10 Best Things to do in Downtown Los Angeles
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- 10 Fun & Entertaining things to do in Downtown Los Angeles. Downtown LA is home to many attractions and as a tourist you can easily spend a couple of days doing things in Downtown LA. In this video I share my favorite things to do to keep yourself amused.
Broad Museum & Disney Concert Hall at the LA Music Center
Grammy Museum LA Live
LA Arts District
- highest density of murals in the city, which you can explore on your own or on any number of tours.
Union Station
- architectural landmark, with a gorgeous waiting hall and public areas
Little Tokyo
Chinatown
- known as New Chinatown, was developed around the Central Plaza in 1938, just west of Old Chinatown, where Union Station is now. Before the move, this area was LA's Little Italy, and is still home to St. Peter's Italian Church and Casa Italiana Cultural Center. LA's Chinatown is less dense than New York or San Francisco. The shops don't line the streets as thickly, but there are still a few cute stores and plazas through the serpent gateway heading north on Broadway from Cesar Chavez.
- The neon pagoda lights and lanterns at Central Plaza make a colorful display at night. Most of the notable landmarks in Chinatown are a few blocks from the
Take a Tour of Los Angeles City Hall
- Docent-led City Hall Tours are available weekday mornings from 9 am to noon. The last tour usually leaves around 11, but it's not a fixed schedule. If you make a reservation, you're more likely to land on the right hour for a tour, and might even get your parking covered.
- You can walk in (through the metal detectors) and explore on your own with the self-guided tour materials available at the information desk on the 3rd Floor. Be sure to take the elevator up to the observation deck on the 27th floor. You have to take the Express Elevator to the 22nd Floor, then another adjacent elevator to the 26th floor. Finally, you walk up one flight through the Mayor Tom Bradley Room and exit onto the Observation Balcony that circles the building.
Olvera Street
- Olvera Street (Calle Olvera) is a historical district in downtown Los Angeles, and a part of El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historic Monument. It was officially founded in 1781 in Los Angeles, and was renamed to Olvera Street in 1877. Many of the Plaza District's Historic Buildings are on Olvera Street, as well as some of the oldest Los Angeles monuments including the Avila Adobe built in 1818, Pelanconi House built in 1857, and the Sepulveda House built in 1887. The tree-shaded, pedestrian mall marketplace with craft shops, restaurants and roving troubadours is a popular tourist destination. The street has been described as a "Top Five" in the "Great Streets of America" journal.
GRAMMY Walk of Fame
- Around LA Live
Bradbury Building on Broadway and Third
And more not included in this video:
Los Angeles Central Library
The Last Bookstore
OUE Skyspace
Grand Central Market
LA Fashion District (Santee Alley)
Grand Park
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Great video helped me a lot for my short 2 day stay in LA! Want to come back to explore more asap!
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Thanks! Going to LA next week and I will do my best to visit most of these places :)
I’m Gonna go to all your list. Thank you
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Thanks Bongi!
I didn't know about everything you mentioned except Little Tokyo. now I'm curious!
Then my job is done! :) Nice :)
THANK YOU FOR THE VIDEO. REALLY HELPFUL
My pleasure Timothy!
Super cool report man. Here's my list of 12 more DTLA gems to blow your mind.
*The Last book store at 453 S Spring St,
*The Moca 250 S Grand Ave - Contemporary art
*The Oue skyspace 633 W 5th St 840 - Last floor Restaurant & glass slide at 70th floor
*LA Public Library 630 W 5th St,
*Pershing square 532 S Olive Street - accross Perch Bistro
*Urth Café at 451 S Hewitt St - Coolest cafe at Arts district
*The Santee alley 210 E Olympic Blvd - Mexican atmoshpoere
*St Vincent Ct at 315 7th Street - Hidden European alley in DTLA
*Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels 555 W Temple St,
*Grand Central Market at 633 W 5th St, (Angels Flight railway) -Food extravaganza
*Double Ascension public art at 544 South Flower str - Orange sculpture
*7th and Fig Mall at 735 S Figueroa St- a 3 block walk from the 7th str subway station
+Meeoozeek Thanks for the additions Meeoozeek!
I've been to L.A. many times but not downtown L.A. I'm going to see the Cecil hotel and last bookstore tomorrow 5-19-18. Definitely checking out your mentions. Thxxx.
Enjoy your visit!
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I went!
So excited to go soon!!
Have fun!!!
Thank you - love your informative videos - planning a trip to LA with family and this is really helpful!
Thanks! I hope you enjoy your trip to LA!
This is good to watch since I'll be visiting soon :) ¡Gracias!
My pleasure!
Very helpful information~
+Julia Gong Thanks Julia :)
I wanna visit all these places yuuuummmmm.
Appreciate the video on my way there! 😉
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OMG!!! I didn´t know that The Broad was free, Thanks you so much I have now my tickets!!!! yei!!!! Thanks u so much!!!
Awesome
I thought the water gardens downtown were particularly stunning. LA was far nicer than I thought it would be.
LA has definitely improved over the last few years!
too bad, i missed all these! Thank you!
