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Perfect LA Tour: Explore Hollywood & Los Angeles
4.7
1,099 Ratings
Santa Monica
Experience the ultimate LA adventure with the Perfect LA Tour. Explore Hollywood, visit iconic landmarks, discover celebrity homes, and immerse yourself in the vibrant culture of Los Angeles.
Experience the ultimate LA adventure with the Perfect LA Tour. Explore Hollywood, visit iconic landmarks, discover celebrity homes, and immerse yourself in the vibrant culture of Los Angeles.
Duration:
5 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Surf City Tours - Begin your tour at our office, a unique Surf & Coffee shop by the beach
- Hollywood Walk of Fame - Get out and spend an hour exploring the Hollywood Walk of Fame & get some photos with the Hollywood Sign along the way.
- Hollywood Sign - Get a chance to get your photos with the Hollywood Sign mid-tour during our stop on…
- Surf City Tours - Begin your tour at our office, a unique Surf & Coffee shop by the beach
- Hollywood Walk of Fame - Get out and spend an hour exploring the Hollywood Walk of Fame & get some photos with the Hollywood Sign along the way.
- Hollywood Sign - Get a chance to get your photos with the Hollywood Sign mid-tour during our stop on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Head up to the lookout point for good photos with the Hollywood sign, food & more.
- TCL Chinese Theatres - Explore the Chinese Theater. See the handprints in the concrete of Hollywood icons, take photos of the Hollywood Sign & more.
- SUR Lounge - See SUR Lounge and many other popular restaurants in Beverly Hills & West Hollywood.
- Sunset Strip - See the lights & venues of the world-famous sunset strip where bands like Guns & Roses got their start. See The Roxy, Whiskey-a-Go-Go, The Viper Room & more.
- Rodeo Drive - Make a stop on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills to shop with the celebrities. This fashion district is known throughout the world, and you’ll have 30 minutes to peek inside a few shops and enjoy the beautiful scenery right in the heart of Beverly Hills
- The Viper Room - The Viper Room on the Sunset Strip
- Whiskey-a-Go-Go - See the Whiskey-a-Go-Go in West Hollywood on the Sunset Strip.
- The Roxy - The Roxy Music Venue
- Hollywood Bowl - Visit the outdoor amphitheater, the Hollywood Bowl
What's Included
- Professional guide
- Live commentary on board
- Safe luggage storage
- Hotel pickup and drop-off (selected hotels only)
- Professional guide
- Live commentary on board
- Safe luggage storage
- Hotel pickup and drop-off (selected hotels only)
What's Not Included
- Cost of Lunch Not Included
- Cost of Lunch Not Included
Additional Information
Why is it called “The Perfect LA Tour”? It allows you to see everything you desire, is incredibly enjoyable, and doesn’t consume your entire day. Unlike other companies that require booking two separate tours to see the top attractions in LA or keep you on a bus for 8 hours, this tour takes you to the best spots, gives you ample time to explore, and…
Why is it called “The Perfect LA Tour”? It allows you to see everything you desire, is incredibly enjoyable, and doesn’t consume your entire day. Unlike other companies that require booking two separate tours to see the top attractions in LA or keep you on a bus for 8 hours, this tour takes you to the best spots, gives you ample time to explore, and returns you to the beach in time to enjoy your evening.
This tour offers a fully narrated experience of Los Angeles on clean, comfortable, convertible buses with 4 exciting stops along the way. Between stops, you’ll learn about Los Angeles’ history, visit movie studios, historic filming locations, the Sunset Strip, music venues, crime scenes, popular restaurants, hotels, celebrity homes, and more. All the classic Los Angeles sightseeing is covered in just one day.
- Walking is Recommended at stops, but not required.
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
- Foldable wheelchair can be stored on vehicle, however wheelchair lifts are unavailable and passenger must be able to get in and out of vehicle with assistance from family, friends.
Location
1654 Ocean Ave
Ocean Avenue
Please arrive 15 minutes early for check in. Meet us at Poseidon Surf Shop, just a block south of the Santa Monica Pier on Ocean Ave.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.7
(1099 Ratings)
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Awd6284lo
Jul 13, 2025
Great LA tour! - Highly recommend this tour if based in Santa Monica (& like us not got a car). We loved it! Loved that was such a personal tour (bus is small with open sides). We had just 3 group (everyone had a good view!). Got to be explore all main areas of LA - loved the celebrity homes part. Bee was a great tour guide & driver - lots of celeb gossip & funny stories. She even did a detour to stop at daughter’s favourite celebrity house.
