Guides · Los Angeles
Los Angeles
16 places · 6 areas · any 7 stops free, then $4.99 for the whole city · offline map 24.9 MB
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Pick any 7 of Los Angeles's 16 places, free
- Browse all 16Every place, where it is and the basics are open to everyone.
- Pick your 7Add any 7 stops to your route. Each opens with its full guide and stays yours.
- Plan and walkBuild day-by-day walks from your picks, as many as you like, offline.
Drives: the first stage of every road trip is free.
An example half day
4 of the highlights, 1 day, about 1.6 mi (2.6 km), planned by the app's own engine and shown here with their guide. In the app you choose your own.
Day 1 · ~1.6 mi (2.6 km)
1
Olvera Street
El Pueblo de Los Ángeles, Downtown; Mexican market lane off the old Plaza, with the city's oldest house
Walk the market lane from the Plaza, step into the Avila Adobe, and visit the America Tropical Interpretive Center for the story of the Siqueiros mural.
2
Walt Disney Concert Hall
Grand Avenue, Bunker Hill; Frank Gehry's curving stainless-steel hall, home of the LA Phil since 2003
Take the free self-guided audio tour from the lobby, then look for "A Rose for Lilly," Gehry's fountain covered in broken Royal Delft porcelain, and the nearly one-acre rooftop garden.
3
Angels Flight
Hill Street to California Plaza, Bunker Hill; 298-foot funicular with two cars, Sinai and Olivet
Ride up from Hill Street, across from Grand Central Market, to California Plaza; it saves you the climb to Disney Hall.
4
Bradbury Building
304 South Broadway; 1893 office building with a skylit atrium, ironwork stairs and open cage elevators
Step into the lobby and look up through the five-story atrium at the iron railings, open-cage elevators and the skylight.
More of the top sights
A few of the 16 places in the full guide. Each one has its own written guide in the app: what to do, what to notice, the history, and why it hits.
Griffith Observatory
Griffith Park; 1935 hilltop observatory with views over the basin and the Hollywood Sign
Santa Monica Pier
Colorado Avenue at Ocean Avenue; 1909 pier with the Looff Hippodrome carousel and a solar-paneled Ferris wheel
Getty Center
Brentwood hilltop; Richard Meier's travertine museum campus with Robert Irwin's Central Garden
Watts Towers
10624 Graham Avenue, Watts; 17 steel-and-mortar towers covered in tile, glass and shells, built by one man over 33 years
Areas
South LA to Union Station · Downtown · Hollywood and the Hills · Westside · Santa Monica and Venice · Malibu Coast
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