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General Information About Los Angeles

Los Angelesofficially the City of Los Angeles (City of Los Angeles 'City of Angels'), or LA with its initials, is the most populous in the state of California (English: California) with a population of 13.1 million, the second most populous in the USA after New York, and the third in the North American continent. It is a crowded city. Los Angeles is a city with an area of ​​approximately 1,210 km2 located in a large basin surrounded by the Pacific Ocean on one side and mountains up to 3,000 meters on the other, and is the center of Los Angeles County, the most populous county in the country. Famous for its Mediterranean climate, Hollywood and entertainment industry, the metropolis of Los Angeles is not only the largest city on the West Coast of North America, but also the cultural, financial and commercial center of Southern California. While giving detailed information about the city in this article titled Los Angeles Travel Guide,If one is to look for a city to characterize the American Dream , it is undoubtedly Los Angeles, which over the years has served as a magnet for countless dreamers who have followed their dreams to start life over.

Los Angeles Aerial View Marina Del Rey

Hosting Hollywood, one of the major centers of the world entertainment industry, Los Angeles ranks 6th in the Global Cities Index and 9th in the Global Economic Power Index. The Los Angeles metropolitan area is also the third largest metropolitan city in the world, after the Tokyo and New York metropolitan areas, with a gross revenue of $1,044 trillion (as of 2017). Los Angeles hosted the 1932 and 1984 Summer Olympics and is scheduled to host for the third time in 2028. It has hosted the Miss Universe pageant twice, in 1990 and 2006, making it one of nine American cities to host 1994 FIFA men's soccer. Two famous basketball teams based in Los Angeles named Lakers and Clippers are in the NBA.

Los Angeles History

Los Angeles and its environs, historically the home of the American peoples called Chumash and Tongva, were connected to Alta California by Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo in 1542, and the city was officially established by Spanish governor Felipe de Neve on September 4, 1781. It became part of Mexico in 1821 after the Mexican War of Independence. At the end of the Mexican-American War in 1848, Los Angeles and the rest of California were acquired as part of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which became part of the United States. Los Angeles was incorporated as a municipality on April 4, 1850, five months before it reached the state of California. The discovery of oil in the 1890s allowed the city to grow rapidly. Also, the completion of the Los Angeles Aqueduct in 1913 with the supply of water from Eastern California contributed to the growth of the city.

Rodeo Drive

Regions

Parts of the City of Los Angeles include:

Downtown

Although the arrival of automobiles and highways in Downtown, which is home to the central business district and Grand Avenue cultural corridor, has caused the deterioration of the neighborhood structure, there has been a revival in recent years with the opening of hotels, bars, shops and restaurants thanks to new housing constructions.

Eastside

It's the fun district north of downtown and east of Hollywood.

Harbor Area

It is the largest seaport in the USA and the starting point for cruises to Catalina Island.

Hollywood

It is a very wealthy part of the city and the place where movies are made. It has tended to increase its appeal in recent years with the construction of Hollywood & Highland and the return of the Academy Awards.

San Fernando Valley (San Fernando Valley)

It is the northern suburban part of Los Angeles. It is a valley to the northwest of the city centre, mostly inhabited by several districts.

South Central

Although the region, long notorious for gang violence, is famous for the Rodney King riots, great efforts are being made to rectify its old bad image. There are places worth seeing, such as the Exposition Park museums.

Westside

It is generally the corridor where the wealthy live in the city, and it is between downtown Los Angeles and the ocean. The Westside houses many upscale restaurants, shopping malls and movie theaters.

Wilshire

The Miracle Mile District is home to the interesting historic architecture of the Farmers Market and Grove shopping districts, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Koreatown (Korean neighborhood), CBS Television City and La Brea Tar Pits.

Universal Studios La Los Angeles Famous Globe

Universal Studios' famous globe. Los Angeles, USA

Los Angeles Climate, Weather, When to Go?

Los Angeles' climate is classified as subtropical-Mediterranean, a rare and often desirable weather classification. The city is sunny throughout the year and the weather is warm year-round. Seasons in Los Angeles are often negligible and can often be split into summer and winter/spring. Summers begin in early May and last for a long time, with the hottest of the year occurring in September and October. In the autumn and winter, there are strong and hot 'Santa Ana winds' that blow inland near the Santa Ana mountains and blow towards the coast. The temperature, which rises to 32 degrees in summer, rarely drops below 20 degrees at night, and in winter, it can be said that it is around 7-13 degrees in the evening and around 15 degrees during the day.

