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Los Angeles: Hollywood, Beverly Hills & Beaches 7.5-Hour Tour

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Duration7h 30m

GroupUp to 50

LanguagesEN

PickupAt your hotel

Seven and a half hours hitting Santa Monica, Venice, Hollywood and the sign itself

You get a full-day loop through LA's main sights without arranging transport, parking or timing yourself between neighborhoods. The guide handles the route, the bus handles the driving, and you handle lunch at the Farmers Market. Hotel pickup saves you the first leg if your hotel qualifies, or you can start in Santa Monica and skip the pickup wait entirely.

7h 30m

Step-by-step itinerary

Visit Santa Monica Beach and Pier
Explore Venice Beach Boardwalk
Window shop on Rodeo Drive
Lunch at Farmers Market at the Grove
Shop at The Grove
Pass by Sunset Strip and music venues
Stop at Griffith Park for Hollywood Sign views
Visit Griffith Observatory exhibits
Walk Hollywood Walk of Fame and see theatres

The Experience

Your guide will probably make a joke about traffic the moment you get on the bus. That's how these LA tours start—someone local who knows the city's rhythm, not just its landmarks, pointing out which freeway to avoid and why the Farmers Market lunch stop is actually the best part of the day. The tour runs 7.5 hours total, and you'll spend it moving through the parts of Los Angeles that actually feel like Los Angeles: the pier at Santa Monica where the Route 66 sign still stands, the Venice Beach boardwalk with its muscle heads and street artists, then inland to Rodeo Drive where the storefronts are so polished they look fake.

What makes this different from a self-guided day is the timing and the stops. You're not figuring out parking or transit between Santa Monica and Beverly Hills—the air-conditioned bus does that, and your guide fills the drive with actual information instead of silence. You'll see the Hollywood Walk of Fame and Grauman's Chinese Theatre on foot, spend time at Griffith Park looking at the Hollywood Sign from the closest point a vehicle can reach, and pass the Sunset Strip's famous venues (Whisky a Go Go, the Viper Room) without having to hunt for them. The one-hour lunch break happens at the Farmers Market at the Grove, where you buy your own meal from dozens of vendors—tacos, sushi, pizza, salads—so you're not eating what the tour company chose for you.

The group stays small, and the guides are LA natives, which means they actually live here and can tell you which coffee shop is worth the line and which celebrity sighting story is real. Hotel pickup is available if your hotel falls within their service area (you'll need to confirm that when you book), though if you choose the Santa Monica departure option instead, you skip the 30 minutes to 1.5 hours of waiting while the bus collects other guests. The Griffith Observatory is part of the route, though it closes Mondays, so the tour pivots to Mulholland Drive or the Hollywood Bowl on those days. Bottled water is included; everything else—lunch, any shopping, any extras—you handle yourself.

What’s included

Your day includes hotel pickup and drop-off (if you choose that option), an air-conditioned vehicle with a driver/guide, bottled water, and stops at Santa Monica Beach, Venice Beach, Rodeo Drive, the Farmers Market at the Grove, the Sunset Strip, Griffith Park with views of the Hollywood Sign, Griffith Observatory (or alternative if closed), and the Hollywood Walk of Fame with Grauman's Chinese Theatre.
You'll have one hour at the Farmers Market to buy and eat lunch from vendors on-site.
The guide is an LA native, and the route is designed to visit the most accessible and visitor-friendly parts of the city.

Good to know

Easy physical levelStroller friendlyInfant seats availablePets welcomePublic transport nearby

Operated by A Day in LA Tours

Is this one for you?Book this if you want to see LA's main sights in one day without renting a car, figuring out parking, or planning the route yourself—the fixed schedule and local guide take those decisions off your hands, and the one-hour lunch break means you're not eating on the move.