Im planning a trip to LA, California, but I need exciting places to go, any ideas?

There are literally hundreds of things to do here in LA. Here is my list of “must sees”. Visit as many as you have time for:

Disneyland: The Happiest Place on Earth. Half a billion visitors can’t be wrong. #1 Destination.

Universal Studios: A theme park that grew out of a studio tour. #2 Destination.

Even if you don’t visit Disneyland or Universal Studios Tour, Downtown Disney District and Universal City Walk are very fun places to visit for shopping and eating. And they’re free to visit. If you’re adventurous, try the indoor skydiving (www.iflyhollywood.com). It’s a blast!

Hollywood: Enjoy the Walk of Fame, Entertainment Museum, Chinese Theatre and more. The Hollywood & Highland complex has lots of shops and restaurants, and the Kodak Theater. The El Capitan theater, right across the street, is where Disney shows their movies. And the Hollywood Bowl is a GREAT place to listen to concerts outdoors.

Other theme parks include Knott’s Berry Farm and Six Flags Magic Mountain, which are both more geared towards the fast-ride teen crowd.

Olvera Street/Union Station: Olvera Street is the birthplace of LA, and it emphasizes our Mexican heritage. In addition to the Avila Adobe (oldest building in LA), you can eat at some pretty good Mexican Restaurants, do a little shopping, and taste a churro. If you don’t want to go to Tijuana, this is as close as it gets without going there

Rodeo Drive, 90210: Packed with exclusive shops, full of gawkers. They all came to enjoy the excess. Free, unless you intend to buy something.

Venice Beach: Here you'll find Muscle Beach, street performers and tacky shops galore. Fun, VERY interesting, but I avoid it after dark, when it gets a little TOO interesting for my taste.

Santa Monica: Beach and Pier: Great beach scene and a classic seaside amusement park, complete with antique carousel that has been in a lot of TV and movies. After visiting the pier, you can ride a bike south a couple miles to Venice Beach.

Sunset Boulevard began as a route between the stars' posh neighborhoods and the Hollywood studios. It runs from downtown to the ocean, passing through the "Sunset Strip" on its way.

Farmers Market and The Grove - A new shopping complex right next to a Los Angeles landmark, It is right next to CBS, so walk across the lot to see if they are taping "The Price is Right".

Griffith Park - Home of the Los Angeles Zoo, Griffith Park Observatory, Travel Town, the Greek Theatre, and Gene Autry Museum of Western Heritage.

Getty Museum - The Getty's architecture is so beautiful that it keeps me fascinated. No matter whether you like their art, architecture, or view better, the Getty is sure to please. Free.

Attend a TV taping - You can get free tickets at audiencesunlimited.com, tvtix.com, or see the booth at Universal City walk. It's very interesting to see a show being taped. The most popular, by far, is the Tonight show.

Places to eat:

In-N-Out Burger: Multiple locations, best burger in LA, ask anyone.

Pink’s Hot Dogs: 709 N. La Brea, just north of Melrose. You might even see a celebrity. Maybe.

Tommy’s Chili Burgers: Look for the shack, an LA tradition. The original location is at Beverly & Rampart, a couple miles west of downtown.

Canter’s Deli: 419 N. Fairfax, between Beverly & Melrose. Near CBS, you might spot a celebrity.

Phillippe’s: 1001 N. Alameda. Great roast beef sandwiches. Near Union Station and Olvera Street.

Tito’s Taco’s: Voted best tacos in LA, even though it’s in Culver City. King Taco is a good alternate if you can deal with East LA.

The Pantry: Corner of Figueroa and 9th, downtown. Huge portions, they never close, GREAT steak and eggs.

Medieval Times and/or Pirate’s Dinner Adventure: Dinner and an adventure show, both are on Beach Blvd in Buena Park, you get to eat with your hands.

