  • Sycamore Grove Park

    A lot at the entrance charges a $5 daily parking fee, and free street parking outside the gate if you would rather walk in.

  • Livermore Valley AVA

    Every winery along here has its own lot; there is nowhere safe to stop on the road itself between them.

  • Cresta Blanca Winery

    A large lot sits at the estate at the end of Arroyo Road, shared with the restaurant and the events lawn.

  • Concannon Vineyard

    A wide gravel and paved lot sits just inside the gate, with overflow on the lawn for events.

  • Wente Vineyards

    A dedicated estate lot serves the property at the tasting room, separate from the vineyard access roads. Do not park on the verge — those are working lanes.

  • Arroyo Mocho

    There are a handful of gravel turnouts along the canyon and no formal parking. Pull fully off the asphalt or do not pull off at all.

  • Del Valle Regional Park

    Paid lots serve each beach and the boat ramp. On hot weekends the park can reach capacity and close the gate to new arrivals before lunchtime.

  • Lake Del Valle

    Lots serve the east and west beaches and the boat ramp; the east side is the larger and usually the busier of the two.

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