As Greater Los Angeles Area is the metropolitan region around the Californian city los Angeles designated. After New York Metropolitan Area "Greater L. A." is the second largest metropolitan region of United States. Around 18 million people live here, which is 3½ times as many as in Ruhr area.
The metropolitan area is located in a large basin on the edge of the Santa Monica Bay, surrounded by numerous mountain ranges, valleys, forests, the Pacific Ocean and nearby deserts.
Greater Los Angeles is one of the most important North American centers for culture, business and international trade. It is also the center of the film and media industry.
Counties and cities
- Ventura County: Oxnard, Thousand Oaks, Simi Valley, Ventura
- San Bernardino County: San Bernardino, Fontana, Rancho Cugamonga, Ontario, Rialto, Highland
- Riverside County: Riverside, Moreno Valley, corona, Murrierita, Temecula
- Los Angeles County: los Angeles, Long Beach, Glendale, Santa Clarita, Lancaster, Palmdale, Pomona, Torrance, Pasadena, El Monte, Downey, Inglewood, West Covina, Norwalk, Burbank, Santa Monica
- Orange County: Anaheim, Santa Ana, Irvine, Huntingdon Beach, Garden Grove, Orange, Fullerton, Costa Mesa
Of these, the following are relevant to tourism:
- Beverly Hills/West hollywood - two separate cities that are completely enclosed by Los Angeles. Beverly Hills is the residential area of the rich and famous, movie stars and musicians. Characterized by villas and palm trees, it is definitely worth driving through here. West Hollywood is best known for the Sunset Strip with its numerous bars and nightclubs.
- Santa Monica - Miles of sandy beaches, extremely popular due to its central location to Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles International Airport, etc.
getting there
By plane
- Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). The largest and most important international airport in Los Angeles in the west. There are direct connections with Lufthansa from Frankfurt am Main and Munich out. All American and international airlines have Los Angeles in their programs, but often only transfer connections are offered from Germany.
- Burbank Bob Hope Airport. Burbank Airport is connected to downtown via the metro link and is closer to Hollywood and Beverly Hills than LAX. Southwest flies to Burbank from many airports in the west. JetBlue has a daily non-stop service from New York.
- Long Beach Airport (LGB). It is also possible to take a longer route to the Long Beach airport (approx. 40 km south of LA center). B. is served by the low-cost airline JetBlue - only domestic American flights.
- Ontario International Airport (ONT). About 35 miles east of Downtown Los Angeles.
- Van Nuys Airport (VNY). Located in the heart of the San Fernando Valley, mostly general aviation. There is a regular one Bus connection to Los Angeles International Airport (every 30 min.).
- Palmdale Regional Airport (PMD). In the Antelope Valley about 60 miles northeast of downtown Los Angeles on Highway 14.
- John Wayne Airport (SNA), Santa Ana in Orange County.
By train
By bus
In the street
By boat
mobility
Dynamic cardsautomobile: The entire Los Angeles region is criss-crossed by a highways system that is as dense as it is overcrowded. If you are not familiar with the area, you should have a good map to hand. The car is unavoidable for long journeys or even trips to the periphery, but the time required can differ considerably from the estimated time. If you should even get the idea of driving in rush hour, expect traffic similar to that on Friday afternoons on Germany's autobahns, only on ten lanes. Sometimes it is faster for vehicles with at least two occupants on the so-called Car Pool Lanes (HOV).
On foot: As in any city, Los Angeles is best explored on foot, but the enormous distances in Los Angeles have to be taken into account - and an address on the same street does not mean that you can get from point A to point B on foot within a day !
Local public transport: Now a real alternative in Los Angeles, especially in the actual city area. The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority operates all lines under the term metro circulate. This includes a relatively small but growing subway network (which mainly connects downtown with the south as well as northern Hollywood and Pasadena) and a well-developed bus system. A day ticket is quite cheap at US $ 5 (a week ticket costs US $ 20) and is valid for all lines of the Metro company Municipal However, there are surcharges for buses, as well as for some express buses that run on highways. A long bus trip can be quite an experience, as the composition of passengers changes over longer distances to the same extent as the urban areas traveled through.
