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About This Book
Fodor’s. For Choice Travel Experiences.
Fodor’s helps you unleash the possibilities of travel by providing the insightful tools you need to experience the trip you want. Although you’re at the helm, Fodor’s offers the assurance of our expertise, the guarantee of selectivity, and the choice details that truly define a destination. It’s like having a friend in Los Angeles!
•Updated annually, Fodor’s Los Angeles 2010 provides the most accurate and up-to-date information available in a guidebook.
•Fodor’s Los Angeles 2010 features options for a variety of budgets, interests, and tastes, so you make the choices to plan your trip of a lifetime.
•If it’s not worth your time, it’s not in this book. Fodor’s discriminating ratings, including our top tier Fodor’s Choice designations, ensure that you’ll know about the most interesting and enjoyable places in Los Angeles.
•Experience Los Angeles like a local! Fodor’s Los Angeles 2010 includes choices for every traveler, from prowling Hollywood to exploring the revitalized downtown to tapping the many music scenes, and much more!
•Indispensable, customized trip planning tools include “Top Reasons to Go,” “Word of Mouth” advice from other travelers, and tips to help save money, bypass lines, and avoid common travel pitfalls.
•Fodor’s Los Angeles 2010 includes a full-color pullout map!
Visit Fodors.com for more ideas and information, travel deals, vacation planning tips, reviews and to exchange travel advice with other travelers.
Fodor’s helps you unleash the possibilities of travel by providing the insightful tools you need to experience the trip you want. Although you’re at the helm, Fodor’s offers the assurance of our expertise, the guarantee of selectivity, and the choice details that truly define a destination. It’s like having a friend in Los Angeles!
•Updated annually, Fodor’s Los Angeles 2010 provides the most accurate and up-to-date information available in a guidebook.
•Fodor’s Los Angeles 2010 features options for a variety of budgets, interests, and tastes, so you make the choices to plan your trip of a lifetime.
•If it’s not worth your time, it’s not in this book. Fodor’s discriminating ratings, including our top tier Fodor’s Choice designations, ensure that you’ll know about the most interesting and enjoyable places in Los Angeles.
•Experience Los Angeles like a local! Fodor’s Los Angeles 2010 includes choices for every traveler, from prowling Hollywood to exploring the revitalized downtown to tapping the many music scenes, and much more!
•Indispensable, customized trip planning tools include “Top Reasons to Go,” “Word of Mouth” advice from other travelers, and tips to help save money, bypass lines, and avoid common travel pitfalls.
•Fodor’s Los Angeles 2010 includes a full-color pullout map!
Visit Fodors.com for more ideas and information, travel deals, vacation planning tips, reviews and to exchange travel advice with other travelers.
Table of Contents
Be a Fodor’s Correspondent............3
About This Book............6
Chapter 1: Experience Los Angeles............7
Los Angeles Today............8
Los Angeles Planner............10
What’s Where............12
Los Angeles Top Attractions............16
Great Itineraries............18
Los Angeles With Kids............20
Chapter 2: Exploring Los Angeles............21
Downtown Los Angeles............22
Hollywood............42
Wilshire Boulevard, Museum Row, and Farmers Market............56
West Hollywood............63
Beverly Hills and Century City............68
The Westside............72
Santa Monica, Venice, and Malibu............79
The San Fernando Valley............87
Pasadena Area............94
Long Beach, San Pedro, and Palos Verdes............103
Chapter 3: Where to Eat............111
Best Bets for L.A. Dining............114
Chapter 4: Where to Stay............161
Where to Stay Planner............162
Best Bets for L.A. Lodging............164
Chapter 5: Nightlife and the Arts............211
The Arts............212
Nightlife............221
Chapter 6: Sports and the Outdoors............241
Beaches............242
Gardens............247
Sports............248
Chapter 7: Shopping............267
Chapter 8: Disneyland Resort and Knott’s Berry Farm............293
Disneyland Resort............296
Knott’s Berry Farm............307
Chapter 9: Orange County and Catalina Island............311
