PlaceFood & drink
The Maybourne Bar
An onyx bar and blue armchairs in Beverly Hills, for a composed first drink before dinner and the brighter lights further east.
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PlaceFood & drink
The Tower Bar
A Sunset Tower dinner with old-Hollywood atmosphere, discreet service and a room that asks you to put the camera away.
GuideFood & drink
Three rooms between Beverly Hills and Hollywood
An onyx counter, a Sunset Tower dinner and a rooftop finish. An LA evening built around distinct settings, with transport between them.
Free entry
PlaceCulture
Getty Villa
Ancient art and garden courtyards in Pacific Palisades, for a day planned around the coast.
PlaceOutdoors
Echo Park Lake
A lakeside pause between downtown galleries and an evening on Sunset Boulevard, with room to let the city slow down.
PlaceConcerts
The Echo
A small-room live-music finish on Sunset Boulevard, close enough to make Echo Park the evening’s centre of gravity.
GuideCulture
Downtown to Echo Park, with an encore
Two art stops, a market meal, the lake and a live-music finish. Los Angeles in chapters, with time to move between them.
GuideCulture
Los Angeles for film lovers, beyond the studio tour
The Academy Museum, the Egyptian, New Beverly and Vista. Pick an exhibition, a projection format or a room with character and build a real film day around it.
PlaceCulture
Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
Film history becomes a museum experience on Wilshire, with costumes, production craft and the machinery of cinema in focus.
PlaceCulture
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Natural history gives Exposition Park another major destination, from fossils to the living world around Los Angeles.
PlaceCulture
Norton Simon Museum
A concentrated art collection and sculpture garden make Pasadena worth giving an afternoon of its own.
PlaceCulture
Museum of Jurassic Technology
An unusual museum in the Palms area, where the arrangement of displays invites curiosity about how knowledge is presented.
PlaceCulture
Skirball Cultural Center
Jewish heritage, art and cultural programming meet in a hillside setting off the Sepulveda Pass.
PlaceCulture
Museum of Neon Art
Light, signs and neon craft give Glendale an art stop with a distinctly Southern Californian subject.
PlaceCulture
Autry Museum of the American West
The histories and cultures of the American West are explored beside Griffith Park.
PlaceCulture
Heritage Square Museum
Historic buildings gathered in one place offer a walk through architectural chapters of Los Angeles.
PlaceOutdoors
The Huntington
Art, books and botanical gardens make this San Marino destination a place for a generous block of time.
PlaceCulture
Petersen Automotive Museum
Car design and motoring culture become the subject on Museum Row, inside a building that is hard to miss.
PlaceCulture
Chinese American Museum
Chinese American history is explored near El Pueblo, where a museum visit connects naturally with the surrounding historic district.
PlaceCulture
Craft Contemporary
Materials and making take the lead in a Museum Row space devoted to contemporary craft.
PlaceCulture
California African American Museum
Art and history in Exposition Park, centred on African American experiences with a particular connection to California.
Free entry
PlaceCulture
Italian American Museum of Los Angeles
A historic hall in El Pueblo becomes a place to explore Italian American life in Los Angeles.
Free entry
PlaceCulture
ASU FIDM Museum
Fashion and costume collections bring the work behind clothing into a museum setting in downtown Los Angeles.