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Los Angeles Sightseeing

Bus and Trolley Tours

Get to know the lay of the land by bus and discover fun places to go in the city while on vacation. Ask your local AAA travel agency about group travel rates.

Amazing LA Tours see Santa Monica

Architecture Tours L.A.

Gray Line Los Angeles see Santa Monica

Starline Tours of Hollywood see Hollywood

Metro Rail Tours

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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has commissioned more than 300 artists to create original works since 1989. Free 2-hour, round-trip Metro Art Moves tours are offered by docents, providing insight into the art, its creators and the communities they enhance. Tours meet the first Saturday of the month at the street level entrance to Metro Red Line’s Hollywood/Highland Station; first Sunday tours meet at the information booth inside the entrance to Union Station. Tours start promptly at 10 a.m. A Union Station tour departs from the information booth inside Alameda Street Station the second Sunday of the month at 10:30. For more information phone (213) 922-2738.

Plane or Helicopter Tours

Travel by plane or helicopter and see L.A. like you've never seen it before. Call ahead for schedules and airfare.

Celebrity Helicopters see Compton

Orbic Air see Burbank

Segway Tours

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Add Segway tours to your list of fun things to do with friends and family. They take sightseeing into the 21st century.

SEGWOW.COM Guided Segway Tours

Studio Tours and Tickets

A who’s who of Hollywood has hit the dusty trail at Paramount Ranch in Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area since 1927, with the movie ranch standing in for everything from western towns Tombstone and Dodge to colonial Massachusetts and ancient China. Free 1-hour ranger-led tours are offered roughly once a month; phone (805) 370-2301 for information.

Paramount Pictures Studio Tours see Hollywood

Sony Pictures Studios see Culver City

Television Studios

Universal Studios Hollywood see Universal City

Warner Bros. Studio Tour Hollywood see Burbank

Guided Walking Tours

Walking tours of El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument depart Tuesday through Saturday on the hour 10-noon on the south side of the Plaza between the Firehouse and the Hellman-Quon building. The free tours last about an hour; phone (213) 628-1274. Guided walking tours of Chinatown are sponsored by the L.A. Chinatown Business Improvement District. Reservations are required; phone (213) 680-0243.

Los Angeles Conservancy's Walking Tours

Red Line Tours

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