It's Good To Know Before You Go

The best time to go to Los Angeles, which can be visited all year round due to its mild climate, is April and May, when the parks are in bloom and the sweltering heat has not yet begun. Of course, if you want to enjoy the Southern California sun and swim in the sea while you are in Los Angeles, you can choose June, July and August when the beaches are full. From January to April, you can see the lowest room rates and occupancy rates.

Los Angeles weather

December and January are the coolest months with an average temperature of 68°F (20°C), while August is the warmest month with an average temperature of 84°F (28.3°C).

Airport Los Angeles Lights

Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)

How to Get to Los Angeles
Aeroplane

Five major commercial airports and more than a dozen private airports serve the Los Angeles area, with five major airports in Los Angeles, Burbank, Santa Ana, Long Beach, and Ontario. The largest of these, Los Angeles International Airport (IATA: LAX) is the largest international gateway to Southland and consists of nine terminals built in different eras with a massive architecture. In the Los Angeles area, then Long Beach Airport (IATA: LGB), Bob Hope (Bubank) Airport (IATA: BUR), Orange County/John Wayne Airport (IATA: SNA), and LA/Ontario Airport outside Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) (IATA: ONT) is also used.

LAX Terminals, Los Angeles Airport Terminals and Airlines

Terminal 1 Southwest (Gates 01-14)

Terminal 2 Aeroméxico, Air Canada, Air China, Arkefly, Hainan, Hawaiian Air , Qatar Airways, Sun Country , Avianca/Taca, Virgin Atlantic , Volaris, WestJet

Terminal 3 Allegiant , Frontier , JetBlue , Spirit , Virgin America , Virgin Australia (Gate 34-38)  

Terminal 4 American , American Eagle (Gate 40- 49A).

Terminal 5 Delta, Delta Connection (Gate 50A-B-59)

Terminal 6 Alaska (Gate 64A-B- 69A-B), American, Copa Airlines (Gate 65), Great Lakes (Gate 64A-B, 65A-B, 66 & 67A) (Gate 60-63)

Terminal 7 United (Gate 70A-B-77A-B)

Terminal 8 United, United Express (Gate 80-88)

Tom Bradley/TBIT or B Aeroflot, American, Air Berlin, Air France, Air Tahiti Nui, Air New Zealand, Alitalia, All Nippon Airways, Asiana, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, China Airlines, China Eastern, China Southern, El Al Israel Airlines, Emirates, Etihad, EVA Air, Fiji Airways , Ethiopian, Iberia Airlines, Japan Airlines, KLM Royal Dutch, Korean Air, LAN Airlines, LAN Peru, Lufthansa, Norwegian, Philippine Airlines, Qantas, Qatar Airways, Saudia, Singapore Airlines, Swiss International Airlines, Thai Airways, Transaero Airlines, & Turkish Airlines

Train

The main Amtrak station is at Union Station, 800 N. Alameda St., off the Hollywood (US-101) highway in downtown Los Angeles. It is located at the train station. The train station is patrolled by private security guards and people who stay in the seats for too long may be asked to show a ticket. Amtrak routes serving Los Angeles include:

Coast Starlight operates daily between Los Angeles and Seattle via Portland and in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Pacific Surfliner operates several trains daily between San Diego and Los Angeles, with some trains going north to Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo.

Southwest Chief travels to Chicago daily via Albuquerque and Kansas City. Local stops to the Inland Empire south and east of downtown are Fullerton, Riverside and San Bernardino. The train continues to Victorville, Barstow and Needles before crossing into northern Arizona. The closest stop to the Grand Canyon is at Williams Junction, Az, and Flagstaff.

Sunset Limited travels to New Orleans three times a week via Tucson and San Antonio.

The train from San Joaquin, Fresno, and Sacramento goes to Bakersfield, about 115 miles north.

Bus

The Greyhound terminal is located east of the famous Skid Row area, south of the city's Downtown Arts District, near 1716 East 7th Street, I-10, and South Alameda Street. It is recommended that you do not linger longer than you should due to security problems in this underdeveloped region. From Greyhound station, you can take a taxi or bus 760 or 60 to get to Downtown. You can also take a taxi to Union Station on the FlyAway bus to the airport, Amtrak or Metrolink trains.

