Los Angeles: 10 Things to Do in 24 Hours
Introduction
You could spend your day in L.A. at the Universal Studios theme park and the attached City Walk outdoor mall. (Maybe you've got kids with you. Maybe you're a dork. I don't know.)
Or you could take a picture of the Hollywood sign. (No, you can't drive to it. You can't even walk to it; there's a fence. So, from Franklin Avenue in Hollywood, turn uphill onto Beachwood Canyon Drive and take a photo halfway up the street. Or park at the end of Beachwood and hike 30 minutes to get really close.)
You could stroll down Hollywood Boulevard to Grauman's Chinese Theater and look at all the celebrity handprints and footprints, pose for photos with the weirdos who dress up as superheroes and ask you for money, then go hang out the Hollywood and Highland Center mall. You could spend the day gawking at the expensive stores on the twisty part of Rodeo Drive. You could drive 45 minutes south to Disneyland, for all I care. But you won't have seen L.A.
Here's how I would spend my time in L.A., on my first trip or my tenth.
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1. Universal Studios
70 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, CA, 91608; 818-622-3801 34.138279-118.359872 universalstudioshollywood.com -
2. City Walk
100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, CA, 91608; 818-622-4455 34.136198-118.353572 citywalkhollywood.com -
3. The Hollywood Sign
Los Angeles, CA, 90068 34.134048-118.32163 hollywoodsign.org -
4. Grauman's Chinese Theatre
6925 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, 90028; 323-464-6266 34.10178-118.340969 manntheatres.com/chinese -
5. Hollywood and Highland Center
6801 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood, CA, 90028; 323-817-0200 34.101731-118.338976 hollywoodandhighland.com -
6. Disneyland
1313 South Disneyland Drive, Anaheim, CA, 92802; 714-781-4565 33.815417-117.925215 More Info
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