The Golden Gate Bridge connects San Francisco to
California's northern counties. With its tremendous 746-foot tall towers,
sweeping main cables, signature International Orange color, and Art Deco
styling, it is a sensory experience featuring color, light, and sound. With
more than 10 million annual visitors, be ready for crowds (especially during
the summer) and changing weather conditions. It is truly an engineering marvel,
a structure of magnificence, grace, and beauty.
Los Angeles
is a trend-setting global metropolis with an extraordinary history and a rich
cultural heritage. It is the second-largest city in the United States after New
York City, situated in Southern California, Los Angeles is known for its
mediterranean climate, ethnic diversity, sprawling metropolis, and as a major
center of the American entertainment industry.
Los Angeles lies in a large coastal basin surrounded on three sides by
mountains.
While LA will
always be associated with movies and movie stars, it is also a culturally
vibrant city that boasts a range of interesting attractions from prestigious
art museums and galleries to fabulous theatre, both well-known productions and
smaller fringe shows.
Top Tourist
Attractions
Disneyland
Enter a
magical kingdom where you can sail with pirates, explore exotic jungles, meet
fairy-tale princesses, dive under the ocean and rocket through the stars—all in
the same day! Disneyland Park is a beloved Southern California destination
where generations of families have made their Disney dreams come true. Opened
in 1955, Walt Disney’s original theme park is divided into 8 extravagantly
themed lands—Main Street, U.S.A., Tomorrowland, Fantasyland, Mickey's Toontown,
Frontierland, Critter Country, New Orleans Square and Adventureland. It is the only theme park designed and built
under the direct supervision of Walt Disney.
Hours of
Operation
Mon - Thurs:
10 am - 8 pm
Fri - Sun: 10
am - 9 pm
Venice Beach
Venice is a
residential, commercial and recreational beachfront neighborhood on the
Westside of the city of Los Angeles. Venice Beach includes the beach, the
promenade that runs parallel to the beach Muscle Beach, the handball courts,
the paddle tennis courts, Skate Dancing plaza, the numerous beach volleyball
courts, the bike trail and the businesses on Ocean Front Walk. Besides, the
recreational fitness, family fun activities and shopping, Venice also has a
fishing pier at the end of Washington Boulevard. From its days as home to Beat
Generation poets and artists, Venice continues to be an important Los Angeles
cultural center.
Rodeo Drive
Rodeo Drive is
a two-mile long street, primarily in Beverly Hills. In the heart of Beverly
Hills, three blocks of Rodeo Drive are home to the epicenter of luxury, fashion
and lifestyle. Flagship locations for some of the most prestigious brands in
the world are lined up, all polished and elegant. Even if you aren't a shopper
or if this doesn't fit your price range, there is so much to fill your vision -
almost a museum or architectural experience. If you enjoy a bit of designer
label shopping - this is a great spot because the shops here have the best
selection of the latest and greatest.
Hollywood
Walk of Fame
The Hollywood
Walk of Fame comprises more than 2,500 five-pointed terrazzo and brass stars
embedded in the sidewalks along 15 blocks of Hollywood Boulevard and three
blocks of Vine Street in Hollywood, California. The stars are permanent public
monuments to achievement in the entertainment industry, bearing the names of a
mix of actors, musicians, directors, producers, musical and theatrical groups,
fictional characters, and others.
Sunset Strip
The Sunset
Strip is the name given to the 2.4 km stretch of Sunset Boulevard that passes
through West Hollywood, California. It extends from West Hollywood's eastern
border with Hollywood at Havenhurst Drive, to its western border with Beverly
Hills at Sierra Drive. The Strip is probably the best-known portion of Sunset,
embracing boutiques, restaurants, rock clubs, and nightclubs that are on the
cutting edge of the entertainment industry. In the evening, the Strip is a
vibrant slash of gaudy neon, a virtual traffic jam of young cruisers on
weekends, a stimulating mecca for people-watchers and celebrity wannabes.
3rd Street
Promenade
The Third
Street Promenade is an upscale shopping, dining and entertainment complex in the
downtown area of Santa Monica. It is considered a premier shopping and dining
district on the Westside and draws crowds from all over the Greater Los Angeles
Area. Third Street Promenade attracts a wide spectrum of street performers who
display their talents for onlookers in hopes of a donation from an appreciative
visitor. Walking down the street you'll witness a variety of performances that
range from the downright good to the blatantly unqualified.
Getty Center
The Getty
Center is a campus of the Getty Museum
and other programs of the Getty Trust. The Center branch of the Museum features
pre-20th-century European paintings, drawings, illuminated manuscripts,
sculpture, and decorative arts; and 19th- and 20th-century American, Asian, and
European photographs.
Universal
Studios Hollywood
Universal
Studios Hollywood is a film studio and theme park in the unincorporated
Universal City community of the San Fernando Valley region of the city of Los
Angeles, California, United States. It is one of the oldest and most famous
Hollywood film studios still in use. Its official marketing headline is
"The Entertainment Capital of LA". Find a full day of action-packed
entertainment all in one place:
thrilling theme park rides and shows, a real working movie studio, and
Los Angeles’ best shops, restaurants and cinemas at CityWalk. Universal Studios
Hollywood is a unique experience that’s fun for the whole family.
Los Angeles
County Museum of Art
The Los
Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) is an art museum located on Wilshire
Boulevard in the Miracle Mile vicinity of Los Angeles. LACMA is the largest art museum in the western
United States. It attracts nearly a million visitors annually.It holds more than 150,000 works
spanning the history of art from ancient times to the present. In addition to
art exhibits, the museum features film and concert series.
Beverly
Center
The Beverly
Center is a shopping mall in LA. The mall contains shops for brands including
Banana Republic, Victoria's Secret, Forever 21, Dolce & Gabbana, Louis
Vuitton, Calvin Klein, Ben Sherman, Diesel, Gucci, Prada, Ferrari Store, Burberry,
Fendi, Victorinox, and Hugo Boss.
Watts Towers
The Watts
Towers are a collection of 17
interconnected sculptural structures within the Simon Rodia State Historic Park
in the Watts community of Los Angeles. The tallest of the towers reaches a
height of over 30 m. The Watts Towers structure, consisting of seventeen major
sculptures was created by Italian immigrant Sabato “Simon” Rodia out of steel
covered with mortar and embellished by the decorative finishings of mosaic
tiles, glass, clay, shells and rock. There is no welded inner armature. Rodia
wired rebars together then wrapped this joint with wire mesh and hand packed it
with mortar and his mosaic surface.
