getting around Los Angeles (1)

                                             

Where to go

Los Angeles is not a "walk city" like San Francisco or Boston in most areas. The following neighborhoods are best for walking: Downtown  Santa Monica (the Third Street Promenade and the Santa Monica Pier areas. especially) central Hollywood (near the intersection of Hollywood Blvd & Highland Avenue and along the Walk of Fame: Hollywood Bl between La Brea Av and Vine Street), the Sunset Strip (Sunset Bl between Crescent Heights Bl and Doheny Drive), Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood (especially west of Crescent Heights Blvd).  Beverly Hills (the Rodeo Drive/Wiltshire Bl area), and Old Pasadena (along Colorado Boulevard and Raymond Aves).   Although Downtown Los Angeles is improving as a walkable area, its high concentration of skyscrapers and dense population make it less pleasant for walking than these other areas.