Los Angeles without beauty.
A lot has been written about Los Angeles, I myself have read a lot about sights and museums. But the stereotype, or something, about a dream city, with wide and clean streets immersed in the greenery of palm trees, along which stars, potential actors, and happy smiling wealthy citizens walk, has really ingrained itself in the brain. And the boulevard with stars, but five-pointed, is something indescribable. In fact, everything is not so, and actually Los Angeles is one-story, filthy, unprepossessing houses on dirty streets, with the exception of a small Downtown, with skyscrapers. And if it were not for another city - Hollywood, and Beverly too, I don’t know who would go there. They don’t really save the situation, but this is the Name! Tourists, on the other hand, mostly visit the same places according to the knurled pattern. I, too, although I traveled independently, is no exception. Where I went: Universal Studios, $69 ticket. If you have many days, or children, it is worth visiting after spending the whole day. The queue for the sightseeing mini train is decent, it was probably an hour. Mulholland Drive - on a clear day, amazing panoramas. Kodak Theater and Chinese Theater - of course. Rodeo drive - if you are from the provinces or have a lot of extra money for shopping, go. The center, with its skyscrapers, can be looked at, especially since they are all illuminated in films. You can spend the day on the beaches of Malibu or Santa Monica, where in the evening for 40-50 dollars on the waterfront you can have a delicious dinner after drinking a couple of glasses of wine. There are many museums, you can visit other studios, for example, the former studio of Charlie Chaplin, or Century City. How to get there: subway 5 dollars a day, including buses, you can get anywhere. Although you can and for free, since the entrance to the subway is free everywhere. From LAX to the center by metro 40-50m. There is a free shuttle to the subway. Hotels are relatively expensive, I stayed in the very center, an old building, it seems the Italian Renaissance - “Millennium”. Quiet, pompous, the rooms are not large, the air conditioning is not very good, but I was alone, everything suited me because of the denouement, I didn’t want to bother with the car. Yes, and how not to drink fine wine, contemplating the stars, albeit in the asphalt. Yes, for number start -150d. Of course, the city is located in a beautiful area, and if you live in Beverly Hills in a good house, you can turn a blind eye to the shortcomings. But for some reason, there are a lot of homeless people and ragamuffins who obviously do not live in the hills. As everywhere in America, there is increased attention to the disabled, buses are equipped with lifts, elevators everywhere, convenient exits on the roads. Summing up, I think you can visit the city by staying in a hotel by the beach, or as part of a tour of the west coast, where there is also San Diego and San Francisco, which I love.
