Official Visitor’s Guide discoverlosangeles.com discover los angeles LOS ANGELES TOURISM & CONVENTION BOARD download the app W REGIONS Explore Los Angeles To experience the true character of Los Angeles, spend time in some of its unique neighborhoods, from the eclectic vibe Downtown to the breezy beach culture of the communities along the coastline. DOCKWEILER BEACH 2 DISCOVERLOSANGELES.COM EXPLORE NORTH VALLEY NORTH HOLLYWOOD WOODLAND HILLS The Valley SHERMAN OAKS STUDIO PASADENA CITY UNIVERSAL GRIFFITH CITY PARK HIGHLAND Hollywood PARK LOS FELIZ WEST SILVER LAKE BRENTWOOD HOLLYWOOD HOLLYWOOD LARCHMONT ECHO PARK BEVERLY VILLAGE HILLS CHINATOWN WESTWOOD KOREATOWN FINANCIAL DISTRICT HISTORIC CORE MALIBU CENTURY LITTLE TOKYO CITY MID-CITY/ MID-WILSHIRE SOUTH PARK ARTS DISTRICT SAWTELLE FASHION/JEWELRY DISTRICT JAPANTOWN SANTA Westside Downtown MONICA EXPOSITION CULVER LEIMERT PARK CITY PARK VENICE MARINA DEL REY LAX GATEWAY L.A. Beach Cities/LAX MANHATTAN BEACH HERMOSA BEACH SAN PEDRO AT L.A. WATERFRONT DISCOVERLOSANGELES.COM 3 W REGIONS Downtown/ ACE HOTEL, L.A. Metro FASHION DISTRICT DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES HAS EXPERIENCED A RENAISSANCE. HIP Museum® at L.A. LIVE, hotels, trendsetting restaurants, and world-class entertainment venues and museums Fashion Institute of sustain a thriving art scene and nightlife along walkable streets. The L.A. LIVE Design & Merchandising, entertainment complex offers restaurants, live music venues, Microsoft Theater, STAPLES Center, bowling alley/eatery Lucky Strike, and movieplex Regal L.A. LIVE: A Barco and the Los Angeles Innovation Center. Across the street, STAPLES Center hosts major concerts and Convention Center. For sporting events. The arena is home to the Lakers, Clippers, Kings, and Sparks. fans of music, fashion, The Los Angeles Rams NFL team’s temporary home field is the Los Angeles hockey, or basketball, Memorial Coliseum, where they will play until the new SoFi Stadium is completed this is one of the most in 2020. L.A.’s newest sports team is the Los Angeles Football Club, which plays exciting places in the in the soccer-specific facility, the Banc of California Stadium. The Music Center’s city. Visitors can also Walt Disney Concert Hall is a modern architectural masterpiece right next door catch a movie at Regal to a cultural and design showpiece, The Broad museum. L.A. LIVE: A Barco Innovation Center before Neighborhood: unique galleries such as and music. A buzzing dining at one of the Arts District the contemporary Hauser craft beer scene includes many nearby restaurants. Located on the eastern & Wirth, along with some Angel City Brewery, edge of Downtown and of the hottest restaurants Iron Triangle Brewing More within walking distance and bars in the city. Company, and Arts Downtown of Little Tokyo, the The cafe at Blue Bottle District Brewing Neighborhoods Arts District is a vibrant Coffee offers a jolt, along Company. » Chinatown creative community. with every-Saturday » Echo Park Former industrial roaster tours. The wildly Neighborhood: » Exposition Park buildings have morphed popular Smorgasburg South Park » Fashion/Jewelry District into live-work lofts and LA takes over a five-acre At the center of all the » Financial District upscale condos with site, ROW DTLA, action is DTLA’s South » Highland Park a hip, urban vibe and every Sunday, featuring Park, the location of » Historic Core edgy street art. Look for dozens of food, drink, L.A. LIVE, Microsoft » Koreatown trendy boutiques and and shopping vendors Square, the GRAMMY » Leimert Park » Little Tokyo 4 DISCOVERLOSANGELES.COM EXPLORE THE WESTSIDE IS KNOWN FOR ITS TOP RESTAURANTS, HIGH-END Pits & Museum, peruse shopping, and acclaimed cultural attractions. Shopaholics flock to the the impressive collection trendy boutiques on West 3rd Street and popular shopping centers such as of exhibits at the Los The Grove and the adjoining landmark Original Farmers Market. The affluent Angeles County Museum Brentwood community includes upscale shops and eateries along Montana of Art (LACMA), and Avenue, as well as the world-famous Getty Center, located atop the Santa cross Wilshire Boulevard Monica Mountains. More cultural attractions can be found along Museum Row, to the dramatic Petersen including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Petersen Automotive Museum Automotive Museum, Craft & Folk Art Museum, La Brea Tar Pits & Museum, building to see more than and the new Academy Museum of Motion Pictures (set to open in 2020). 