Orientation and Planning............312
The Coast............316
Inland Orange County............342
Catalina Island............346
Travel Smart Los Angeles............355
Getting Here and Around............356
Essentials............366
Index............373
About Our Writers............384
MAPS
What’s Where............12-14
Southern California............19
Exploring Los Angeles............24-25
Downtown Los Angeles............28
Hollywood............45
Wilshire Boulevard, Museum Row, and Farmers Market............59
West Hollywood............64
Beverly Hills & the Westside............71
Santa Monica, Venice, and Malibu............82
San Fernando Valley............90
Pasadena Area, Highland Park & San Marino............97
Long Beach, San Pedro, and Palos Verdes............106
Where to Eat in Beverly Hills, Century City, Hollywood, Los Feliz, and West Hollywood............122-123
Where to Eat in Downtown L.A...........137
Where to Eat in Coastal and Western L.A............142-143
Where to Eat in the San Fernando Valley............154
Where to Eat in the Pasadena Area............158
Where to Stay in Beverly Hills, Century City, Hollywood, and West Hollywood............172-173
Where to Stay in Downtown L.A. ............184
Where to Stay in Coastal and Western L.A............190-191
Where to Stay in the San Fernando Valley............207
Los Angeles Area Beaches............243
Where to Stay and Eat in Anaheim............302
Orange County............318-319
Catalina Island............347
About This Book............6
Chapter 1: Experience Los Angeles............7
Los Angeles Today............8
Los Angeles Planner............10
What’s Where............12
Los Angeles Top Attractions............16
Great Itineraries............18
Los Angeles With Kids............20
Chapter 2: Exploring Los Angeles............21
Downtown Los Angeles............22
Hollywood............42
Wilshire Boulevard, Museum Row, and Farmers Market............56
West Hollywood............63
Beverly Hills and Century City............68
The Westside............72
Santa Monica, Venice, and Malibu............79
The San Fernando Valley............87
Pasadena Area............94
Long Beach, San Pedro, and Palos Verdes............103
Chapter 3: Where to Eat............111
Best Bets for L.A. Dining............114
Chapter 4: Where to Stay............161
Where to Stay Planner............162
Best Bets for L.A. Lodging............164
Chapter 5: Nightlife and the Arts............211
The Arts............212
Nightlife............221
Chapter 6: Sports and the Outdoors............241
Beaches............242
Gardens............247
Sports............248
Chapter 7: Shopping............267
Chapter 8: Disneyland Resort and Knott’s Berry Farm............293
Disneyland Resort............296
Knott’s Berry Farm............307
Chapter 9: Orange County and Catalina Island............311
Orientation and Planning............312
The Coast............316
Inland Orange County............342
Catalina Island............346
Travel Smart Los Angeles............355
Getting Here and Around............356
Essentials............366
Index............373
About Our Writers............384
MAPS
What’s Where............12-14
Southern California............19
Exploring Los Angeles............24-25
Downtown Los Angeles............28
Hollywood............45
Wilshire Boulevard, Museum Row, and Farmers Market............59
West Hollywood............64
Beverly Hills & the Westside............71
Santa Monica, Venice, and Malibu............82
San Fernando Valley............90
Pasadena Area, Highland Park & San Marino............97
Long Beach, San Pedro, and Palos Verdes............106
Where to Eat in Beverly Hills, Century City, Hollywood, Los Feliz, and West Hollywood............122-123
Where to Eat in Downtown L.A...........137
Where to Eat in Coastal and Western L.A............142-143
Where to Eat in the San Fernando Valley............154
Where to Eat in the Pasadena Area............158
Where to Stay in Beverly Hills, Century City, Hollywood, and West Hollywood............172-173
Where to Stay in Downtown L.A. ............184
Where to Stay in Coastal and Western L.A............190-191
Where to Stay in the San Fernando Valley............207
Los Angeles Area Beaches............243
Where to Stay and Eat in Anaheim............302
Orange County............318-319
Catalina Island............347
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