Top 10 Los Angeles (Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guides) [Pap/Map ed.] 0756660424, 9780756660420

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EYEWITNESS TRAVEL

TOP 10 LOS ANGELES

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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

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Historic Hollywood Boulevard

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The Getty Center

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Reprinted with revisions 2006, 2008, 2010 Copyright 2004, 2010 © Dorling Kindersley Limited, London A Penguin Company

Los Angeles County

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

El Pueblo de Los

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.

Museum of Art (LACMA)

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Huntington Library, Art Collections, & Botanical Gardens Universal Studios

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Hollywood

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Griffith Park

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Disneyland® Resort

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Catalina Island

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Moments in History

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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

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Around Town

Parks & Gardens

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Downtown

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Beaches

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Around Downtown

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Sports & Fitness Venues

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Pasadena

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Drives & Day Trips

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Hollywood

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LA for Children

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Shopping Streets

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Performing Arts Venues

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Beverly Hills, Westwood, & Bel-Air 110

Movie Theaters

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Santa Monica Bay

Hollywood Connections

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Live Music Clubs

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Streetsmart

Weird & Wacky LA

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Practical Information

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Places to See & Be Seen 64

Places to Stay

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Restaurants

General Index

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West Hollywood & Midtown

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Left View of Downtown Los Angeles Right Homage to a Starry Night mural, Venice Beach

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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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