Los Angeles Tours — So Cal Travel & Vacation Guide

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Los Angeles, California has been called the land of dreams; translated from Spanish, Los Angeles is the City of Angels.

Commonly referred to simply as LA it's best known as the entertainment and movie capital of the world.

Home to earthquakes, celebrities and innumerable movie locations, Los Angeles can only truly be experienced in person—use this guide to preplan your experience.

Typically, when people refer to Los Angeles, they are really speaking of Los Angeles County and even nearby Orange County cities such as Anaheim or the nearby cities of Malibu, Santa Monica and Long Beach in Southern California.

Los Angeles is the second largest city in the U.S by population and largest in square miles. It attracts visitors and residents from around the world with its balmy weather, Hollywood movie and television studios, beaches and California lifestyle.

Use the blue column menu to the far right for a photo and history tour of the L.A. area. Highlights are listed below:

If you are planning a trip to the Los Angeles area you'll find our Los Angeles & Orange County Airports & Freeways map and Downtown LA map useful. Visitors will want to check out our hotel booking service.

To get the most from your visit to the entertainment capital of the world:

Visit Hollywood and see the sights on Hollywood Boulevard; visit Grauman's Chinese Theatre and the Kodak Theatre—home of the Oscars, find your favorite star on the Hollywood Walk-of-Fame.

Take a sightseeing tour of move stars homes, celebrity grave sites, historic Hollywood movie, TV & radio landmarks, a grand tour of Los Angeles or one of several helicopter flights over Los Angeles and Hollywood.

Explore historic El Pueblo de Los Angeles and Olvera Street. Downtown LA, New Chinatown and Little Tokyo are also historic and interesting Los Angeles neighborhoods.

Play in the ocean, lay on the beach or stroll the boardwalk in Manhattan Beach, Venice, Malibu, Santa Monica, Marina del Rey and Long Beach.

Other attractions in Long Beach include the Aquarium of the Pacific and the luxurious ocean liner Queen Mary.

Santa Monica's 3rd Street Promenade with its twice weekly farmers market is a popular shopping destination as are LA's Olvera Street, Grand Central Market, Farmers Market and Grove Street. Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills features the top retailers in the U.S.

If you enjoyed visiting Los Angeles on iNeTours.com you may also want to check out my sections on San Diego, San Francisco and the California Wine Country, London, New York City, Las Vegas, New Orleans and Yosemite National Park.

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