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for Los Angeles (California)

Rating Summary based on 26 reviews

  • 5 Stars
    		15
  • 4 Stars
    		5
  • 3 Stars
    		4
  • 2 Stars
    		2
  • 1 Star
    		0

Detailed rating

  • Ease of getting around
  • Family Friendly
  • Nightlife
  • Shopping
  • Sightseeing
  		• 3.0
  		• 3.7
  		• 3.7
  		• 4.0
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  • 74 of 74 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    KathEv

    5 Stars It's where dreams come true Review with images 24/03/2010
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages So much to do

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Public Transport

    I visited Los Angeles in 2007 as part of a fly-drive trip also including Las Vegas and San Francisco. Los Angeles was the first stop and we spent 5 days there. Los Angeles is located on the west coast of the United States. Los Angeles is the second largest city in the USA and can be found in the state of California. Los Angeles is more commonly known as LA and is nicknamed The City of Angels. Surprisingly, the state of California covers a total area of just under 165,000 square miles which is crazy considering the whole of the UK covers 94,000 square miles. LA is one of the better known parts ... more
  • 18 of 18 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    grape_nehi

    5 Stars Los Angeles: Bigger Than Life 27/10/2005
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages A World Class City

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Don't try walking, the bus, or light rail

    Los Angeles: Bigger Than Life Let me state it right off at the start: I love Los Angeles. It is a great city to visit or to live in … IF you know how to get around, and how to put up with the eccentricities of the place. Getting Around L.A. Originally, Los Angeles was a much smaller city. Long Beach, Santa Monica, Hollywood, Burbank, Glendale, Pasadena, Santa Fe Springs….those were all separate towns a long way from L.A. You reached those towns by riding the old red trolley cars. Sometime in the late 1940's the urban planners who are responsible for this awful sprawling mess made a conscious ... more
  • 82 of 83 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    flashpointz

    5 Stars CITY OF ANGELS...A GUIDE 08/03/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages movie history, one of the best cities in the world, great beaches,

    Disadvantages Disadvantages so spread out - you NEED a car, smog at some times of the year

    Any review of Los Angeles - unless contained within the covers of a City Guidebook - can realistically merely ‘prick the surface’ of what is to offer in this sprawling metropolis on the West Coast of America. I’ve tried to cover what I have personal experience of during two brief visits to the ‘City of Angels’ • HOLLYWOOD – MOVIE MAGIC On our first visit to L.A, we stayed at the Holiday Inn, right on HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD. Alas it is no more – it was demolished last year to make way for a huge development to include Cinemas, Shopping and a new home ... more
  • 85 of 85 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Scott_Howitt

    4 Stars Living in LA-la land 20/05/2003
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages You will see lots of pretty people

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Realization that you are not pretty

    California is a state like no other in the US. Once you are in California make no mistake, it is broken into two completely different halves. The first time I heard the term No-Cal I assumed the California sales staff was talking about yet another Hollywood diet plan. No-Cal is the northern California area and is dominated by the Bay Area which contains San Francisco and Oakland. So-Cal is Southern California and consists of Los Angeles, Orange County and San Diego area. This is the area where I spend a great deal of my time when in California, especially the LA area. Getting There If you are ... more
  • 16 of 16 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    kayesheard

    5 Stars Guide to booking a self arranged holiday to USA 27/01/2002
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages speaks for itself

    Disadvantages Disadvantages you have to come home

    Anyone who has read my Opinion on Las Vegas will undoubtedly already be aware of my fascination with America. My Husband and I have visited the country about 15 times over our 13 ½ years of marriage. Our first trip was with Premier Holidays (honeymoon) costing over £1,500 each for two weeks. I fully appreciate that this is quite a considerable sum of money and over the years we have learnt of ways to make the trip more cost effective. Last June we visited the Western USA for 3 weeks with our Son and it cost us under £3,000 (an extra week , an extra person and 12 years later) , the same cost as ... more
  • 4 of 4 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    MARKMAN

    5 Stars Ga Ga over LA 09/02/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages An Amazing place

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Can be a little daunting at first

    Late last year myself and my girlfriend took a three week break to explore the west coast of America and Hawaii. One of the places where we spent more time than we should was in The City Of Angels - Los Angeles. This vibrant city has something to offer everyone, but beware, day becomes night, night becomes day and sleep becomes a thing of the past. We stayed at a Comfort Inn in Hermosa Beach during our time in LA, this was about a 1/2 hour drive away from the touristic centre, which includes such great sites as Mann's Chinese Theater (the place with the handprints in the concrete), Macy's ... more
  • 5 of 5 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    merlina

    5 Stars Better than expected 15/08/2000
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages most things are amazingly cheap

    Disadvantages Disadvantages none of significance

    Actually, that doesn't say a right lot because having been elsewhere in the US and not been impressed, I wasn't expecting to enjoy LA. I was wrong. LA is like absolutely nowhere else on that continent - or anywhere else really. Whatever it is you want from a holiday - sun, sea, shopping, sightseeing, getting away from it all, it's all here or very nearby. You need to take money for shopping! the malls are amazing and everything is so very much cheaper than here - CDs, cosmetics, clothes - even stuff made in the UK, is at least a third cheaper. Staying in LA, on the other hand, often isn't ... more
  • 38 of 39 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    mandyhaley

    3 Stars Not all Glitz and Glamour 26/06/2001
    User doesn't recommend the product

    Advantages Advantages Lots to see and do

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Not as glamorous as expected

    Los Angeles and Hollywood conjure up images of glamour and luxury. We spent three days there earlier this year and were a little disappointed. In fact, it seemed run-down and even seedy in parts. Many of the older theatres and restaurants had been closed for a number of years and were now derelict. We stayed at the Best Western, Hollywood Hills, which is well-located for exploring Hollywood. At $99 per night (plus sales tax), it was reasonable value for money. This didn’t include breakfast, but there was an excellent diner attached to the hotel. We had traditional American breakfasts ... more
  • 21 of 21 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 2 casnz

    Member since 25/05/2004

    Reviews written: 18

    5 Stars Jet lagged in LA. 26/05/2004
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages It's LA

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Huge city.

    LA is so big that I knew we were not going to be able to see overly much in the time we had there but we had given ourselves quite a big itinerary to get through with about 4000 miles of driving ahead of us so our time in LA was basically enough to get through the jetlag before hitting the freeways on our road trip. After a gruelling 13 hour flight with no sleep we landed at LAX at 6.30am. We picked up the rental car at DOLLAR and they printed off a map with directions to our accommodation at TRAVELODGE, PICO BOULEVARD. We didn't fancy hitting the freeway till we were a bit more experienced ... more
  • 8 of 8 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    jennyf16

    3 Stars Not as glam as you think 20/02/2010
    User doesn't recommend the product

    Advantages Advantages Venice Beach

    Disadvantages Disadvantages lots

    Another place on my 'must visit' list when planning my round the world trip was Los Angeles. We arrived here late and tired after a 12 hours drive and weren't greeted very well at our hostel (but that's another story!). I had high expectations of LA, it's being the place of celebs and all that. We were staying on the 'Walk of Fame'. It was really good walking down here looking out for celebrities stars and having your photos taken with them (sad, I know but I was a tourist!). Beyond this LA disappointed me. I had three days there and was ready to leave! I expected it to be happening with lots ... more
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