Things to do in LA?

[schoty77]

We're staying in LA for a week, hotel is next to the Chinese Theatre. We're stopping off on the way to Florida so not interested in any of the parks. We have done the main tourist sites like Walk of Fame, The Grove etc before. Any suggestions for two adults and two older teens?

We won't have a car but thinking of taking public transport to Santa Monica beach and the Griffith Observatory.

The studio tour at Warner Bros is excellent. We did it with our two teens two years ago and we all thoroughly enjoyed it.

We had a car and went to Venice beach and up to Griffith Observatory both of which i really liked. We also went to Universal studios which was great fun. But the Movie stars homes tour wasn't worth it - just looking at gates and hedges!

Thanks for the suggestions. Warner's Bros Tour sounds perfect!

The Getty museum and Getty Villa are both well worth a visit.

Universal Studios and the set tour is an absolute must!!

I loved the Hollywood homes tour!

Lakers basketball game at Staples Centre is good fun for all the family, even if you're not basketball fans (we're not but had a great time).

Venice beach

The Getty- by far the best place in LA imo! I would go there just to go to the Getty!

Tar pit museum if you want your kids to hate you!!!

I stayed at the lowes hotel which is right on HB with my son
We did bother with a car either

We got public transport the bus to Venice Beach which took about an hour but was really good fun
We also did venice beach and the marina area while we were there and Santa Monica Pier
We did the big red bus tour which was excellent as we got two days 4 one and entrance to Madame Tusades which was surprisingly good fun

Farmers Market and the surrounding shops are well worth a visit

The Hollywood homes tours depends on who you do it with I’ve done it twice first time was brilliant second time crap

You can get a metro / bus pass for 7 days for about 20 dollars which was good value as we used it quite a bit

San Francisco is good even with small children. We toured LA by a rented car. Mainly we looked at the local shops and visited some local museums too. One day we spent on the beach eating a picnic lunch and had dinner at a decent cafe on the street on the way back from the beach. I was nine years old at the time we went. One suggestion bring a hat. And sunscreen lots of it. Plus fruit and bottles of water just in case.

Go and have lunch at the Chateau Marmont! It’s absolutely gorgeous, if you fancy a splurge a night’s stay would be a real treat! Also worth visiting the Queen Mary in Long Beach if you like creepy stuff, or fancy some of their history exhibitions about the ship’s role in WW2.

Warner Bros, is the place you want to visit!

Don't take buses, trust me, it'll take you forever. Uber or Lyft is cheap and fast. Download the apps and off you go, door to door. I highly suggest The Huntington Gardens in San Marino, near Pasadena. My teenagers love it. It's huge, with several restaurants and shops. The Japanese and Chinese areas are especially good, with a great noodle restaurant on the lake (probably book ahead these days). Also the Getty Villa in Malibu (different from the Getty Museum in West LA-also great!!) , then head to the Reel Inn (just a fish shack on the side of Highway 1) for a relaxing dinner. Venice Beach is a hole. Go to Santa Monica, near the pier. You can go to the amusement park on the pier if you like, or the little aquarium underneath, but there are lots of places to rent bikes, and you can ride for miles on the bike paths, up to Malibu, down to Marina Del Rey, anywhere you like. Back to the Beach is a great place for lunch, about a mile north of the pier, just off the bike path. Little Tokyo is great for teens, lots of weird little anime shops and bookstores with wonderful Japanese stationary, and places to each mochi, shabu shabu, and lots more. Look it up in a travel book before you go, so you can get to the best places without wandering around like a nut. It's not that concentrated..

Yes Warner’s Bros tour, Griffith Observatory / the views are stunning , Hollywood hills drive, houses of the stars tour,

When we go visiting in LA we look for trip tricks and tours on lakersnews.net/ I m not sure if they still write these kind of articles, but 2 years ago my eldest daughter has got some good ideas for LA. We visited several museums, the kids were super amazed by everything that we saw out there. I recommend going there at the beginning of summer or early in fall, as it gets quite hot in there and kids can't live without the air conditioning. If you don't have toddlers then this shouldn't be an issue! Enjoy the trip!