- Tacos (the taco trucks are the city's soul food)
- In-N-Out Burger (the California chain, 'animal style')
- Koreatown BBQ (late-night in K-town)
- Farmers Market at the Grove (the 1934 market hall)
Los Angeles Guide
The Hollywood Sign, Los Angeles. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
Los Angeles is a constellation of neighbourhoods, not one city: Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Santa Monica, Venice, Downtown, Silver Lake, each with its own centre. The car is the default, but the Metro is finally useful for the core sights.
The classic LA day runs beach to hills: Santa Monica Pier, the Getty Center's hilltop art, Griffith Observatory at sunset, and dinner in Koreatown or the Arts District.
What to do in Los Angeles
The classics
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Hollywood Sign Hiked from Griffith Park; the whole basin below. - 2
Getty Center Free hilltop museum; the gardens and the city views. - 3
Griffith Observatory Free; planetarium shows and the best sunset in the city. - 4
Santa Monica Pier The end of Route 66 and the Ferris wheel. - 5
Venice Beach Boardwalk Muscle Beach, the skate park, the canals.
Culture and studios
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The Broad Free contemporary art downtown; reserve ahead. - 2
Warner Bros. Studio Tour The Burbank backlot tour; the best of the studio tours. - 3
LACMA The county art museum's Urban Light installation. - 4
Rodeo Drive Window-shop the famous Beverly Hills strip.
Los Angeles Hotel Guide
How to choose the best places to stay in Los Angeles. Verified properties below; for the full list, search live availability on Booking.com.
Budget-friendly
Freehand Los Angeles
The downtown hostel-hotel with the rooftop pool.
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Getting there and around
LAX is the gateway; the FlyAway bus reaches Union Station and Van Nuys. The Metro B/D lines cover Hollywood to Downtown; otherwise drive or rideshare. Traffic is real: plan around rush hour.
Thinking of leaving Los Angeles for Lisbon?
Fledge Relocation has the full Los Angeles to Lisbon route: what the move costs, what Lisbon costs to live in, and the visa routes Americans actually use.
- Moving costs: Los Angeles to Lisbon › shipping, flights, deposits and first-month costs.
- Move to Lisbon › the complete relocation guide.
- Cost of living in Lisbon › monthly budgets, rent by neighborhood.
Part of Fledge Relocation, our sister guide to living abroad.