Would have liked longer at Beverly Hills stop to wander down Rodeo Drive (& less at Hollywood stop maybe?)
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Sandra
Jul 3, 2025
Great Day out! - It was wonderful to sit back & enjoy Alicia’s commentary about places, people & local history. Her knowledge is amazing
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Niamhb229
Jul 1, 2025
Fabulous! - Thoroughly enjoyed the tour with our tour guide Alicia. She was very informative and a brilliant host. Would definitely recommend it!
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Dmba22
Jun 26, 2025
Great tour! - Had a great time on the tour today with my daughter. We didn’t have a car, so this was a fun and easy way to see all the major sites. Our driver, Bee, was the best!
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P8513mfdeniseg
Jun 18, 2025
Hollywood Tour - We lucked up and just had the tour to ourselves andAlicia was a great tour guide. Every part of LA that she drove in, she has some type of historical information, or a funny story to go with it. She even told Personal experiences from when she encountered celebrities herself. This was a great tour of Hollywood and the vehicle with the open air felt amazing the entire time. If you have even just one day in LA, I recommend you take this tour, and request Alicia you’ll thank me later!!!
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Terri_b
Jun 17, 2025
Our guide was very... - Our guide was very knowledgeable and had a lot of fun facts he shared with us. He was fun to spend time with. It was a great way to see so much of the city and determine areas we wanted to go back to and spend more time.
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Merritt_t
Jun 16, 2025
Great for families with teenagers! - Loved this tour! Just the right amount of time for our family of 4 with 2 teens. I was concerned that with something longer, they’d be bored. Instead they were engaged the whole time and had great fun!
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Ajmjmart
Jun 6, 2025
Best Tour Ever! - Best tour ever! Bee was an amazing driver and very funny and knowledgeable. If we come back to do it again, we will definitely do this one again and ask for Bee!
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823millief
Jul 12, 2025
not worth it at all. - Took the 5.5 hour tour and was disappointed.
Spent way too much time on celebrity house tours which was uninteresting and not disclosed.
Our tour guide only spoke about himself and did not once introduce himself
or engage with most of the group. He made racist comments towards a group of Chinese passengers who had a slight language barrier and left the vehicle for a different tour company.
We were told we'd have 15 minutes to view the Hollywood sign which I had waited years to do, from a number of angles however we had three minutes and it was an obstructed view over a mile away that was impossible to show up in pictures.
We were supposed to have an hour in Hollywood Blvd but he told us to arrive back at 5.15 instead of 5.30 and this gave us only 30 minutes as we were late. We then decided the trip was not worth the suggested $20 tip PER PERSON in a group and we did not return to the truck.
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Passport828200
Jul 12, 2025
Don’t waste your time and money - Very disappointed. Too much time spent driving around houses. We had to wait over 20 minutes for another passenger to return from the first stop. Assume this is why we had 3 minutes - yes 3 to try and take a photo of the hollywood sign from around a mile away - view was obstructed - see photo below! What a waste of money and I would like a refund. We were previously told we would have 15 minutes..and if you read the tour description we should have had more than one viewing location. Tour description says 1 hour at Hollywood Blvd, we were given 30 minutes.
The driver did not introduce himself which is very surprising as we heard all about his life working for the stars and his future plans art teacher, photographer teacher … maybe he could have taught us his to take a photo of the Hollywood sign …. 5 hours and not once did he ask where anyone on the bus was from, if we had any questions etc.
It was just a trip down memory lane for himself …
Even when we got to Hollywood Blvd he didn’t talk about the walk of fame or give any history about the area except point out buildings and talk about executives which we have no interest in..I had to google the history of each area.. he didn’t even comment when we stopped at the lights of Hollywood and Vine.
We made a decision at Hollywood Blvd to leave the tour as we were looking to spend more than 30 minutes - I am looking to have my $50 Uber back to Santa Monica refunded!!!
Now for the worst part…he was very condescending.. bordering on racist about a family who were Chinese. His exact words were you shouldn’t come to USA if you don’t speak English…at least one of the party spoke to him in perfect English . I will assume he either never leaves the US or speaks multiple languages.
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