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on the West Coast of the USA home to 80 million people
Los Angeles is a collection of distant cities that rolls out from the dry Santa
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LA's sunshine per entertainment industry
and her openness to newcomers a new ideas has made the city
a magnet to dreamers many of those whose dreams become reality
like walt Disney and john paul Getty board their wealth back into the city
helping make LA one of the great culture capitals of the world
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downtown Los Angeles is a center a global business
and home to some of the finest examples of American civic architecture
dome it's also the birthplace of the city
wonder down old Paris Street one of the oldest surviving areas in LA
to experience the colors and tastes evolve Mexico
just across the road from Olvera Street
is Union Station one of the world's great railway stations
you'll be forgiven if you experience a sense of deja vu here
Union Station has been featured in almost 30 big-budget movies
including Pearl Harbor & Blade Runner home
stroll south to Little Tokyo work J town as the locals know it
which is home to a Buddhist temples galleries and museums
while you're there
wanna try some super fresh sushi after all the California roll was invented
right here
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half a mile to the west is the Walt Disney music all
looking like pieces of sheet music thrown to the wind
this stainless steel wonder is home to LA's
philharmonic orchestra
hail a taxi for the short ride west
to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art the 100 piece collection at LACMA
houses works that spanned the ages from the Classical periods
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right next door is a very different kind of gallery
at the La Brea Tar Pits and George see page Museum
remains up incredibly preserve mammals insects and plants
are continually excavated and brought once more
into the Californian sunshine I'm
heading further west along Wilshire Boulevard
the aroma changes from the smell apart bids to
Monday welcome to rodeo drive
in the heart of Beverly Hills this is the world's most expensive
and exclusive three blocks up shopping but you don't have to be a star to enjoy
rodeo drive
most folks are content to window shop dreams
but there's more to Beverly Hills then just blames
only a street or two away awaits a world of levy boulevards
an incredible Homes and Gardens
head north to Hollywood the epicenter of the world's entertainment industry
track down your favorite star on the historic Hollywood Walk of Fame
and catch a movie at Grauman's Chinese Theatre the most famous
first-run movie theater in the world but
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to West Hollywood we ho is a haven for
artists and designers home
as evening falls boogie on down to sunset strip
home to iconic clubs such as the Viper Room and the whiskey a go-go
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Griffith Park
is the largest and wildest urban park in america
here perched high on the slopes of Mount Hollywood
and offering superb views a LA you'll find the Griffith Observatory
built on land donated by mining magnate Griffiths J Griffiths
admission to the main building and grounds is still free of charge
according to his wishes Universal Studios
is the oldest continually running movie studio
in america it features a theme park based around its blockbuster movies and
popular TV shows
however the star attraction he is the studio tours
which winds its way through acres up sound stages and back lots
and if you have that sense of deja vu again
it's no wonder sum up the sets have been featured in dozens of movies and are
still in use today
20 miles southeast of downtown
is not to bury farm originally a berry farm in the 1930s
this theme park has grown into a family favorite with child-friendly rides
short cues and offers a real taste america's pioneering heritage
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just down the road in Anaheim
is Disneyland Park since its opening in nineteen fifty-five
over $600 million gas have delighted in seeing
disney's much-loved characters brought to life
this the Port of Los Angeles the biggest container port in the USA
sits on San Pedro Bay climb aboard the USS Iowa
a world war two battleships which saw service in some of the most dramatic
episodes in world history
nearby
at the Aquarium of the Pacific 500 marine species
sway swirling dive through the various marine systems have the vast Pacific
from the sun drenched coast of Baja to the frigid waters of the Arctic
Long Beach was once the birthplace of California surfing scene
but a breakwater has not tamed the wild waves
making the beach and ideal destination for families
from Long Beach hop aboard a ferry
and take a one hour trip to Catalina Island
once the whole month hotter hunters smugglers and gold prospectors
these days day-trippers and weekenders are far more
interested in working on their golden tans and escaping the frantic pace
up the mainland
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heading west from LA santa monica is one of the most popular resort towns in the
US
Santa Monica epitomizes the California lifestyle apps on
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and right at her heart is her iconic Pierre things get a little fun here just
down the coast
at Venice Beach loan the Centara LA's counter-culture
business is more than just a beach however home
the main attraction here using the prom a non so call on your
inline skates enjoy the colorful and sometimes bizarre
human uranium
I'm after the craziness a Venice Beach
had five miles north to the tranquillity up the Santa Monica Mountains
the Getty Center houses the extraordinary
art collection a billionaire john paul Getty
water features prominently throughout the complex encouraging
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hire a convertible and follow the scenic Pacific Coast Highway
to Malibu 21 miles up crime californian coastline
said it was sold in coastal sage many a ballet stars
live in homes that claim to these dramatic hillsides by the Pacific
which is the perfect metaphor more LA a city built on a
unshakable optimism and a devotion to creation both human
and natural welcome to the City of Angels
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