Los Angeles Transportation

It's true that LA is popular with its car culture, and it's advisable to get a rental car (rent a available) because public transportation and taxis are almost non-existent. A rental car is the best option, as the distances within the city are long and it is cheap to buy or rent a car. Los Angeles, where most of the city roads are 6-8 lanes, is a city where almost everyone over the age of 16 drives. Still, there are other ways to explore the city without getting behind the wheel. The subway, light rail and buses ($1.75 per trip) carry hundreds of thousands of people a day, and multiple bike lanes throughout the city welcome an increasing number of cyclists. In Los Angeles, buses go to different routes according to colors. Red route for Beverly Hills and Sunset Boulevard, You can take the yellow route for Santa Monica, the blue route to Universal Studios, and the purple route to go downtown, i.e. Downtown. The subway service usually runs from approximately 4 to 1:30 or 2 p.m. Sunday to Thursday, with extended hours until 3 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. To pay for train rides in LA, you must use a portable TAP card. Although buses can be a very good and efficient mode of transportation in many parts of the world, especially in Europe, you can be sure that in LA you will probably be sitting next to very poor or even homeless people and you will not like the smell of the interior of the car, the choice is yours. The subway service usually runs from approximately 4 to 1:30 or 2 p.m. Sunday to Thursday, with extended hours until 3 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. To pay for train rides in LA, you must use a portable TAP card. Although buses can be a very good and efficient mode of transportation in many parts of the world, especially in Europe, you can be sure that in LA you will probably be sitting next to very poor or even homeless people and you will not like the smell of the interior of the car, the choice is yours. The subway service usually runs from approximately 4 to 1:30 or 2 p.m. Sunday to Thursday, with extended hours until 3 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. To pay for train rides in LA, you must use a portable TAP card. Although buses can be a very good and efficient mode of transportation in many parts of the world, especially in Europe, you can be sure that in LA you will probably be sitting next to very poor or even homeless people and you will not like the smell of the interior of the car, the choice is yours.

Hollywood Sign Los Angeles

Hollywood sign, Los Angeles, California, USA

Places to Visit, Must Sees

Tourists visiting LA for the first time will particularly want to visit Hollywood, Universal City (especially Universal Studios), and Venice Beach as a priority. Century City, Downtown Los Angeles, UCLA, USC, Griffith Park, and the Los Angeles River bridges east of downtown are all worth visiting. Even if you've never seen these major landmarks of Los Angeles before, they will all look somewhat familiar as they've all been used in numerous famous feature films, television shows, and television commercials. However, many other landmarks often associated with the City of Los Angeles are not technically located in the city of Los Angeles but are located in adjacent cities and nearby areas. For example, Rodeo Drive is located in Beverly Hills; Santa Monica Pier, Third Street Promenade and Santa Monica Beach are in Santa Monica; NBC, Disney and Warner Bros. studio facilities in Burbank; Sony Pictures Entertainment studio in Culver City; Marina del Rey is an out-of-town area under the jurisdiction of the county. Malibu is half an hour's drive west of Santa Monica. Disneyland, Newport Beach, and South Coast Plaza are less than an hour's drive to the southeast in Orange County.

Hollywood

Griffith Observatory Astronomy

Griffith Observatory

Hollywood, which has the footprints of famous movie stars and the names of stars on its famous street, is one of the must-see places in Los Angeles. The famous Dolby Theater, where the Academy Awards (Oscar) are given, is also located in Hollywood. You can also see the giant plateau where the world's most famous movies are made, and of course the Hollywood sign (Hollywood Sign) on the hill. One of Hollywood's most recognizable landmarks, this post is located atop Mount Lee in Griffith Park. You can view this post from the Griffith Observatory in Griffith Park, Mulholland Drive at the Hollywood Bowl, and the Hollywood and Highland Center. Hollywood Walk of Fame(Hollywood Walk of Fame) consists of a series of stars buried in the pavement to commemorate famous movie, radio, theater, TV stars along Hollywood Boulevard. Since 1960, the names of over two thousand stars have been immortalized. Capitol Records Building, Charlie Chaplin Studios, Paramount Pictures Studios , Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Guinness World Records Museum , Hollywood Heritage Museum, Hollywood Wax Museum, Madame Tussauds Hollywood, Grauman's Chinese Theatre ( Grauman's Chinese Theatre ) are Hollywood's sights.