300 historic vehicles. Shop at The Grove and Neighborhood: neighborhood features marketplace Eataly’s array grab a bite next door at Century City the recently renovated of cafes and restaurants. the Original Farmers Born from the back lot Westfield Century City, Market. End your day of 20th Century Fox an open-air shopping Neighborhood: with a show at the Studios, Century City complex. The Annenberg Mid-City/ El Rey Theatre. is home to gleaming Space for Photography is Mid-Wilshire high-rises and luxe hotels, a unique showcase for its Mid-City Los Angeles is More where movers and shakers chosen art form. Dining not just the geographical Westside work and play. Its most choices include Tom center, but also a vital Neighborhoods recognizable landmark is Colicchio’s farm-fresh hub for culture, art, and » Beverly Hills Fox Plaza, better known American fare at Craft dining. Be in the audience » Brentwood as the Die Hard building. Los Angeles, Din Tai of The Price Is Right at » Culver City Bordering Beverly Hills Fung’s soup dumplings CBS Television City. Stroll » Sawtelle Japantown » and Westwood, the and noodles, and Italian through the La Brea Tar Westwood (D\99ɩ+SɊ S?\kDD Westside DISCOVERLOSANGELES.COM 5 W REGIONS STREET ART, Hollywood HOLLYWOOD RIGHTFULLY KNOWN AS THE ENTERTAINMENT CAPITAL OF THE Neighborhood: world, Hollywood is an essential part of the Los Angeles experience for millions West of visitors each year. Explore the Hollywood Museum, TCL Chinese Theatre, and Hollywood the Hollywood Walk of Fame, where lasting star tributes to celebrities have been You’re sure to see cast in brass and terrazzo for more than 50 years. Visit the nearby Dolby Theatre®, entertainment-industry site of the Academy Awards®. It’s located at Hollywood & Highland, a complex movers and shakers in at the iconic intersection where shopping, dining, and entertainment West Hollywood, known opportunities surround a spectacular courtyard modeled after the massive sets of for its rooftop pools and as the 1916 silent film Intolerance. Not far away, at Universal Studios Hollywood™, the place where rock stars get a look behind the scenes at a working back lot and experience rides that and legendary comedians bring popular films such as the Harry Potter blockbusters to life. The Warner got their big breaks. The Bros. Studio Tour Hollywood offers fans a daily glimpse of filmmaking magic with restaurants and designer tours in multiple languages of the studios’ back lots, an archive with sets from stores are as famous as The Big Bang Theory, and a backstage look at one of the many soundstages. In the celebrities who addition to entertainment and studios, Hollywood encompasses neighborhoods frequent them. Take in a such as Thai Town and Little Armenia, offering a rich array of ethnic cuisines. performance at a legendary Fresh California produce can be purchased whole at Hollywood Farmers’ Market Sunset Strip venue or as well as enjoyed in chef’s creations at restaurants like Yamashiro and Japan sample some of the many House cultural center and restaurant. other nightlife options in this renowned LGBT Neighborhood: look at how movies are Skip the line with neighborhood. Universal City made, become a part Universal Express Pass Located just 15 minutes of The Wizarding World or, for an exclusive More from Hollywood, of Harry Potter™, and behind-the-scenes Hollywood Universal City is home experience amazing tour, book the VIP Neighborhoods to Universal Studios® attractions like Experience. Enjoy live » Griffith Park Hollywood, the famous DreamWorks Theatre music, dining, shopping, » Hollywood theme park that features Featuring Kung Fu and nightlife under the » Larchmont Village » a legendary studio tour. Panda, and Jurassic neon lights of Universal Los Feliz ® ® Get a behind-the-scenes World – The Ride. CityWalk . » Silver Lake 6 DISCOVERLOSANGELES.COM EXPLORE THE VALLEY IS HOME TO MOVIE STUDIOS, stroll through pedestrian- Village at Westfield excellent restaurants, and natural and cultural friendly Tujunga Village, Topanga, an outdoor attractions. Foodies and fashionistas alike will love great for vintage finds, hub with more than 45 Ventura Boulevard, the main thoroughfare. Many grabbing a bite, and retailers and services and of L.A.’s most acclaimed sushi restaurants are located treating yourself to a nearly 30 food and drink on “Sushi Row” in Studio City, while dozens of scoop of gelato. Indulge establishments. When boutiques and vintage clothing shops are sure to in some of L.A.’s best it’s time to eat, Woodland please fashionable shoppers. In North Hollywood, the sushi before hitting the Hills offers plenty of vibrant NoHo Arts District features more than 20 live lanes at a glow-in-the- options from gourmet theaters, acting and art workshops, dance studios, and dark bowling alley. pizzerias to premier art galleries. In the North Valley, the Valley Performing steakhouses. Arts Center in Northridge showcases top-quality Neighborhood: performances in a world-class, eco-friendly setting. Woodland Hills More Valley Look for designer labels, Neighborhoods Neighborhood: be part of a studio handmade cosmetics, » Burbank Studio City audience at CBS Studio and children’s footwear » North Hollywood Studio City is the historic Center, and hike in in the block-long, indoor » North Valley home of the stars, where Fryman Canyon. 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