We will be there for 4 days and are looking for activies that will ocupie children from ages 8 through 15. None of us have ever been to Los Angeles before.
2007-03-26 16:07:19 · 10 answers · asked by Hello, 1 in Travel ➔ United States ➔ Los Angeles
In the Hollywood Area:
Just Re-Opened and better than ever Griffith Park Observatory Where you can get a view of just how big this city is, 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 or Arclight 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 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(though roses might not be in bloom in December) 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 (Visit www.Getty.edu for tickets ticket are now being reserved for December), 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 (why not go to Catalina for a day it's about $60 dollars round trip via the express), while you are in the Southbay 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 and Park of the Pacific, Huntington Beach (Surf City) Check out the waves or 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), park of the Pacific Sanat Monica
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 Beautiful city by the beach with tons of Galleries and shops but 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 all Worht the drive.
For the Kids:
Try the Natural History Museum/Science Center.
Aquarium of the Pacific
SouthWest Museum
Disneyland/Knott's
Griffith Obeservatory
HorseBack Riding
Travel Town (Train Museum)
San Pedro Point Fermin Lighthouse (Trails that lead you to the beach) were you can get up and close to see life. You might see whales or Dolphins.
MacArthur Military Museum
La Brea Tar pits
Medival Times
Seaworld
San Diego Wild Animal Park/San Diego Zoo
Earl Burns Miller Japanese Gardens
2007-03-26 17:25:26 · answer #1 · answered by Mike Hunt 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can see anything in LA. It's a great city, with stuff for people of all ages to enjoy. Your best bet is probably to google anything that comes to mind - you're sure to find it. Just make sure you have a car! You probably already know that, but it cannot be stressed enough. Mass transportation in LA is not something you would ever want to be on, especially with kids. Also, it might be good, especially if you're not good with maps, to get the GPS option in your rental car. I know it's not really cheap, but it will probably be worth it. They usually have a database of sites built in, and you will save yourself from the nightmare that is missing a freeway exist and being stuck in gridlock for another few hours.
One thing that I enjoy a lot is the Sony Picture Studios Daily Tour. I've been on it five or six times, and it's always fun. I put a link to its site in the sources section. It's easily the best backstage Hollywood tour, as you actually get to walk onto the backlot and see how things are filmed.
You'll probably want to spend a full day at Disneyland. Between both parks there, you'll easily pass one full day. I would personally suggest avoiding Universal Studios Hollywood, as it's extremely overpriced, and also somewhat boring. The park itself is set up in a moronic way; it takes about ten minutes of escalator rides to get from the Upper to Lower Lots. It's really not worth it, as there are very few fun rides, and mainly only more places to spend money.
You'll definitely want to see Hollywood. The best time to go, I think, is in the early evening. The area is well lit and relatively crowded, and you really get a feeling for the atmosphere there.
Although you'll see a lot of recommendations for the Queen Mary, I would recommend avoiding it. When I was between the ages of eight and fifteen I was deathly bored with the ship. There's not a huge amount to see on it, and unless it's near your hotel, it's probably a bit out of the way in Long Beach.
That's about everything that's coming to the top of my head. If you need to know anything else, feel free to email me. You're sure to have a great time in LA, and you'll definitely wish you were still there for longer when it's time to go home (especially if you live in one of those (to me, at least) really scary cold states where you actually see snow).
2007-03-26 23:32:32 · answer #2 · answered by Alex 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
La Brea Tar Pits in downtown. Long Beach Aquarium of the Pacific. Disneyland. Beach. Children's Museums. Griffith Park or it's observatory.
2007-03-26 23:14:09 · answer #3 · answered by A... 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are so many sites to see in L.A. that I can't even begin to name them all. To the previous answers I read I'd like to add Knotts Berry Farm (in Buena Park, part of L.A. Metro area) Magic Mountain (in Santa Clarita, also in L.A. Metro area), Los Angeles Zoo, and Universal Studios. Maps of L.A. show lots of places of interest.
2007-03-26 23:23:51 · answer #4 · answered by Mark A 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Venice Beach Boardwalk on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon and the Farmers Market on 3rd and Fairfax
2007-03-26 23:24:36 · answer #5 · answered by leewee 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i should think with kids that disneyland and knott's berry farm would be your first (and probably last) stop.
if you have any time, energy and money left consider a drive through beverly hills to see how the one-half of one percent live, then maybe a day at venice beach to recuperate.
2007-03-27 14:12:22 · answer #6 · answered by chieromancer 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm going to give other people a chance to answer this and see what they come up with...Chinatown is good. Korea town--Should that be added???....What is that pueblo area across from Union Station called???
2007-03-26 23:39:51 · answer #7 · answered by Paris Hilton 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
smog, homeless.......LA is crappy......sorry to break the news
2007-03-27 06:44:15 · answer #8 · answered by ali 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the playboy mansion
2007-03-26 23:14:55 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
smog.
2007-03-26 23:10:25 · answer #10 · answered by hairlessafro 2 · 0⤊ 6⤋