![]() We can’t begin to list the movies and TV shows that have made the most of this location, but James Dean’s Rebel Without a Cause(1955) is the one that put the observatory’s in the world’s gaze. The Griffith Observatory is posted on the south face of Mount Hollywood, the highest peak in the park, and the sight of the city rippling in the sun or twinkling at night from Observatory’s terraces are the stuff of dreams. Of all the many enduring landmarks in Los Angeles, this three-domed Art Deco monument holds a certain mystique. Griffith put up the funds for the park’s Greek Theatre and the Griffith Observatory, which wouldn’t be completed until 1935. In a second “Christmas present” in 1912 Griffith J. Griffith Observatory Source: photo.ua / shutterstock Griffith Observatory On, the Hollywood Sign and Griffith Park 2-Hour Hiking Tour is a guided adventure through the park, stopping every so often to let you appreciate the Los Angeles cityscape and give you titbits about the park, the sign and Hollywood’s riveting history.ĥ. Just above is a majestic but unmarked 360° viewpoint, taking in both Hollywood and Burbank behind. The Hollywood Sign is in the park’s boundaries, and can be reached on a tough hike. The Los Angeles Zoo is here, and there are two public golf courses (Harding and Wilson), train and pony rides for youngsters, tennis courts, lots of concession stands and picnic grounds. Griffith Park is a rough-hewn wilderness, incorporating a chunk of the Santa Monica Mountains and streaked with trails for walking and horseback riding. Since then the park has added another 1,000 acres, making it one of the largest urban parks in the United States. Griffith presented over 3,000 acres of Rancho Los Feliz to the City of Los Angeles as a “Christmas present”. In 1896 the Welsh mining magnate Griffith J. Griffith Park Source: Sean Pavone / shutterstock View from Griffith Park Recommended tour: Private Getty Museum Tour with Expert GuideĤ. Irises by van Gogh (1889) and Rembrandt Laughing (self-portrait, 1628) are not to be missed. Allow as long as possible to bask in the illuminated manuscripts, Italian, Flemish and Dutch painting from the 17th to the 19th century, the huge assortment of Impressionist painting and exquisite decorative arts. You’ll fall in love with architecture by Pritzker Prize-winner Richard Meier, the ever-changing Central Garden, the Cactus Garden, the outdoor sculpture and the knockout views, not to mention the astonishing art collection within (Medieval times to the present). Linked to its lower car park by a hovertrain, the Getty Center is a multifaceted attraction. This went towards a spectacular and labyrinthine new complex, the Getty Center, which opened in 1997 after almost two decades of planning and construction. The museum’s founder was petro-industrialist Jean Paul Getty, who left another $661m to the institution when he passed away in 1976. Paul Getty Museum is in Brentwood, surveying Los Angeles from its hilltop roost. The Getty Center Source: Ken Wolter / shutterstock The Getty Center, L.A. Suggested tour: Hollywood Sign Small Group Tour in Luxury VanĢ. You can go in for an up-close look on a hike at Griffith Park, or park up at Lake Hollywood Park and admire the sign across the canyon. One of the easiest vantage points in the basin is the raised patio on the north-east corner of the Hollywood & Highland Center Mall, and there’s another atop the Home Depot parking garage on Sunset Boulevard. ![]() This landmark was rebuilt in steel in 1978 and was last repainted in 2005. The arrival of the Golden Age of Hollywood changed all that, and the sign has remained on Mount Lee in Griffith Park ever since, and dropping “land” in 1949. Put up in 1923 and originally spelling “Hollywoodland”, a real estate development, the unmistakeable Hollywood Sign was only supposed to last for 18 months. ![]() Hollywood Sign Source: logoboom / shutterstock Hollywood Sign “Walkable” isn’t a word that comes to mind when you think of Los Angeles, but there’s ample opportunity for exercise on scenic hikes in the Hollywood Hills or leisurely bike rides along that string of sandy beaches. Or you might want to go deeper, and hunt down the best taco truck or discover the next big comedy talent to come out of Silver Lake or Echo Park. You could spend days buried in superior museums without ever seeing Hollywood, or devote a whole trip to nothing but studio tours and pilgrimages to share-worthy places from TV and movies. How could you begin to sum up a city that is impossible to define? Whether you’re talking about the limitless sprawl of districts and suburbs or the jolting contrast between sun-baked hills and soft beaches, the high culture of its art institutions or the rip-roaring fun of its theme parks, Los Angeles is not easy categorized.
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