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LAtourist Itinerary Five Days in Hollywood and Los Angeles Rental Car is Not Required! Highlights Grand Tour of Los Angeles and Hollywood L.A. City Night Tour Hollywood Boulevard / Walk of Fame / Hollywood Sign Hollywood Walking Tour Kodak Theatre Guided Tour Hop-On, Hop-Off Double Decker Fun Bus Rodeo Drive and Beverly Center Petersen’s Auto Museum The Grove at Farmers Market Universal Studios and CityWalk Beach Tour of Marina del Rey, Venice Beach and Santa Monica. Hollywood Museum Madame Tussaud’s Downtown LA Performing Arts Center Tour MOCA Grand Avenue Olvera Street This 5-day Tourist Itinerary includes major Hollywood and Los Angeles attractions and is designed to maximize your vacation time. You will hit the ground running with a Grand Tour of Los Angeles, and you will keep busy every day. A rental car is not required , because the Itinerary focuses on guided tours and attractions near the Red Line train. You can skip the driving hassles and use the extra money to have more fun! Purchase is not required to use this Itinerary, although order links are provided for your convenience Please read the Disclaimer and Terms of Use page, which follows the Itinerary Product List This Itinerary, including the arrangement and descriptions of the products, is copyright 2011 © Z-Drive Computer Service for LAtouristItinerary.com . This Itinerary must not be altered and distributed without express written permission from the author. If You Print Please Recycle A 5-day Self- guided Itinerary for Hollywood and Los Angeles Page 2 of 11 One-page Tourist Itinerary for Hollywood and Los Angeles Monday 8:00 AM Arrive LAX 9:00 AM Grand Tour of Los Angeles and Hollywood 3:30 PM End of Grand Tour / Drop off in Hollywood / Hotel Check-in 4:00 PM Hollywood Boulevard 5:00 PM Hollywood and Highland / Chinese Theatre 6:00 PM L.A. City Night Tour 10:00 PM End of Night Tour Tuesday 8:00 AM Breakfast 10:00 AM Hollywood Behind-the-Scenes Tour 12:00 PM Kodak Theatre Guided Tour 1:00 PM Hop-On, Hop-Off Double Decker Fun Bus 9:00 PM End of Hop-on, Hop-off Bus Tour Wednesday 9:00 AM Red Line train to Universal Station 10:00 AM Universal Studios and CityWalk Hollywood 10:00 PM Red Line train back to Hollywood Thursday 8:00 AM Get picked up by tour guide or go to their office 9:00 AM Beach Tour 3:30 PM End of Beach Tour 4:00 PM Hollywood Museum 5:00 PM Dinner 6:30 PM Madame Tussaud’s 9:00 PM Hollywood Boulevard or back to hotel Friday 9:00 AM Hotel Check-out / Red Line train to Civic Center station 10:30 AM Free tour at the Performing Arts Center 12:00 PM MOCA Grand Avenue 2:00 PM DASH B to Union Station 2:30 PM El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument 4:00 PM Union Station / Red Line train back to hotel to get luggage 5:00 PM Shuttle or cab from hotel to LAX 7:30 PM Flight home This Itinerary, including the arrangement and descriptions of the products, is copyright 2011 © Z-Drive Computer Service for LAtouristItinerary.com . This Itinerary must not be altered and distributed without express written permission from the author. If You Print Please Recycle A 5-day Self- guided Itinerary for Hollywood and Los Angeles Page 3 of 11 LAtourist Itinerary – Five Days in Hollywood and Los Angeles MONDAY Arrive at LAX airport. You must arrive by 8:00AM to get your bags and get to the tour bus 8:00 AM on time. If you have a cell phone you can call the tour operator to confirm arrival (number will be provided on confirmation). Start your trip with a Grand Tour of Los Angeles and Hollywood by LA City Tours. They will pick you up outside of your terminal. You can take your luggage with you on the tour van. 9:00 AM to Let the driver know that you will not be returning to LAX. You can get dropped off at your 3:30 PM hotel if it’s on their list of drop-off points. Otherwise, you can get dropped off at their office on Hollywood Boulevard, then take the Red Line train (across the street) to your hotel. Order Link: http://LAtourist.com/LAXlayoverTour After you have checked into your hotel, head back to Hollywood and Highland Metro station to take in the sights on Hollywood Boulevard . In general, the idea is to explore Hollywood Boulevard east and west of Highland Avenue (western boundary: La Brea Blvd; 4:00 PM eastern boundary: Vine Street), and then make your way back to Hollywood and Highland entertainment