Best of Los Angeles Guided City Tour with 4 Stops & Free Time
Description
Check out the BEST Los Angeles has to offer on this half-day interactive sightseeing experience! Take a seat on one of our Climate-Controlled Buses as your fun and entertaining driver-guide gives you an insider look at LA culture, history, landmarks, and hot spots. This tour is an excellent mix of time spent on the bus, sightseeing, and exploring different stops yourself! (NEW) You can now choose to begin your tour in Hollywood or Santa Monica! (Your first stop will either be Santa Monica or Hollywood, depending on where your tour begins) 1st Stop: Beverly Hills & Rodeo Drive (30 Minutes) 2nd stop: Santa Monica Pier or Hollywood (45 minutes) 3rd Stop: The Grove & Farmer's Market (60 Minutes) 4th Stop: The Griffith Observatory (30 Minutes) The ONLY Half-Day Tour in LA! Unlike competitor tours, which last 7-9 hours (or longer with hotel pick-ups), we're proud to offer a streamlined, half-day option that gives you all the highlights without taking up your entire day!
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The tour begins and ends on either the world-famous Hollywood Walk of Fame or the Santa Monica Pier, depending on your selected departure location, giving you ample time to explore Hollywood or Santa Monica before or after your tour.
The Sunset Strip extends from West Hollywood's eastern border with the city of Los Angeles near Marmont Lane to its western border with Beverly Hills at Phyllis Street. The Sunset Strip is known for its boutiques, restaurants, rock clubs, nightclubs, and its array of huge, colorful billboards.
West Hollywood is a trendy area known for its high-energy nightlife. The fabled Sunset Strip features the Chateau Marmont, a swanky celebrity hideaway, plus comedy clubs and live music venues like the legendary Whiskey a Go-Go. Santa Monica Boulevard, awash in rainbow flags, is home to a number of gay bars, dance clubs, and shops. WeHo also offers some of the city’s most buzzworthy restaurants.
Guests will enjoy 30 minutes at the Beverly Hills Sign, a perfect spot for photos at one of the city’s most iconic landmarks. From here, experience the heart of Beverly Hills & Rodeo Drive, just steps away, where luxury boutiques, palm-lined streets, exotic cars, and classic Hollywood glamour come together in one of Los Angeles’ most famous districts.
Guests will enjoy 30 minutes at the Beverly Hills Sign, a perfect spot for photos at one of the city’s most iconic landmarks. From here, experience the heart of Beverly Hills & Rodeo Drive, just steps away, where luxury boutiques, palm-lined streets, exotic cars, and classic Hollywood glamour come together in one of Los Angeles’ most famous districts.
Tours starting in Santa Monica include a 45-minute stop at the Hollywood Walk of Fame, giving guests time to walk Hollywood Boulevard, see the famous stars, visit iconic theaters like the TCL Chinese Theatre, spot handprints of legendary celebrities, and experience the energy of Hollywood.
Tours starting in Hollywood include a 45-minute stop at the Santa Monica Pier, where guests can explore the historic pier, take in ocean views, enjoy the beach and boardwalk, watch street performers, grab a snack, and take photos at the end of Route 66.
Santa Monica is a coastal city west of downtown Los Angeles. Santa Monica Beach is fringed by Palisades Park, with views over the Pacific Ocean. Santa Monica Pier is home to the Pacific Park amusement park, historic Looff Hippodrome Carousel, and Santa Monica Pier Aquarium. Next to the pier is Muscle Beach, an outdoor gym established in the 1930s. In the city center, Bergamot Station houses several art galleries
The Petersen Automotive Museum is located on Wilshire Boulevard along Museum Row in the Miracle Mile neighborhood of Los Angeles. One of the world's largest automotive museums, the Petersen Automotive Museum is a nonprofit organization specializing in automobile history and related educational programs.
La Brea Tar Pits are a group of tar pits around which Hancock Park was formed in urban Los Angeles, US. Natural asphalt has seeped up from the ground in this area for tens of thousands of years. The tar is often covered over with dust, leaves, or water.
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art is an art museum located on Wilshire Boulevard in the Miracle Mile vicinity of Los Angeles. LACMA is on Museum Row, adjacent to the La Brea Tar Pits. LACMA was founded in 1961, splitting from the Los Angeles Museum of History, Science, and Art.
Retail and restaurants draw a diverse crowd to the lively Fairfax District. The Grove outdoor mall features upscale shops, a fountain, and a trolley car, while the historic Original Farmer’s Market offers casual eats. Along trendy Fairfax Avenue, long-standing Jewish businesses like Canter’s Deli share space with a number of cutting-edge streetwear designers. CBS Television City offers regular TV show tapings
The Grove & The Original Famers Market - The sprawling historic market features a range of trendy shops, restaurants & gourmet grocery purveyors. - Lunch Stop
Melrose Avenue is a shopping, dining, and entertainment destination in Los Angeles that starts at Santa Monica Boulevard, at the border between Beverly Hills and West Hollywood. It ends at Lucile Avenue in Silver Lake. Melrose runs north of Beverly Boulevard and south of Santa Monica Boulevard.
