Below you'll find insider tips on getting the best from Los Angeles, from hints on finding a home to reviews of the hottest restaurants in town.
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Beverly Hills
Together Beverly Hills, Holmby Hills and Bel-Air comprise the ‘Platinum Triangle’, where you’ll find, according to Coldwell Banker, the priciest real estate in the US – including, of... read more
Culver City
Culver City’s signature is ‘The Heart of Screenland’, and with some justification. It was built by MGM and Hal Roach Studios (now Culver Studios) which moved there in the 1920s, and the... read more
Downtown
Downtown Los Angeles has dramatically re-invented itself over the past decade – and changes continue to alter the city at a remarkable rate. What was once a grim and decaying urban core... read more
Hollywood
In 1910, legendary director DW Griffith wrestled a Ford model T along a dusty maze of dirt roads from his provisional studio in a Los Angeles hotel to an orange grove at the base of the... read more
Long Beach
There’s the aquarium, a beautiful marina, the Queen Mary, galleries, bars and restaurants but let’s face it, the overwhelming attraction of Long Beach is the three days of testosterone,... read more
Malibu, Venice & The Beach Cities
Don’t let the constant threat of brush fires and landslides stop you from frolicking in the waves along some of the most enticing beaches in California – as long as you can solve the two... read more
Mt Washington & Highland Park
Just to the north-east of Downtown are two of the oldest settled areas in Los Angeles, Highland Park and Mt Washington. The Gold Line light rail tram connects them to the inner city and... read more
Olvera Street, Chinatown & Little Tokyo
These adjacent colourful Downtown communities offer a window on the true multicultural character and history of LA. In all three you’ll find museums, galleries, restaurants, bars,... read more
Pasadena, South Pasadena & Altadena
Pasadena is one of the most physically charming and historically entertaining areas in Los Angeles. It is a traditionally conservative, old-money (by California standards, anyway)... read more
San Fernando Valley
The ‘Valley of the Stars’ is the nickname given to the home of the much-maligned valley girl and vast middle-class residential communities. It is to The Valley that Universal Studios... read more
