Los Angeles: Hollywood & Beverly Hills Celebrity Homes Tour

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Duration2h

GroupUp to 18

LanguagesEN

Mobile ticketAccepted

Mulholland Drive's View & the Homes Behind It

You ride through Hollywood Hills, Mulholland Drive, Beverly Hills and the Sunset Strip in an open-top van with a live guide who points out celebrity homes and the neighborhoods where the industry lives. You get a photo stop at the Universal City Overlook and two hours of the route without arranging your own transport or navigation. The open-top van is the thing that makes it work — you can see and shoot without barriers, and the guide fills in the stories that make the addresses matter.

Step-by-step itinerary

Tour Hollywood and Beverly Hills highlights

Visit scenic overlook with city views
Explore Hollywood Hills neighborhood
Drive along Mulholland Drive
Pass through Rodeo Drive
Spot celebrities in Sunset Strip and Design District

The Experience

The overlook built in 1984 sits at the top of Mulholland Drive, and from there you can see the whole sprawl of Los Angeles laid out below — the mountains, the city grid, the haze. That's where the tour starts, and it's the moment you realize how many of those houses you're about to drive past are hidden in the hills above that view. The guide points them out as you move through Hollywood Hills and down toward Rodeo Drive, naming the streets where actors and producers live, the restaurants they go to, the corners where you might actually see someone. It's not a guarantee, but the tour is built around the possibility.

You're in a luxury open-top Sprinter van, which means you can see and photograph without the glass in the way. The two-hour route takes you through the neighborhoods where the money lives — Hollywood Hills first, then Mulholland Drive itself (the actual street, not just the overlook), then down into Beverly Hills and along Rodeo Drive, the two-mile stretch where the storefronts cost more than most houses. After that comes West Hollywood, the Sunset Strip, and the Design District, where the guide keeps you alert for actual famous faces, though that part depends on the day and the time. The live guide talks the whole way, so you're not just driving; you're getting context about who lives where and why these neighborhoods matter in the way Los Angeles works.

The tour doesn't pretend to get you inside anyone's home — you're seeing gates, driveways, the exteriors of places built for privacy. But the photo stop at Universal City Overlook gives you a different kind of view, one that frames the whole industry at once. It's the kind of detail that makes sense once you're there, and it breaks up the drive with a moment to step out and actually look around instead of just passing through.

What’s included

Your tour includes two hours in a luxury open-top Sprinter van with a live guide, a photo stop at the Universal City Overlook, and passage through Hollywood Hills, Mulholland Drive, Rodeo Drive, and the Sunset Strip.
If you select the Hop-on Hop-off option, digital commentary is also included.
Service animals are welcome, and the tour works for all fitness levels.

Good to know

Easy physical levelPets welcomePublic transport nearbyInfants must sit on laps

Operated by Big Bus Tours - USA

Is this one for you?Book this if you want to see the neighborhoods where the industry lives without renting a car or figuring out the route yourself — the open-top van and the live guide are what make the difference between driving past and actually understanding why these streets matter.