We what to know about the night life, best restaurants, shops, attractions, celebrity sightings.....all of that good stuff. If you have any suggestions on hotels too.....that would be nice. Also if you know of any good vacation planning websites that would be very helpful as well. Just so you know, we will be there for one solid week only, we want to do as much as humanly possible. All helpful and thoughtful responses are greatly appreciated. Thanks.
2007-03-03 18:13:28 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ United States ➔ Los Angeles
Evidently I need to refocus my question. I have yet to choose a hotel, so I would like to start there, not looking to pay over $1200 plz, in a really nice area. I know L.A. is huge, I have no interest in visiting the projects I can do that here. I will be visiting from Alabama, and no I am not country. LOL. At any rate, we what to know about the night life, best restaurants
(all ethnicities), shops, attractions, celebrity sightings.....all of that good stuff. Also if you know of any good vacation planning websites that would be very helpful as well. Just so you know, we will be there for one solid week only, that's all the time I can take off at once, we want to do as much as humanly possible. All helpful and thoughtful responses are greatly appreciated. Thanks.
2007-03-04 07:07:27 · update #1
TRY THESE THINGS TO SEE IN L.A.
1.EAT AT PINKS OR IN AND OUT BURGER
2.FARMERS MARKET AT THE GROVE
(@ FAIRFAX AND W. 3RD)
3.GRAUMIN’S CHINESE, MANN’S
4.GRIFFITH OBSERVATORY, HOLLYWOOD SIGN PICS
5.GETTY MUSEUM IN TOWN OFF 405
6.GETTY VILLA MALIBU
7.NORTON SIMON MUSEUM
8.HOLLYWOOD BOWL CONCERTS
9.WALK OF STARS
10.RODEO DRIVE
11.TOUR OF STAR HOMES
12.IVY, KITSON (ON N. ROBERTSON) , HOTEL MARMONT, SPAGO
13.SANTA MONICA PIER AND PROMANADE, RIDE FERRIS WHEEL
14.VENICE BEACH
15.CATALINA ISLAND ( CONCERTS) (CATAMARAN TO AVALON)
16.STUDIO TOUR (UNIVERSAL/CITY WALK OR WARNER BROS.)
17.CHECK OUT DISNEY, DREAMWORKS, PARAMOUNT, NBC
18. DODGER STADIUM BASEBALL GAME
19.DOWNTOWN L.A.-LUMMIS HOUSE, ANGELS FLIGHT
20.CLUB AT HYDE OR AREA
21.BEVERLY HILTON, TRADER VICS
22.BEVERLY HILLS CITY HALL
23.COFFEE BEAN AND TEA LEAF
24.HUNTINGTON BEACH SURFING AND SURF MUSEUM
25. DISNEYLAND
26.KNOTTS BERRY FARM, MAGIC MOUNTAIN
27.LEBREA TAR PITS AND PAGE MUSEUM ON WILSHIRE
28.LAKERS BASKETBALL,
29.L.A. OPEN AT RIVIERA COUNTRY CLUB
30.L.A. EQUESTRIAN CENTER
31.BIG BEAR SKIING
32.PALM SPRINGS GOLF AND TRAM RIDE
33.RIVER WALK AND L.A. RIVER GARDENS
34.EAT AT MR. CHOW’S OR KOI OR YAMASHIRO
35.VISIT ZUMA BEACH, PIER AT MALIBU AND PARADISE COVE
36.FOOSE DESIGN AND HUNTINGTON BEACH BOARDWALK
37.AQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC (LONG BEACH) AND QUEEN MARY II
38.LOS ANGELES ZOO
39.GENE AUTREY WESTERN MUSEUM
40.HIKE UP MT. LEE AND VISIT BRONSON (BATMAN) CAVES
41.U.S.C. / U.C.L.A. FOOTBALL, LA COLUSIUM OR ROSE BOWL
42.PETERSEN AUTO MUSEUM
43.HOLLYWOOD PARK RACE TRACK
44.DANA POINT WHALE WATCHING (75 MILLES SOUTH)
45.SAN SIMEON (250 MILES NORTH)
46.HUNTINTON LIBRARY AND GARDENS
47.HOLLYWOOD WAX MUSEUM AND KODAK THEATER TOUR
48.DRIVE MULLHOLLAND DRIVE
49.RIPLEY’S BELIEVE IT OR NOT MUSEUM
50.COMMERCE CASINO CLUB, COMMERCE, CALI….
51.SANTA ANITA RACE TRACK, ARCADIA, CALI….
2007-03-04 01:57:59 · answer #1 · answered by Paris Hilton 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A few suggestions:
Sunset strip, good food lots of people and night life, the main place for catching live music.
Melrose, fun shopping.
Zuma and/or Westward Beach along with Point Dume in Malibu, they're all next to each other on the coast and nicer than Venice Beach. Also there's a Chinese restaurant that's kick *** in Point Dume, simply called Point Dume Chinese, best Kung Pao.
Venice, cool to check out, bring money for souvenirs, I don't recommend getting a tattoo from most shops there though, or Hollywood for that matter, most of the shops around those places are low caliber.
I recommend going to a hookah bar in the Valley there's a bunch off of Ventura Blvd. like in Encino or some town near there. If you're not familiar, it's a finer quality tobacco that you smoke through a big water pipe, like the caterpillar in Alice in Wonder Land.
Third St Promenade in Santa Monica is cool for tourists I guess. One of the best Thai food places I've ever been to is on Santa Monica Blvd. and Cloverfield. It's called Pot and Pan, silly name, but killer food.
Good luck, hope you get some other good suggestions and have a great trip out here.
Sagers
2007-03-04 02:33:24 · answer #2 · answered by Sager 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well.... Theres a lot to do here but it's very quick.... You arent goingto spend a day at hollywood and highland (great shopping) or on a tour of the stars home. Abook on Los Angeles would be helpful for I haven't spent a night in every single hotel here.
Tips:
-Stay out of downtown after 7 P.M
-Beverly Hills is very overrated for star viewing potential
-Malibu's good if you want to have even a small chance of seeing a celebrity
-Hollywood's overrated
hope it helps
2007-03-04 02:33:43 · answer #3 · answered by imadegrassigurl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First, don't buy into the first responders nonsense. I walk everywhere at all hours-it all depends on what neighborhood you are in. Los Angeles is more like a huge area full of lots of very different neighborhoods rather then one city. It is very diverse, so it is hard to answer your question without knowing more about you and what you are looking for. Also, where are you visiting from? Staying here is expensive, unless you stay at a hostel.
2007-03-04 02:23:19 · answer #4 · answered by birdy 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sorry, but the best advice would be try to not talk to strangers and when you get back take a long shower to wash the filth off of you. Maybe you can feed the thousands of homeless living under bridges that you will see or tell the aliens that live there in fantasy land that life is really not a fairytale. God Bless, have fun, but know this is not really a good place in any sense.
2007-03-04 02:20:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
I prefere santa barbara but in LA you can cruise out to hollywood its easy to find I dont like it there to buisy i grew up in cali but never cared beverly hills is nice they have a nice mall and people there are nice be safe and dont trust "agents" do background checks
2007-03-04 02:17:25 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sorry, but a week is NOT enough when visiting out here! There's no end!
2007-03-04 02:18:00 · answer #7 · answered by love_2b_curious 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Play GTA SAN ANDREAS AND PRACTICE DODGING BULLETS IN LOS SANTOS, THEN COME TO LA.
2007-03-04 15:41:40 · answer #8 · answered by thewanderer862003 1 · 0⤊ 3⤋
ware a bullet proof vest after dark and carry a gun
2007-03-04 02:15:29 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