Contents QuickStart Guide Los Angeles Top Sights Los Angeles Local Life Los Angeles Day Planner Need to Know Explore Los Angeles Hollywood Griffith Park, Silver Lake & Los Feliz West Hollywood & Beverly Hills Miracle Mile & Mid-City Santa Monica Venice Downtown Burbank & Universal City The Best of Los Angeles Los Angeles's Best Walks The Venice Stroll The Downtown Hustle Los Angeles's Best... Food Drinking Museums Live Music Shopping Kids Gay & Lesbian Los Angeles Outdoor Adventure Beaches Celebrity-Spotting Survival Guide Arriving in Los Angeles Before You Go Essential Information Getting Around Los Angeles Neighbourhoods Hollywood Griffith Park, Silver Lake & Los Feliz West Hollywood & Beverly Hills Miracle Mile & Mid-City Santa Monica Venice Downtown Burbank & Universal City Welcome to Los Angeles You are the Star mural by Thomas Suriya, Hollywood Blvd WITOLD SKRYPCZAK/LONELY PLANET IMAGES © LA runs deeper than her blonde beaches and celebrified hills would have you believe. She's a beacon for small-town dreamers, an open-minded angel best believe. She's a beacon for small-town dreamers, an open-minded angel best defined by simple, life-affirming moments – a cracked-ice, jazz-age cocktail on Beverly Blvd, or a hike high into the Hollywood Hills sagebrush. And her night music. There is always night music.