Tourist Attractions
| Surname | photo | region | What to see here |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mission San Buenaventura |  | Ventura | Catholic mission founded in 1782 by Junípero Serra. |
| Zuma Beach |  | Malibu | 2.9 km long sandy beach facing the sunset and lots of free parking. |
| Hollywood Boulevard |  | los Angeles | Los Angeles' most famous street for its many attractions opens up the Hollywood district. The rich and the beautiful still reside in the hills above. |
| The Getty Center | .jpg/200px-Getty_Museum_(2344713792).jpg) | los Angeles | A building complex built in 1991-1997 which, among other things, houses one of the finest collections of modern art that can be seen in the USA. |
| Disneyland Park | .jpg/200px-Christmas_for_Sleeping_Beauty_Castle_(27682630714).jpg) | Anaheim | The better known of the two theme parks that make up the Disneyland Resort. Opened in 1955 and still an unparalleled magnet for visitors. |
| Mission San Juan Capistrano |  | San Juan Capistrano | The remains of a Catholic mission established in 1776. |
activities
shop
- 3rd Street Promenade, Santa Monica. The 3rd Street Promande pedestrian zone is extremely rare in America, but no less popular. From Wilshire Blvd to Santa Monica Place (mall), built by Frank O. Gery, there are numerous shops and restaurants that are on average a little more individual than the average American mall.
kitchen
- Cobb salad.
is a typical mixed salad. It is said to have been invented in 1937 in the Brown Derby restaurant in Hollywood. The owner Robert H. Cobb is said to have put it together from various components as an emergency solution. The salad consists of the following ingredients: lettuce, diced tomatoes, avocado, fried bacon, fried chicken breast, boiled eggs, blue cheese, spring onions, often black olives, sweet peppers or artichoke hearts. This is served with Cobb Salad Dressing, a strongly flavored vinaigrette.
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nightlife
- Sunset Strip. The Sunset Strip is one of the most famous nightlife spots in Los Angeles. He lies in West hollywood on Sunset Boulevard and bounded to the west by Doheny Drive and to the east by Crescent Heights Boulevard. In addition to restaurants and boutiques, party-goers will find a variety of rock clubs here. Some of them are or have been owned by Hollywood stars (e.g. The Viper Room, 8852 Sunset Boulevard). Even if the parking spaces are not exactly cheap and there is a risk of traffic jams, it is not exactly advisable to take the bus to and from here. On the one hand for safety reasons, on the other hand because the buses are not necessarily reliable.
accommodation
Learn
Work
security
Emergency call: 911
Los Angeles is a relatively safe city during the day, but it's better to move around familiar areas in the dark. Two rules of thumb can be used as a guide:
- The closer you are to the coast, the safer the areas are. Regardless of this, you should avoid the direct beach areas at night (also applies to Venice Beach).
- In the northern areas you can say that everything west (towards the coast) of Interstate 110 (Long Beach – Pasadena) is one of the so-called safe areas. The areas to the east should not be explored as a pedestrian, at least at night. Whereby you have to say that as a pedestrian you are always suspicious outside the tourist areas of LA (even during the day) and are viewed with suspicion because nobody actually covers even short distances on foot in the Autostadt LA.
Cities and districts that should be avoided
- During the day and in any case at night, the homeless district of Skid Row (the area is delimited by Main Street, 3rd Street, Alameda Street and 7th Street) should be avoided, after sunset also Venice Beach (parking is generally prohibited there after sunset anyway all parking spaces).
- Inglewood / Compton / Lynwood / Lomitas / Watts / South Central: the whole area south of the center including Watts and Compton can only be safely passed by highways or freeways (for tourists - not for locals, who do not attract attention). According to the locals, Compton (that's roughly between Rosecrans Ave. and Gardena Fwy (71) and Avalon Blvd. and Long-Beach Fwy (I710)) is one of the most dangerous cities in the United States.
- The area around Terminal Island and the Long Beach docks (but not Long Beach Downtown - it's safe).
health
Practical advice
Postal codes: 90001 to 90103, 90174, 90185, 90189, 90230, 91331, 91335.
trips
The suburbs of Malibu and Pacific Palisades are worth visiting. Farther to the east are Palm Springs and the Joshua Tree National Park; in the south La Jolla and San Diego.
