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Galleries, good tables, green corners and nights worth staying out for. Choose your city and mood. We’ll put the places in order.

Downtown to Echo Park, with an encore

Los Angeles, your way.

5 considered stops At your own pace

Two art stops, a market meal, the lake and a live-music finish. Los Angeles in chapters, with time to move between them.

YOUR DAY, AT A GLANCE
Patterned facade of The Broad in Downtown Los Angeles, photographed in November 201501 / 05 Downtown & Bunker Hill

STOP 01 / 05

The Broad

Choose the collection or exhibition that interests you and arrange the required admission.

221 S. Grand Avenue, 90012, Los Angeles
Opening hours & practical details
Regular opening hours
MondayClosed
Tuesday11:00–17:00
Wednesday11:00–17:00
Thursday11:00–20:00
Friday11:00–17:00
Saturday10:00–18:00
Sunday10:00–18:00
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Metro A and E lines serve Grand Avenue Arts/Bunker Hill. Check current station access and the museum’s construction notices.

Last checked 20 Sept 2026.

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Patterned facade of The Broad in Downtown Los Angeles, photographed in November 2015

Levi Clancy / Wikimedia Commons, 2015. Resized and compressed; display crops vary. · CC0: License; Source

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MOCA Grand Avenue in Downtown Los Angeles, photographed in January 201602 / 05 Downtown & Bunker Hill

STOP 02 / 05

MOCA Grand Avenue

Continue on Grand Avenue for a second, selective art stop. Keep enough afternoon for the neighbourhood beyond.

250 South Grand Avenue, 90012, Los Angeles
Opening hours & practical details
Regular opening hours
MondayClosed
Tuesday11:00–17:00
Wednesday11:00–17:00
Thursday11:00–20:00
Friday11:00–17:00
Saturday11:00–18:00
Sunday11:00–18:00
Check date exceptions and admission details ↗

Last checked 20 Sept 2026.

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MOCA Grand Avenue in Downtown Los Angeles, photographed in January 2016

Grandave-1986 / Wikimedia Commons, 2016. Resized and compressed; display crops vary. · CC BY-SA 4.0: License (including resized version); Source

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Food stall inside Grand Central Market in Los Angeles, photographed in September 202203 / 05 Downtown & Bunker Hill

STOP 03 / 05

Grand Central Market

Let the market decide the meal. Individual vendors keep their own service hours.

317 South Broadway, 90013, Los Angeles
Opening hours & practical details
Regular opening hours
Monday08:00–21:00
Tuesday08:00–21:00
Wednesday08:00–21:00
Thursday08:00–21:00
Friday08:00–21:00
Saturday08:00–21:00
Sunday08:00–21:00
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Last checked 20 Sept 2026.

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Food stall inside Grand Central Market in Los Angeles, photographed in September 2022

Another Believer / Wikimedia Commons, 2022. Resized and compressed; display crops vary. · CC BY-SA 4.0: License (including resized version); Source

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Lotus flowers, Echo Park Lake and the Los Angeles skyline in July 201904 / 05 Los Angeles

STOP 04 / 05

Echo Park Lake

Travel to Echo Park and give the lakeside the slower part of the day.

751 Echo Park Avenue, 90026, Los Angeles
Opening hours & practical details

Opening hours have not been confirmed. Check the official website before visiting.

Last checked 21 Sept 2026.

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Lotus flowers, Echo Park Lake and the Los Angeles skyline in July 2019

Alaiben · CC BY-SA 4.0; License; resized for web; Source

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FRANKIE performing at The Echo in Los Angeles on 21 February 201905 / 05 Los Angeles

STOP 05 / 05

The Echo

Finish with a live show chosen from the official calendar. Check doors, age limits and that your ticket says The Echo.

Choose a night and check the venue’s programme, ticket availability and entry requirements.

1822 West Sunset Boulevard, 90026, Los Angeles
Opening hours & practical details

Opening hours have not been confirmed. Check the official website before visiting.

Last checked 21 Sept 2026.

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FRANKIE performing at The Echo in Los Angeles on 21 February 2019

Justin Higuchi from Los Angeles, CA, USA · CC BY 2.0; License; resized for web; Source

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Built from an editorial guideDowntown to Echo Park, with an encore

The sequence is assembled from linked places. Our guides remain the source of the selections and commentary; each place supplies its own practical details.