For your next trip then!
This video is very helpful. Wonder if you could do a video on hotel recommendations in the LA area?
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Thanks santi!
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I am going to LA in 7 days and I love sushi!! I sure do have to visit Little Tokyo!
Enjoy LA! And Little Tokyo!
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+Skye Morgan Awesome. Thanks Skye!
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The Bradbury Building and Union Station both have great architecture; but would never put them on the list of musts. Clifton's Cafeteria, the Last Bookstore, the Artwalk and Moca are far more interesting.
Awesome videos! Hey how much time (hours) would it take to do all of these on a Sunday?
Depends how long you stay at the Broad... I shot this whole video (minus the Broad) in about 7 hours. So that's how long it took me to visit all these spots. For transportation it was walking, uber, and the subway.
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Great video! Thanks! Question: would I be able to walk to and from to some if these places? Or do you recommend driving? I'm renting a car but I thought about parking at place for q day and just walk to places
+Betttinha_Garoa You can visit all these attractions by walking and also using the subway. Yes.. park once... then walk around :)
Yellow Productions Thank you!
ADD: LACMA and The BROAD . 2 of the hottest places downtown!
+jakie chang It's hard for me to add the Broad.. it was my #1 in the video already :). I agree on LACMA.. I just didn't include it here because it technically isn't "Downtown"
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+chythra mohan Thanks :)
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Good video, I'm coming to LA on Sunday, staying in Pasadena - any advice, please? :-)
Eat at King Taco :)
Hi Chris ,
Great videos they are really helping us plan our trip to USA . Just wondering what the best central area of LA to get around and stay with a young family is ? Also hotels you think are great vs hotels to stay away from . Thanks
+Luke Ryan That's a really tough question to answer without knowing more about what you want to see.... And your mode of transportation. My super general guidance would be to stay North of the I-10 freeway or west of the 405 freeway. So basically that's around downtown LA, along the sunset strip, or around the beaches on the coast.
Yellow Productions thanks for answering me ,
We were looking at culver city but not sure where that sits with getting to public transportation.( more research to be done ) according to über app everything is 30 mins away so guessing that's normal for tourist attractions? . We also intend to take the kids down the coast to San Diego on the surf rider train . We want to see as much of LA as we can in the 3.5 weeks of being there
Thanks again
Luke
Culver mainly is connected via Expo Line to downtown & Santa Monica. On the same line, you can take the kids to the CA Science Center and see the space shuttle Endeavour before hitting downtown. (Heck the whole museum can be a day in itself depending on their ages). You can take the train from Culver to Union Station from where you can take Amtrak down to San Diego. There they may like the aircraft carrier on display.
paintkiller93 thanks so much for the info , kids will be 8 and 5 so wanting to do lots and looking forward to getting as much as we can in in the 3.5 weeks before we head across to Hawaii on the way home .
You should make some maps, I'd be very interested, with show of parking or public transportation.
Hi. Is it possible to go inside any of the old theaters on Broadway? Just to take a quick peak?
There's a walking tour put on by the LA conservancy that will take you through the theaters. It's Saturdays at 10am. Otherwise they aren't really open to the public. www.laconservancy.org/events/broadway-historic-theatre-and-commercial-district-walking-tour
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where do you park though? how much per hour?
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You missed the Cathedral, just a block away from the Walt Disney Concert hall.
Apparently I did! Thanks for the tip!
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What time should I get in line at the Broad?
+Meghan P You should try and get a reservation ahead of time... no line required then. Tickets are free on their website.
The broad got more stuff inside than balloons lol.
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+JessiMeow Thanks Jessi!
Im going to LA for a month. Do you think I should buy a bicycle, motorbike or just get ubers everywhere? Are bicycles and motorbikes safe when parked in LA? Does it cost to park a motorbike or can you just park anywhere?
I guess it depends what part of LA you will be in. The beach communities like Santa Monica and Venice are quite bike friendly. But many parts aren't.
I think you’d be better off using Uber or Lyft. The Metro trains are good but, they don’t go everywhere. Parking in most parts is nonexistent or expensive. It does depend on where you want to go. Also we’ve been having a lot of rain and, it only recently warmed up a bit. So, bring a coat and some warmer clothes. No joke, we got snow in places.
I’m sorry, I didn’t catch that, it was neat?
Is it safe to go to downtown on a Sunday?
As safe as any other day.. I'd just plan to leave before dark 😀
if your going to downtown LA make sure your inoculations are up to date and be careful of hepatitis and typhus, don't wear your nice clothes.
You forgot "the Pantry ".
Thank you for showing all the good places, but I like to inform you about Little Tokyo. Please do not think this area is miniature Tokyo. Most of the store, business owned by non-Japanese now. This town was very clean and pleasant 30 years ago. Now no more "Little Tokyo". should be called Asian town.
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Best thing to do in LA? LEAVE.
For lames like u then yes gtfo
shut up punk
Bwahahahahaha!
It's got to be more to visiting LA than just this??
+King Sun Ra There's plenty to do in greater Los Angeles. This is just what is in "Downtown" Los Angeles.