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Best Tours in West Hollywood, LA

Travel Tips for Area: Hollywood
Best Tours in West Hollywood, LA

If you want to be right in the midst of the action on your next Los Angeles vacation, then rent a holiday apartment in West Hollywood and have it all at your doorstep. The city’s best attractions, restaurants and landmarks will be right under your nose, giving you the chance to enjoy the best this glitzy city has to offer. To make your life even easier we’ve scoured the virtual world to find you the very best tours to join. Take the hassle out of your planning and take advantage of these great, affordable and fun ways to get the most out of your Los Angeles vacation. Bikes and Hikes LA, 8743 Santa Monica Boulevard Based right in the heart of West Hollywood, this tour company offers invigorating bicycle tours of Los Angeles. The young, energetic and well-informed guides do a great job of keeping the herd together and make sure you don’t miss a thing. They’re particularly skilled at keeping everyone safe and happy and offer lots of rest stops if needed, so this is a fantastic family activity and suitable for people of all ages and fitness levels. Some of the highlights you’ll be riding past include the Capital Records building, the ...

Best Breakfast Indulgences in Hollywood

Travel Tips for Area: Hollywood
Best Breakfast Indulgences in Hollywood

We all know that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, yet with our busy schedules and hectic lives it’s fair to say it has now become the most overlooked. But not when you’re on holiday! Indulge in some seriously wicked early morning yumminess whilst on a Los Angeles vacation and get your days started in style. Book a holiday apartment in Hollywood and head to these heavenly eateries…your taste buds will love you for it. The Griddle Café, 7916 Sunset Blvd If you need only one more reason to book a Hollywood apartment, the Griddle Café would have to be it. Now this place may not be for the faint hearted, and there is a certain kind of psychological training needed to tackle a full gourmet breakfast here, but we promise you it will be worth the effort. Regarded locally as imply ‘the best breakfast joint in Hollywood’, the Griddle Café shuns the low-carb trend and fills you up with what can only be described as THE best pancake stack you’re likely to savour...anytime, anywhere. The amazing flavour combinations, and sheer size of their menu (almost 20 different types to choose from), are incentive enough to indulge whilst on a ...

Family attractions in Hollywood, Los Angeles

Travel Tips for Area: Hollywood
Family attractions in Hollywood, Los Angeles

Hollywood is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the USA. From the Hollywood Boulevard to the Hollywood and Highland shopping mall over the many long-standing cinemas in Hollywood, this diverse neighborhood attracts every American at least once in their life-time. If you chose to spend a family holiday in a Los Angeles holiday rental make sure to experience these top family attractions in Hollywood!Hollywood BeachAs far as family suitable beaches go, this is one of the very best in the entire USA. Aside from the obvious fun which can be had on the beach and in the sea, there are endless activities for the family to enjoy all along the beach. Crazy golf and open air music are complemented by children’s play areas, restaurants and space to roller skate. Madame Tussaud’sThis is a world famous institution in which famous figures are recreated using wax. Walking amongst life size models of the world’s most famous people is a surreal experience at any time, but there is something special about doing it in Hollywood, a place that is synonymous with famous people. The figures are constantly changing in keeping with the new faces which pop all, although there are always ...

Top 5 Movie Theaters in Hollywood, LA

Travel Tips for Area: Hollywood
Top 5 Movie Theaters in Hollywood, LA

Hollywood is synonymous with fame, fortune and glamour. For decades it has been the place where aspiring actors have travelled to in search of work and where countless movies and TV programmes have been made in the shadow of the famous Hollywood sign. When you visit Hollywood and maybe stay in a Los Angeles holiday apartment don't just visit this diverse neighborhood for the Hollywood Boulevard or the Hollywood and Highland shopping mall.... make sure you catch a movie in one of the many theaters around. Here is our top 5 movie theaters in Hollywood, Los Angeles:Arclight HollywoodThis is truly a theatre experience which challenges the standard expectations of a trip to the theatre. The films which are showing are displayed on a train station style departure board and are accompanied by a large station style clock. There are a selection of current and classic films to choose from, all of which can be enjoyed using state of the art sight and sound. Purchase your Arclight Hollywood Tickets online to avoid queuing.CinespaceThis venue has the ultimate Hollywood feel to it. There is large nightclub, a restaurant and lounge. It is the only place in the city where you can have ...

Restaurants with views in Beverly Hills, LA

Travel Tips for Area: Beverly Hills
Restaurants with views in Beverly Hills, LA

Choose a Los Angeles apartment for rent in Beverly Hills to be staying in one of America’s most exclusive communities midway between downtown Los Angeles and the beaches of the Pacific Ocean. Beverly Hills is where many Hollywood’s movie stars live and it therefore offers a fantastic shopping scene (think Rodeo Drive) and of course incredible dining opportunities. Here is Holiday Velvet ‘s pick of the most fabulous restaurants with a view in Beverley Hills, Los Angeles:The Grill on HollywoodAddress: 6800 Hollywood Blvd Ste 407Phone: (323) 856-5530Hollywood Boulevard is perhaps the most famous street in Beverly Hills, and this restaurant offers fantastic views of the Kodak theatre, the venue which plays host to the Oscars each year. Sitting in this restaurant enjoying a traditional burger you can pretend that you are preparing to go and collect you award, or you can just sit and watch the hoards of people and general activity which fill this street.BarneysAddress: 9570 Wilshire BoulevardPhone Number: (310) 777-5877This is a high quality restaurant which offers a variety of dishes falling into the categories of Kosher, Jewish and American which reflects the culturally diversity in the area. The seafood here is particularly good and is a perfect ...

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