Dowtown

Los Angeles Malibu California Beach Pacific Sea

Los Angeles Malibu Beach, Pacific Ocean

Downtown, which is the center of Los Angeles, has many social activities and places to visit. Downtown places worth visiting include Grand Central Market, Museum of Contemporary Art, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Olvera Street, Chinatown , Little Tokyo. Los Angeles ChinatownCentered along North Broadway north of Cesar Chavez Avenue, it has a look that blends traditional Chinese and modern architecture along wide, busy streets. There are several malls (Saigon Plaza, Chinatown Central Plaza), Chinatown Gate, and plazas that open onto the street with many small shops and stalls, as well as shops, restaurants, and institutions serving the local Chinese-American population. Los Angeles State Historic Park (Los Angeles State Historic Park), Also known locally as the Cornfield ('Corn Field'), this expansive park on the north side of Chinatown was opened after an extensive overhaul. Little Tokyo _), this neighborhood of Los Angeles is home to the Japanese Village Plaza, Weller Court, and the Japanese American National Museum ( Japanese American National Museum ), as well as numerous attractions, restaurants, and shops for those interested in the local Japanese-American population or Japanese culture.There are places worth seeing, such as The El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historic Monument is located where Los Angeles was founded as El Pueblo de Los Angeles. Today, this tourist area is home to a collection of historical museums located in several square blocks centered along 12 Olvera Streets, lined with 11 old plazas and Mexican-themed trinket stands and restaurants. The Chinese American Museum, the Museum of Social Justice, and the LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes are located here. In Downtown, there are also art museums such as the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), the Grammy Museum, the Bradbury Building,

Los Angeles California Dodger Stadium

Dodger Stadium, LA

Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, Los Angeles Central Public Library, Music Center and Disney Hall, The Theater District, U.S. Bank Tower (US Bank Tower, Library Tower) and Wilshire Grand Center can be seen. The area bounded by Alameda Street and Main Street, which connects 3rd to 7th Street, is often called "Skid Row" or "Nickel" and has one of the largest homeless populations in the United States. Although Greyhound Station is located here, it is not safe for pedestrians at any time of the day.

Beverly Hills

Beverly Hills is a city located in Los Angeles County in Southern California, almost completely surrounded by Los Angeles, and is a residential area of ​​the world's most famous and wealthy people. Since the 1950s, Beverly Hills has been promoted as a high-end shopping and marketplace home to the rich and famous, an image that has also served as the basis for several popular TV shows such as the Beverly Hillbillies and Beverly Hills 90210. Santa Monica Boulevard bisects the city, with most businesses to the south and mostly residential to the north. Most tourists come here to shop or see the homes of their favorite celebrities.

Venice Beach

The area known as Venice Beach, or Venice for short ('Venice'), has a beautiful beach as well as a palm-fringed coastal walkway.

Venice Beach Los Angeles California

Venice Beach

Disneyland

Located in Anaheim about half an hour southeast of LA, Disneyland is a popular attraction with toddlers and older kids alike, and offers fun for the whole family. In the compound of Disneyland there are two parks located in the traditional Disneyland Park, as well as California Adventure Park. The place adorned with mascots of Walt Disney characters, which hosts playgrounds and entertainment centers, an example of which in Paris , offers all the magic and understanding you expect from Disney.

Sunset Boulevard

Sunset Boulevard is a boulevard in the central and western part of Los Angeles County, California that runs from the Pacific Coast Highway in the eastern Pacific Palisades to Figueroa Street in Downtown Los Angeles. Downtown is the most important boulevard of the city, passing through all the important points of the city such as Hollywood, West Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Santa Monica.

Walt Disney Center Concert Hall Hall Architecture

Walt Disney Concert Hall, LA

Useful and Important Information for a Los Angeles Trip

You Can Get a SIM Card and a Go Los Angeles Card

If this is your first time traveling to Los Angeles, then as you arrive in LA just ask someone, there is an area in one of the terminals where you can buy a SIM card.

Woman Shopping Boutique California Los Angeles

Los Angeles' famous boutiques

Some prepaid SIM cards are valid for 10 days, while others are valid for 30 days. You can buy one that suits you. If you have a US SIM card, getting UBER is easy and what's more, you don't have to pay a lot for internet data. If you are planning to tour Los Angeles thoroughly, the “Go Los Angeles Card” will provide you with discounted access to many activities.

Where to Eat in Los Angeles

Los Angeles boasts a wide variety of food courts, and the city's most famous cuisines are served by celebrity chefs such as Gino Angelini, Wolfgang Puck, and David Myers. It is the best of the sophisticated Italian options at Osteria Mozza in Hollywood. If you like the prospect of a Hollywood star sitting at the neighboring table, you can dine at 'Palm Restaurant' or 'The Ivy' in or near 'Beverly Hills', 'Fig & Olive' in West Hollywood or 'The Polo Lounge' at 'The Beverly Hills Hotel' .