The Rough Guide to Los Angeles and Southern California 1

by Jeff D. Dickey, Rough Guides

Make the most of your time with The Rough Guide to Los Angeles and Southern California. Using informed accounts, clue-up on Los Angeles top tourist attractions, from Hollywood and Beverly Hills to Disneyland as well as less well-known but no less deserving destinations, including Downtown’s arts district and Santa Catalina Island. Three further chapters are devoted to Southern California, including San Diego, Palm Springs, and Santa Barbara. The guide takes a detailed look at the regions colourful background from landmark architecture and local history to the rise of the Hollywood film industry. You’ll find plenty of practical tips on city transport, tours, and costs and colour sections highlighting the region’s beautiful beaches and the rich musical history of Los Angeles. The guide comes complete with lively reviews of hundreds of hotels, restaurants, shops, bars, cinemas, live music venues and clubs. Explore the best of Los Angeles and Southern California with the clearest maps of any guide.

Genres: Travel

448 pages, Paperback

First published June 30, 2008

Reviews

[Brandon u · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Rough Guide to Los Angeles and Southern California is a great travel guide to read. Its short, straight to the point and it also has cool fast facts. Recently I've been wanting to go to Los Angeles for no apparent reason, maybe its because I rarely go out of the city and Los Angeles has this really strong appeal that makes me want to go there. So I went to the library and picked this book up. The book is a quick read and its very easy to read. There arent any big words that you would normally have to look up in the dictionary, its very simple wording and its just very easy to read in general. The way the sections are setup make a lot of sense, it goes by parts of Los Angeles: Beverly Hills, Downtown, Hollywood, Chinatown, Long Beach among others. Once you find what part of L.A. your looking for, you go directly to that section and read about it. In each of the sections it gives a brief history about the city. Then it tells you about its neighborhoods, places to eat, what to do, where to stay for the night and what to avoid. Just by reading this travel guide I have learned quite a lot about L.A. and I feel confident enough to go there with this book and know my way around. If you want to go to L.A. but you don't really know where to start, read this book and it will put you in the right direction.