Los Angeles, sorted.
The Sign hike, the celebrity-homes loop, sunset over the Pacific and a studio backlot most maps skip. What each tour is really like, what it costs, and where to book it.
The seven everyone books first.
First visit or fifth, these anchor an LA trip: the open-air ride past the celebrity gates, the hike up to the Sign, a studio backlot, the harbor cruise your hotel desk forgets to mention.
Full-Day Iconic Sights of LA, Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Beaches and More
One day of LA icons by air-conditioned coach: Santa Monica, Venice Beach, Beverly Hills, Hollywood Sign views, and the Walk of Fame, plus Farmers Market lunch.
From $99 per person
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Hollywood, the way you pictured it.
The stars underfoot on the Boulevard, the handprints out front of the Chinese Theatre, the gated drives in the hills where the famous names live. An open-air bus strings them together in an afternoon, and the guide fills in who lived where.
How do you want to see LA?
The city sprawls for sixty miles, so the first choice is how you cover it. Three honest ways to see LA. Pick the one that sounds like your kind of day, and every tour behind it is already reviewed and priced.
By open-air bus
The star loop
2 hours (approx.) · from $39 · 2,557 reviews
Top deck of an open-air bus through Hollywood and Beverly Hills, past the gated drives where the famous names live, a guide naming each one as you roll by. The most ground covered for the least effort, and the photos come easy.
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On foot
Up to the Sign
2 to 3 hours (approx.) · from $15 · 2,496 reviews
Trails up through Griffith Park to the back of the Hollywood Sign, the whole basin opening up behind you. Two hours, real elevation, and the payoff shot everyone wants. Bring water and start early, before the heat settles in.
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From the air
The helicopter run
20 min · from $199 · 835 reviews
Lift off from a Downtown helipad and trade the freeways for a window seat over the skyline, the Hollywood Sign and the coastline. Short, unforgettable, and the fastest way to grasp how big this city really runs.
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LA saves its best light for last.
Sunset over the Strip, the skyline going gold from the Griffith lawn, neon down Hollywood Boulevard and a rooftop bar you would never find alone. The city looks like a different place once the sun drops behind the Pacific.
LA eats from everywhere at once.
Tacos off a truck, dumplings out in the San Gabriel Valley, a whole meal grazed through Grand Central Market. Book a food tour and let a local do the ordering. These are the ones worth the calories.
The city runs on cars.
Supercars idling on Sunset, a lowrider bouncing down the boulevard, a Ferrari for twenty minutes of Hollywood traffic you will actually enjoy. Car culture is the local religion here. Pick your ride.
The coast is closer than it looks.
Santa Monica Pier at one end, the Venice boardwalk and canals at the other, Malibu’s coves a little further up the highway. Rent a bike, take a surf lesson, or just find a spot to watch the sun go down over the water.
Pick your LA, neighborhood by neighborhood.
The city works as a string of very different towns. Hollywood for the icons. Santa Monica for the pier and the sand. Downtown for the food halls and the art. Griffith Park for the view over all of it.
Chasing a certain kind of day?
Twelve ways into the same city. Pick the one that sounds like you, and every option behind it is already reviewed and priced.
Big days out, an easy drive away.
The freeway opens up in every direction. Disneyland in Anaheim, the ferry across to Catalina, wine country up around Santa Barbara, the desert out past Palm Springs. Gone by breakfast, back for dinner.
Your first three days in LA.
You cannot see all of LA in one trip. You can absolutely nail the right three days. This is the order we would hand a friend landing at LAX tomorrow.
Day 1
Hollywood and the Sign
Stars underfoot on the Boulevard, the handprints at the Chinese Theatre, then up the trail for the Hollywood Sign. Finish on an open-air bus past the celebrity gates.
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Day 2
Down to the beaches
Santa Monica Pier by morning, the Venice boardwalk and canals after, bikes down the strand toward Marina del Rey, and the sun setting over the Pacific to close it out.
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Day 3
Views and museums
Griffith Observatory before the crowds, the Getty on its hill, Grand Central Market downtown for lunch, then back up for the skyline as the lights come on.
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