complex by around 5:00 PM or so. This is a good opportunity to grab a bite to eat. There are dining choices inside of Hollywood and Highland entertainment complex, and at several places nearby on Hollywood Boulevard. First, take a look around at the Hollywood and Highland entertainment complex. In particular, go to an Observation Deck on either the third or fourth level, to view the Hollywood Sign. Next, walk to the Chinese Theatre , which is adjacent on Hollywood Boulevard. It takes about half an hour to look at the handprints and footprints. It’s interesting to see all the 5:00 PM familiar names of stars from the past side-by-side with current celebrities (i.e., John Wayne is next to John Travolta). Be sure to take a look at the inspirational quote by Marilyn Monroe on the west end of the courtyard. The next tour begins right outside the courtyard. You’ll see the StarLine tour office there, and you can ask them which bus or van you need to board. See Los Angeles from a new perspective on an L.A. City Night Tour (by StarLine Tours), which includes Mulholland Drive, Beverly Hills, Disney Hall, the Performing Arts Center 6:00 PM in downtown LA, Universal CityWalk, and more. The tour ends back at the Chinese Theatre to courtyard, which is a short walk from the Red Line station so you can get back to your 10:00 PM hotel. Order Link: http://LAtourist.com/LAcityNightTour This Itinerary, including the arrangement and descriptions of the products, is copyright 2011 © Z-Drive Computer Service for LAtouristItinerary.com . This Itinerary must not be altered and distributed without express written permission from the author. If You Print Please Recycle A 5-day Self- guided Itinerary for Hollywood and Los Angeles Page 4 of 11 TUESDAY Breakfast. There is an IHOP on Sunset Blvd, near Orange Drive. It’s about a 5-minute walk from the Hollywood and Highland Station. You can walk south on Highland to Sunset 8 / 8:30 AM Blvd, then walk west one block. You will need to be at the Red Line Tours office on Hollywood Boulevard, on the other side of Highland, by around 9:45 AM. Work off that big breakfast with a walking tour of Hollywood Boulevard on the 10:00 AM Red Line Hollywood Behind-the-Scenes Tour (GoLA). The tour office is at 6708 to Hollywood Blvd. After the tour, head over to the second level of Hollywood and Highland. 11:30 AM Go LA Card Order Link: http://LAtourist.com/GoLAcard Next up is the Kodak Theatre Guided Tour (GoLA). You will need to arrive about 10 12:00 PM minutes before the tour starts. You might be able to get there in time for the 11:30 AM tour, but if not, then take the tour that departs at 12:00 PM. Spend the rest of the day exploring Hollywood and nearby on the StarLine Tours Hop-On, Hop-Off Double Decker Fun Bus (use the Red Route, departing from the Chinese Theatre courtyard). Get on the 12:30 PM bus if you can; otherwise, take the bus that leaves at 1 PM. Fun Bus Order Link: http://LAtourist.com/HopOnHopOffTickets Following is a simple schedule, but there are many other stops, so you could custom-design a tour to suit your interests: • Hollywood's Rock Walk o Arrive 1:05 PM; Depart 1:35 PM o The entrance of Guitar Center on Sunset Blvd contains many hand print impressions of famous Rock n’ Roll celebrities such as members of AC/DC, 1:00 PM Aerosmith, B.B. King, Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, Frank Zappa, Johnny to Cash, KISS, The Ramones and almost 200 more. If you are a guitar 9:00 PM aficionado then you might want to take an extra half hour to explore the vast selection of instruments at the Guitar Center. • Rodeo Drive o Arrive 2:10 PM, Depart 2:40 PM o You briefly visited Rodeo Drive yesterday – now here’s the opportunity to stay as long as you like. But if you’ve already seen enough here, then you could skip this stop and spend more time somewhere else. • Beverly Center (Lunch and Shopping) o Arrive 2:55 PM, Depart 3:55 PM o This mega-mall is a shopper’s paradise, and a great place for lunch or a snack. There are other restaurants throughout Beverly Center, and a food court on the top level. If you ate a big breakfast at IHOP then you could limit this meal to a snack, and save some room for dinner in the early evening at The Grove or Farmers Market. This Itinerary, including the arrangement and descriptions of the products, is copyright 2011 © Z-Drive Computer Service for LAtouristItinerary.com .