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  • Getty Museum, Los Angeles

    The Getty Center, Los Angeles

    After enjoying our visit to the Getty Villa earlier in our stay we decided to explore the Getty Center on the last full day of our holiday.  It was a bit of a trek to reach the museum by public transport but well worth the effort.  From Downtown LA, we caught a bus to Westwood…

  • Long Beach, Los Angeles

    Exposition Park and Long Beach, Los Angeles

    Our plan for the morning was a visit to Exposition Park located just four miles south west of Downtown, Los Angeles and accessible by bus.  The first venue we visited was the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum which is free to visit and was home to the summer Olympic Games of both 1932 and 1984. It was…

  • The Getty Villa estate, Los Angeles

    The Getty Villa, Santa Monica, Venice and Beverly Hills, California

    Our day started by taking the Metro Red and Blue lines from near our hotel at Pershing Square to Downtown Santa Monica.  After a quick coffee stop we then boarded Bus 134 from Santa Monica Pier to The Getty Villa.  Conveniently, there is a bus stop just outside the villa entrance at Pacific Coast Highway…

  • Hollywood Sign, LA

    Exploring Downtown Los Angeles and Hollywood

    San Francisco had been fun and the time had now come to embark on the second part of our Californian holiday.  We’d booked tickets with Southwest for the short (50 minute) flight down to Los Angeles.  It was our first time travelling with this low cost airline who include checked bags in their ticket prices…

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