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Highlights of Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles is a very fascinating city and a great place for anyone to go on vacation. Visiting Los Angeles and its surroundings could be one of the best and most memorable experiences you will ever have. Tourists seem to get excited about everything from the simplest things to the biggest. For some reason, tourists always like to see the famous Hollywood sign and especially visitors from non-coastal states like to go to the beach and see the Pacific Ocean for the first time.

If you’re more into adrenaline and fun and planning to come to the city of Los Angeles, you’ll be within a reasonable driving distance of several amusement and water parks, including Six Flags Magic Mountain, Hurricane Harbor, Disneyland, Knott’s Berry Farm, Universal Studios, Raging Waters, and other places like the Los Angeles Zoo and Griffith Park.

If you are really interested in the Movie Industry, you can attend the recordings of numerous television shows where you can see your favorite stars live and in person. Or if you prefer to be in front of the camera rather than in the audience, there are various advertisements in newspapers, magazines, and telephone poles looking for all kinds of people who want to be background extras in movies, TV shows, and commercials. No experience necessary. Be sure to stroll down Hollywood Boulevard and search the ground for the stars of your favorite artists on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

You can go to the Staples Center, home of the 9th time of the NBA (National Basketball
Association) World Champions Los Angeles Lakers. Magic Johnson has stopped playing professional basketball, but you’ll still see his name all over Los Angeles. He is involved with a few businesses in the city, including some 24-hour Fitness locations, the Magic Johnson theaters located in the Crenshaw Mall, Starbucks Coffee, and Magic Johnson’s TGI Friday’s restaurant.

Right across the street from the Forum in Inglewood, where the Lakers used to play for about 30 years until a few years ago, is the Hollywood Park Race Track and Casino. They only have horse races a few months out of the year. But you are “lucky” because the Casino is fully operational 24/7 to cater to your gaming needs. It’s one of the few places around here that, at least so far, still has FREE parking.

For baseball fans, you can go to Dodger Stadium, home of the former World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers. You wouldn’t want to go to Dodger Stadium without eating one of their famous Dodger Dogs.

Not only do we have professional sports champions, we also have our very famous college rivals from across town, the UCLA Bruins and USC Trojans, who have brought team championships to the city of Los Angeles and had their students and alumni students bringing Gold Medals when they represented the United States throughout the years at the Olympics.

If you want to see another historic sporting site, go to the Los Angeles Coliseum. Not only was it home to the Rams and later the Raiders, when Los Angeles used to have an NFL football team, but it was also a major venue for the 1932 and 1984 Summer Olympics. If you watched the Games Olympics, then saw the Los Angeles Coliseum during the opening and closing ceremonies and track and field events. The Olympic torch is still there.

While at the Colosseum, it would be worth the walk to the California Science Center in Exposition Park. It is a great educational learning experience for both adults and children. The Sports Arena is in that general area. Also, within walking distance in that area there are several museums you might be interested in.

You don’t want to miss out on spending time on San Diego’s 405 Freeway, which runs through the west side of Los Angeles County, so you can enjoy the bumper-to-bumper traffic we all experience so often. Most people in the area call it the largest parking lot in the world. Your foot hits the brake of your car while you burn that expensive gasoline. It is usually at a complete stop or traveling at a snail’s pace. I just hope they don’t have a car accident on the freeway in front of you because the snail would beat you in a race.

If you depart from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), which is right next to Playa del Rey on the western edge of the city, you can take the 405 freeway and head north. When you can finally get through the traffic, you can visit the J. Paul Getty Museum, which is located just before you reach the valley.

You can go to Marina del Rey just north of the airport where you can enjoy a dinner cruise on the ocean or bring your fishing rod and go out on one of the fishing boats all day or just hang out at Fisherman’s Village overlooking the Pacific. Ocean and has food, drinks, and gift shops. There are places near most of the beaches where you can rent bikes. There is a bike trail that runs along the Pacific Ocean side right on the beach. If you like rollerblading, rollerblading, and/or skateboarding, then you’ll like Venice Beach.

Normally from the west side of Los Angeles, if you’re on or near Playa del Rey and you look up, you can see the planes taking off over the ocean. If you are anywhere to the east of the airport, you can see planes coming in for landing. But if you look up and see a helicopter, don’t be mistaken. Probably not a guided helicopter tour. It will most likely be the Los Angeles Police Department helicopter chasing a suspect with the media helicopters trying to shoot and doing their best to stay out of the way. Police car chases are very common around here. You hear emergency vehicle sirens coming from all directions. But that’s what Los Angeles does best to keep our city nice and safe.

To be fair, as a traveler, you really need to make the safety of yourself and your family a top priority, no matter which city in the world you visit.

If you want to do another cruise, you can go to Catalina Island. You can go there, have fun and come back the same day if you want or you can stay several days if you really like it. There are numerous activities out there.

Another historic site you won’t want to miss is the corner of Florence and Normandie avenues, where the Los Angeles riots began in 1992. Most of the businesses that burned to the ground during that time have since been rebuilt, so , of course, they look much better and more modern. Others may never be rebuilt.

At the southern tip of Los Angeles County is Long Beach, where you can see the Queen Mary docked. You can tour the ship. Plus, while you’re in Long Beach, you can visit the Aquarium of the Pacific for an underwater adventure. Like the California Science Center, it is another great educational learning opportunity for both adults and children.

For shopping, it depends on what interests you. You can get just about anything you can think of in the malls that are everywhere. The Del Amo Mall in Torrance (the southern part of Los Angeles County) is one of the largest malls in the United States. If you’re looking for discount clothing and other merchandise, head to the Garment District in downtown Los Angeles. If you want expensive things, go to Rodeo Drive and the Wilshire Boulevard area of ​​Beverly Hills. Just east of Beverly Hills is the Grove, where you can visit the Farmers Market that has been serving Los Angeles since 1934. The area has been altered, expanded, and built on in recent years.

Wilshire Boulevard is one of the main commercial streets in Los Angeles that stretches from the beach to downtown Los Angeles. So if you want to drive down Wilshire Boulevard just for fun, you can start at the Santa Monica Pier overlooking the Pacific Ocean and it will take you through the cities of Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, and Los Angeles. When you get downtown, be sure to check out the Los Angeles Civic Center area.

Another interesting street to drive for fun is Crenshaw Boulevard. You can start on Wilshire Blvd and go south on Crenshaw Boulevard. It will take you through downtown Los Angeles. Your journey will take you through the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Shopping Center, Leimert Park in the Crenshaw District, then through Inglewood, Hawthorne, Lawndale, Torrance, Rolling Hills Estates, and all the way down until it ends at Rancho Palos Verdes in the South Bay. Los Angeles County area.

Check the schedule for the Los Angeles Convention Center. They always have some kind of entertainment, business or informational seminars, exhibitions or workshops there. You may find something going on that you want to attend.

There are countless food and drink venues throughout the Los Angeles area, from fine dining restaurants to fast food joints and every shade of gray in between that will satisfy any appetite. You just have to find the ones that match your taste. There are all kinds of entertainment, dancing, activities and shows in addition to everything mentioned above.

If you’re not visiting someone who has a car you can use, then you should probably rent a car because waiting for public transportation in Los Angeles will eat up most of your vacation time. Have fun.

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