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Great restaurants in each area Must-see museums & galleries Places to see & be seen Spots to swim, surf, cycle, or sail Sights on Hollywood Boulevard Best hotels for every budget Live music venues & comedy clubs Tips for visiting Disneyland® Resort Best shopping streets & malls Insider tips for every visitor
YOUR GUIDE TO THE 10 BEST OF EVERYTHING
TOP 10
LOS ANGELES
CATHERINE GERBER
EYEWITNESS TRAVEL
Contents
Left Sunset Strip Right Huntington Gardens
Contents Los Angeles Top 10 Sunset Strip Reproduced by Colourscan, Singapore Printed and bound by South China Printing Co. Ltd, China First American Edition, 2004 10 11 12 13 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 Published in the United States by DK Publishing, 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014
Reprinted with revisions 2006, 2008, 2010 Copyright 2004, 2010 © Dorling Kindersley Limited, London A Penguin Company All rights reserved. Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise), without the prior written permission of both the copyright owner and the above publisher of this book. Published in Great Britain by Dorling Kindersley Limited. A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. ISSN 1479-344X ISBN 978-0-75666-042-0 Within each Top 10 list in this book, no hierarchy of quality or popularity is implied. All 10 are, in the editor’s opinion, of roughly equal merit.
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Historic Hollywood Boulevard
10
The Getty Center
12
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
16
El Pueblo de Los Angeles
20
Huntington Library, Art Collections, & Botanical Gardens Universal Studios
22
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Hollywood
26
Griffith Park
28
Disneyland® Resort
30
Catalina Island
36
Moments in History
38
The information in this DK Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guide is checked regularly. Every effort has been made to ensure that this book is as up-to-date as possible at the time of going to press. Some details, however, such as telephone numbers, opening hours, prices, gallery hanging arrangements and travel information are liable to change. The publishers cannot accept responsibility for any consequences arising from the use of this book, nor for any material on third party websites, and cannot guarantee that any website address in this book will be a suitable source of travel information. We value the views and suggestions of our readers very highly. Please write to: Publisher, DK Eyewitness Travel Guides, Dorling Kindersley, 80 Strand, London, Great Britain WC2R 0RL. Cover: Front: DK IMAGES: Peter Peevers clb; Photolibrary: Index Stock Imagery/Ted Wilcox main. Spine: DK IMAGES: Neil Setchfield b. Back: DK IMAGES: Max Alexander c; Neil Setchfield cl, cr.
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Architectural Landmarks
40
Around Town
Parks & Gardens
42
Downtown
70
Beaches
44
Around Downtown
80
Sports & Fitness Venues
46
Pasadena
86
Drives & Day Trips
48
Hollywood
94
LA for Children
50
Shopping Streets
52
Performing Arts Venues
54
Beverly Hills, Westwood, & Bel-Air 110
Movie Theaters
56
Santa Monica Bay
Hollywood Connections
58
Live Music Clubs
60
Streetsmart
Weird & Wacky LA
62
Practical Information
134
Places to See & Be Seen 64
Places to Stay
144
Restaurants
General Index
152
66
West Hollywood & Midtown
Contents
Left View of Downtown Los Angeles Right Homage to a Starry Night mural, Venice Beach
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116
Long Beach & San Pedro 126
Left Redondo Beach Right Beverly Hills Hotel, Beverly Hills Key to abbreviations Adm admission charge Free no admission charge Dis. access disabled access
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LOS ANGELES TOP 10
Sunset Strip 8–9 Historic Hollywood Boulevard 10–11 Getty Center 12–15 Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) 16–19 El Pueblo de Los Angeles 20–21 Huntington Library, Art Collections, & Botanical Gardens 22–25 Universal Studios® Hollywood 26–27 Griffith Park 28–29 Disneyland® Resort 30–35 Catalina Island 36–37 Top Ten of Everything 38–67
LOS ANGELES TOP 10
Los Angeles Highlights 6–7
Strip ! Sunset The heady mix of hip restaurants, nightclubs, and bars along the city’s entertainment mile attracts legions of the young and the trendy (see pp8–9).
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