DK Travel : Los Angeles : Places of interest

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The Hollywood Sign on Mount Lee

See it from Beachwood Drive (north of Hollywood Boulevard)

34° 7' 22.12" N 118° 19' 15.91" W

or other locations
The Rodeo Collection

A white marble outdoor shopping mall with five floors of fashion, interior design, and jewelry boutiques orbiting a sunken atrium courtyard with a fancy eatery.
Third Street Promenade

Downtown Santa Monica’s main artery, this three-block mall is one of the most pleasant walking areas in LA. The product of a hugely successful revitalization effort in the late 1980s, it is flanked by upscale shops, movie theaters, and eclectic restaurants, bars, and cafés. Street musicians from around the globe shower strollers with flamenco, jazz, and hip hop. On Wednesday and Saturday mornings, the farmers market attracts large crowds.
Tiffany & Co

The meticulously crafted jewelry is as exquisite as Audrey Hepburn was in the movie Breakfast at Tiffany’s , based on the famous store in New York.
Two Rodeo

This cobbled lane resembles an idealized European shopping avenue with fountains, street lamps, and a piazza. When it opened in 1990, it was the first new street in Beverly Hills since 1914.
UCLA Hammer Museum

This museum, run by UCLA, is the legacy of Armand Hammer, an oil tycoon who discovered a passion for collecting art in the 1920s. Hammer was especially fond of 19th-century French Impressionists such as Monet. Rotating exhibitions are complemented by traveling shows with a more contemporary angle. Free readings, film screenings, and lectures are quite popular. An upcoming renovation may require temporary full or partial closure of the museum.
Union Station

Built in 1939 during the golden age of railroad travel, the design of the dignified Union Station blends traditional Spanish Mission elements with Modernist Art Deco touches. Its lofty main waiting room is graced with a coffered wooden ceiling, highly polished marble floors, and tall arched windows. Union Station has been featured in several movies, The Hustler (1961) and Bugsy (1992) among others.
Universal Studios Hollywood

This theme park attached to the world’s largest movie studio is LA’s biggest tourist attraction. A ticket buys a day of thrill rides and live action shows, and includes encounters with Spider-Man, the Terminator, Shrek, and other movie heroes. A must-do is the narrated tram tour to the backlot with its famous outdoor sets.
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

One of the nation’s top research universities, UCLA (founded in 1919) counts many luminaries among its alumni, including Francis Ford Coppola. It has around 150 buildings with architectural gems such as Royce Hall. The Fowler Museum has a marvellous collection of non-Western art. To the north is the lovely Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture Garden.
Venice Boardwalk

It is perhaps fitting that Venice Beach, masterminded by an eccentric visionary named Abbot Kinney, is LA’s epicenter of counterculture. The circus-like scene reigning along the seaside boardwalk (officially known as “Ocean Front Walk”) must be seen to be believed (see Venice Boardwalk Attractions). Avoid after dark.