Places to Stay:

Since LA is so spread out, there is no single place that is close to EVERYTHING. Most people who come here tend to stay in Hollywood, Santa Monica, or Anaheim. In Hollywood, I recommend the Orchid Suites, Hollywood Celebrity Hotel, or Hollywood Heights (formerly Holiday Inn Walk of Fame), all near Hollywood and Highland. In Santa Monica, the Holiday Inn Santa Monica is close to the pier and reasonably priced. In Anaheim, I recommend the Howard Johnson (HoJo) Anaheim, and the Candy Cane Inn. There is also a nice place in Burbank called the Best Western Media Center, very close to Warner, NBC, and Universal Studios.

Places to Shop:

Third Street Promenade, Santa Monica

The Grove, Los Angeles

Americana @ Brand, Glendale

Beverly Center, Los Angeles

Citadel Outlets, Commerce

Brea Mall, Brea

The Block at Orange, Orange

South Coast Plaza, Costa Mesa

Fashion Island, Newport Beach

Santee Alley, Los Angeles

If you're staying at the Sea View Inn in Manhattan Beach there is plenty of shopping and restaurants in their downtown. Manhattan Beach Post is a really good restaurant in Manhattan Beach. The Strand in neighboring Hermosa Beach is a good place to go too.

People have already mentioned the tourist popular shopping areas. The Grove, Rodeo Drive and Third Street Promenade are worth checking out.

Some non-tourist places to shop are Abbot-Kinney (Venice Beach) and Main Street (Santa Monica). Montana Avenue (Santa Monica), Sunset Junction (Los Angeles), Beverly Center, Robertson Blvd and Melrose Ave. If you're feeling really adventurous go to the Fashion District in downtown Los Angeles. Little Tokyo and Chinatown are cool places to go if you don't have ethnic enclaves like that where you're from.

All of those locations have plenty of unique boutiques, art galleries, restaurants, shops and coffee houses.

The ocean water could be cold during Spring Break since we get our ocean currents from Alaska. It tends to get chilly by the water at night here too.

You'll find tons of things to see/do in L.A.:

Shopping:

L.A. Fashion District (downtown, designer label clothing at huge discounts)

Santee Alley (knocks off of Raybans, etc. very cheap, lots of fun)

Farmer's Market

Grove Shopping Center (575,000 sq. ft. megal-mall with every kind of store, shop and boutique)

Beverly Center (8 story mall with lots of high-end fashions and everyday stores too)

Rodeo Drive (the epitome of luxury shopping)

Brentwood Country Mart (smart fashion shops, frequented by a celebrities)

Cross Creek Shopping Center (Malibu, high end fashion, lots of celebrities shop there)

Lumberyard Shopping Center (same as above)

Fun places:

Hollywood Blvd.

Grauman's Chinese Theater

Hollywood and Highland Complex

Paramount Studios

Griffith Park and Observatory

Universal City Walk

Chinatown

Olvera Street

Disney Concert Hall

Santa Monica Pier

Venice Beach Ocean Front Walk

Malilbu

Catalina Island

Restaurants:

the Original Pantry

Roscoe's House of Chicken and Waffles

Pink's Hot Dogs

the Ivy (for star watching, several celebrities have lunch there almost daily)

Nobu (Malibu, a favorite with celebrity residents)

Canter's Deli and Bakery

Here's a list of must see places in the LA and hollywood area:

Chinese theatre- handprints of your favorite actors and actresses

Hollywood walk of fame- stars givin out to actors and actresses

Griffith park- when you go up, you can see the whole of LA

santa Monica pier- (beach, with restaurants and amusement park)

Malibu beach

Venice beach

Shopping centers:

Westfield mall

Hollywood and highland

Los Angeles, CA has many attractions, you can visit Hollywood with bus tour, visit Universal Studios, or enjoy LA from bird view with heli tour.

Try going through East LA at night... that will be exciting. Venice Beach is worth a visit, always lots going on there.

you can come over to my studio we can have fun, lmao jk. if your looking for restaurants their are a ton in pasadena, santa monica, west hollywood. attractions it depends what you like. hit me up with what you enjoy and maybe i can help you out better.