heading to LA area, with sister and neice and nephew, any good places for us to visit?

Question

im 43, sis is 30 ish, neice is 14 and nephew is 11, were talking about universal studios,burbank, rodeo drive, hollywood, going on aug 4th 5th 6th, any suggestions? just a fun weekend with family.

Answer 1

In the Hollywood Area:
Griffith Park Observatory and a bust of James Dean, Take a Hike (or walk) down the walk of Fame and check out the Stars and if you have time check out a Movie at Gruamman’s Chinese Theater and Gruamman’s Egyptian if you are lucky you might be there at a premier.

In Downtown LA and surrounding area:
La Brea Tar Pits down Wilshire Blvd, the LACMA down Wilshire Blvd, Huntington Library in Pasadena, the Pueblo (Olvera Street just north of Downtown LA) for Mexican Food and for great Mexican food and drinks and/or go up to a half a Block to China Town for some killer Chinese food (Hop Louise Chinese Pagoda), Downtown LA’s has many Theater Palace's (There is a Guided Tour on Weekends), Also a must see is Cathedral Our Lady of the Angels and Central Library, Music Center/Walt Disney Concert Hall. Check this out the Natural Museum History/Science center at Exposition Park (Just south of Downtown LA) while you’re there you can stop and smell the roses literally at the rose garden right in front of the museum popular for taking wedding pictures. (Note all of these places charge for parking)

Going to the West side of LA and close areas:
If you are lucky enough to get tickets you the Getty Villa in Malibu is just Amazing, But there is also another Getty much easier to get into the one in the hills over looking Westwood.

Going to the South Bay:
Check out some beautiful views of Catalina Island, while you are there check out our 3 light Houses (Fermin Light House, Point Vicente Light House, and Angles Gate Light House closes at sun down) Catch a sunset or fly a kite at the Korean Friendship Bell in San Pedro and watch the light of the Vincent Thomas Bridge come on.

Weather Permitting:
Take a dip in the beach, work on your tan or do some people watching at Muscle Beach Venice Beach or Santa Monica, Huntington Beach (Surf City) Check out the waves of the surfers. Redondo/Hermosa Beach (Always something going on Beach Vollyball)

Doing some shopping:
Santi Alley, the Citadel in Commerce, the Grove/Historic Farmers Market on Fairfax, Melrose Ave, Rodeo Drive Beverly Hill, Universal City Walk, Sunset Blvd, 3rd Street Promenade (Santa Monica),

Theme Parks:
Disneyland and Knott’s in Anaheim, Magic Mountain (Valencia), Universal Studios (Studio City),
Looking for Night Life...
Try Santa Monica Blvd in West Hollywood or Sunset Strip.

Lastly if you have the time you might like to check out take a drive to Laguna if you wanna go a little further Try San Diego (Zoo, Wild Animal Park, Sea World) Wanna do some Siteseeing on the other side of the Border Head on down to Tijuana or Rossarito Beach Mexico.

Answer 2

August will be warm, so bring a hat and sunscreen!
Not sure if you said you have a car... so here's my 3 cents:

In LA, towards the Valley, there's Universal Studios, and the City Walk. Parking is not free, but you can park at the bottom off Lankershim and take the shuttle up to the area.

You can even try being in the audience in a TV or Game show by checking the "audiences unlimited" booth. If you write in advance, try getting tickets for the Tonight Show.

The Chinese Theater in Hollywood Blvd has the famous hand prints, and if you're in town for a movie premiere, check out the celebrities walking down the red carpet.

Not too far from Hollywood Blvd, You can also go and see the expensive shops on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills or the famous Farmer's Market near the CBS studios.

In August the X-Games will be in the Staples Center in LA. Check that out! The kids will get a kick out of seeing tomorrow's "Tony Hawk!"

LA has historical places to visit and ethnic places like China town and Olvera (little Mexico) Street.

And since its summertime you can catch a baseball game with the Dodgers or in Orange County you have the Angels.

In Orange County, about 45 minutes south of LA, is Disneyland, Knotts Berry Farm, the oldest theme park in the west, and Newport Beach... home of "The OC" from the TV show.

The city of Huntington Beach is home of "surf city" where you can see the pro beach volleyball and the surf contests.

Half hour south of Orange County is Carlsbad which has outlet shopping, LegoLand (for kids really), and half hour south of that is San Diego and then Mexico. You can get discount tickets for most theme parks at the grocery stores like Vons, Ralphs, etc. Pick up a weekend edition of the LA Times

There's some of the "must see" that I would suggest to someone visiting.

Answer 3

For a weekend visit in the summer, I'd suggest the beach, definitely. Venice Beach is so entertaining, with its many booths with so many different goods for sale. There are also street entertainers there, and of course there's the water. And Santa Monica Beach has a pier an arcade, amusement park, and an aquarium. Disneyland is great when you visit L.A. however on the weekend in the summer it's super overcrowded. I'd save that for a weekday. If you don't mind the crowds, go for it. You might also wanna check out the many concerts and plays here, so many to choose from, especially at The Music Center in downtown. And there's also the many museums, like the L.A. County Museum of Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, and Museum of Tolerance. Oh and there's Chinatown, Olvera Street, and Little Tokyo in downtown as well.

So many things to choose from, impossible to list them all here. Btw, Pink's Hotdogs is yummy! Even celebs frequent Pink's, it's a local hot spot that's been in business for decades.

Answer 4

If you have never been to the beach, go to these beaches, Venice, Santa Monica, Malibu. To keep cool. The kids would probably enjoy your suggestions.

Try Pinks Hotdogs, in Hollywood, on the corner of La Brea and Melrose. Hollywood has Grahmans chinese theater, walk of fame, and the Kodak theater where they host the Oscars.

Have fun!

Answer 5

-griffith park: 2800 east observatory rd.
-the wax museum: 6767 hollywood blvd., [phone]
-ripleys believe it or not: 6780 hollywood blvd., [phone]
-universal studios/universal city walk: 100 universal city plaza, 1-800-universal
-la brea tar pits, 5801 wilshire blvd., [phone]
-mann's chinese theater, 6925 hollywood blvd.
-LA zoo, 533 zoo drive, [phone]
-the getty center, 1200 getty venter dr., [phone]

plus soo many more. definitely check out the link below!

also, griffith observatory is still closed for remodeling, but you can check out the park up there! santa monica is a must! burbank doesnt really have too much to offer, unless you want to drive by the studios. if youre interested in culture walk around olvera street (mexican) and chinatown, they are close to each other near downtown LA.

Answer 6

all the above are good places to visit, also check Melrose Ave. between La Brea and Fairfax Aves., many hip, trendy, young oriented shops, Beverly Center on Beverly Blvd. and La Cienega Blvd., The Grove Shopping Mall is our newest mall, its outdoors and beautiful and its next to the Farmers Market on 3rd St. and Fairfax. Also, the Santa Monica Pier is nice, its like Coney Island with rides and arcade. Three days is not enough time!!!!!!!!

Answer 7

WOW good answers guys---I need to do some of that stuff....What I have not done that I would like to do is go up to the remodeled Griffith Observatory. I know they spent some incredible amount of money redoing it...any one here been back up there???? I assume it's finished....Oh and you might like the intown Getty Museum...(there are 2 one off the 405 and one in Malibu...and you should go to the beach in Santa Monica...

Answer 8

Yeah... those are really fun places 2 visit :)
And... maybe Disney Land... I mean, it's basically in OC, but OC isn't really far from LA, & it's pretty fun