Griffith Park is a large municipal park at the eastern end of the Santa Monica Mountains, in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. The park covers 4,310 acres of land, making it one of the largest urban parks in North America.
Greek Theatre is an amphitheater located in Griffith Park, Los Angeles, California. It is owned by the city of Los Angeles and is operated by ASM Global.
Griffith Observatory is a facility in Los Angeles, California, situated on the south-facing slope of Mount Hollywood in Los Angeles' Griffith Park. It commands a view of the Los Angeles Basin, including Downtown Los Angeles to the southeast, Hollywood to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest.
Return to Start: At the end of the tour, guests will be dropped off at the same location where they began — Hollywood departures return to Hollywood, and Santa Monica departures return to Santa Monica.
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Important Information
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- (ONLY AVAILABLE WHEN DEPARTING FROM HOLLYWOOD) We now offer this tour in 11 languages through a free multilingual app with pre-recorded audio commentary (not a live guide). You can follow along in your preferred language: English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Russian, Italian, Catalan, Korean, Japanese, or Chinese. Our team will help you download the app to your smartphone and log in during check-in.
Reviews(2,152)
Enjoyed our day learning about LA and seeing the sites. We found several places to visit over the next few days. Chellsee was great and knew lots of great info!
Good experience and have fun of the tour.
Hollywood Bus Tours is great and this tour was the perfect way for me during my short 3 day, 4 night stay in Hollywood to see so much of the city in my activity packed stay. The tour made stops in Beverly Hills, at Santa Monica Beach, the Farmers Market for lunch, and Griffith Observatory from where we could see and take pictures of the famous Hollywood sign. It also took us down the famous Sunset Strip and through the heart of Hollywood itself pointing out the major attractions there on Hollywood Boulevard. The length of the tour was 5.5 hours (which was just right) on an air conditioned bus which we could still take good pictures through the tinted windows of the bus of points of interest as we drove by them. The bus was also equipped with charger ports next to the seats for charging electronic devices. Our tour guide, Mike, was very friendly, professional, courteous, knowledgeable and informative..not just about major tourist attractions but also things like local high schools we passed and which celebrities attended them, about various buildings in the neighborhoods we drove through, and even told stories like how one particular celebrity crashed into a liquor store that he pointed out in the tour as we passed it, that the star settled out of court and to this day is friends with the owner. He made sure to point out at our stops where really good photo opportunities would be like the sign for the end of Route 66 at Santa Monica Beach. We drove past a couple of movie studios, the Capitol Records Building and too many other points of interest to mention. I was staying in Hollywood for 3 full days and this tour was absolutely the best way for me to see so much of the city in my activity packed stay. So happy I took this tour. I definitely recommend it.
We had a fantastic tour today with Chellsee! She was knowledgeable, engaging, and shared interesting facts and stories throughout the entire trip that made each stop even more enjoyable. Her directions for every drop-off and pick-up location were clear and easy to follow, so everything ran smoothly. This tour is an excellent way to experience several of LA’s most iconic neighborhoods and attractions without the hassle of driving, finding parking, or navigating traffic yourself. We covered so much in one day, and it was absolutely worth the price. If you’re visiting Los Angeles and want to see a lot in a short amount of time, I highly recommend this tour—and if you get Chellsee as your guide, you’re in for a great experience! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
The itinerary was great but we weren't at the stops long enough. In Beverly Hills we totally missed Rodeo Drive. At Santa Monica Pier we only had time to walk down to the Pier and back. Not long enough. I'd have paid more money to stay longer.
Our guide Mike was amazing and did a great job describing locations, amount of time available and when to return to the bus. The only minor issue was that it was very hot on the day we travelled and the bus was so hot! Otherwise, great tour.
Chellsee was great!!! We loved the farmers market, and the trip to Beverly Hills.
We chose this tour as we were only in LA a few days and it was fantastic. Chelsee was a superb host who provided us with lots of informative information and clear instructions on times etc at each stop. I would highly recommend this tour if you want to see the main sites of Hollywood. Thank you Chelsee for a great day.
As first time visitors of Los Angeles, my family and I thought the 5.5 hour tour would be a great way for us to explore & it was better than we could have imagined. Our tour guide, Shawn, was great at providing historical facts, safe driving & eating/shopping recommendations while displaying his witty personality along the way. My family would definitely recommend this tour to other visitors, whether it’s your first time in LA or not.
Make sure you print out the confirmation where it shows you the exact location to meet your tour bus. I requested the alternate location to meet the tour bus but the Viator representative confirmed representative confirmed me to the other location I did want because it was too far to travel.
