Los Angeles Honeymoon - Where/What/Help!

7 years ago

Hello!

I am getting married in late September. For our honeymoon, we decided on visiting beautiful Southern California! Our final two days will be spent in Los Angeles.

Are there any suggestions on where to stay (or where not to stay) in or around Los Angeles? Places to eat or must-see attractions? We have never been, so any advice is helpful!

Thank you in advance for your help :)

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Pipdog

7 years ago

last modified: 7 years ago

LA has so much to offer, it really depends on what you like to do. The Spanish Garden Inn in SB is nice, but I would recommend Terranea for those visiting LA. There's a very good spa with a private pool and it's right on the ocean. Nearby is the famous Wayfarers Chapel, which is an all glass chapel on a cliff overlooking the ocean, and the Point Vicente Lighthouse.

Also, the spa at the Langham in South Pasadena is wonderful if you want to stay inland.

Some recommended places in LA:

--Venice Beach and Abbott-Kinney (if you are into eclectic/edgy/artsy) or Manhattan Beach (if you like more upscale beachy). I love the Vietnamese food at Little Sister or the The Strand House (ocean front dining) in MB.

--The Getty Museum (free!)

-- If you eat sushi, try Sushi row in Studio City -- Asenbo is the best restaurant on the row

--Dinner at Redbird, in a converted cathedral in DTLA (downtown) and touring the Broad Museum and Disney Concert Hall

--Quirky Los Feliz and Silver Lake (lntelligensia Coffee is some of the best in the city, and is ground zero for the LA hipster scene -- beards, chunky black glasses and skinny jeans everywhere you look)

--Malibu (lunch up at Neptune's Net, a landmark, and beachcoming at Zuma)

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1929Spanish-GW
7 years ago
Help us out a little with what you like to do and wheee you're coming from. Lot's of us here in So Cal who can provide advice with a little more to go on.

Personally I would opt for a couple nights in Santa Barbara over LA. The Spanish Garden Inn is a lovely place.
gsciencechick
7 years ago
last modified: 7 years ago
Yes, give us an idea of your interests. We like to go to concerts at the Whisky-a-Go-Go and over to the Rainbow, but I realize not everyone shares our interests for rock and roll.

The Hollywood bowl is awesome for concerts but a bit of a pain to get there.

Are you looking for a romantic place or do you want to go somewhere like Universal Studios?
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Anglophilia
7 years ago
What's your budget? The Hotel Bel Air is gorgeous - spectacular gardens - but very pricey. Yes, you should definitely go see the Getty Museum and also Descanso Gardens.
Kathy Yata
7 years ago
That time of year tends to be extremely hot. You might want to hit the beaches. Perhaps do Santa Monica, Venice and Malibu.

Getty Center and Getty Villa are my absolute favorite gardens in LA area. Previous favorites are Descanso, LA Arboreteum and Huntington Library. They are inland where the Getty gardens [and fabulous museums] are near the cooler coast. Both are free. You have to have a parking reservation for the Villa and parking is $15 for either museum.

There are walking tours downtown now. DH and I had a great time walking to the central library and a landmark cafeteria, Clifton's, one day for lunch. It's on Broadway which is lined with old movie theater fronts. Pretty cool until you see that none are movie theaters any more. Look up Clifton's, it's definitely different.

Might want to take in a movie at one of the restored movie theaters. Disney has one am sure there are others.

If you like tourist stuff then Universal Studios is a lot of fun. We got a year pass a while back and ended up going every other month or so and had a blast every time. Warner Brothers also has a tour but it doesn't have rides and shows as far as I know. But watch the weather, it's inland and could be really miserable then. Paramount is hard to get to as traffic is horrific where it is located, don't know if they do tours, we went to a TV show filming which might be fun to take in.
Pipdog
7 years ago
last modified: 7 years ago
Kathy makes a good point - it can get very hot inland and in the valleys in September so I would stay coastal. The Santa Monica pier is a fun place to explore, and there's lots of shopping and sightseeing on Third Street Promenade. Another fun thing to do that time of year is a day sailing trip out of Redondo Beach pier - We took a trip out of Redondo recently and saw dolphins, sea lions, gray whales (with a calf!) and a humpback.

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