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Half-Day Los Angeles Historic Districts Private Guided Tour

  • 4 hours
  • Free cancellation up to 24h before
  • 3 languages
  • Private tour

Highlights

Go back in time and explore the real Los Angeles and its most important Historic Districts. These gems were built when LA had less than 200,000 inhabitants and today they are hidden inside this megalopolis of 15 millions. We will go from Angelino Heights, with its best example of pre-1900 Victorian houses; to Windsor Square, designed to be the most exclusive LA neighborhood with the largest lots, and Beaux Arts and Craftsman style homes; to Hancock Park, the dream of one of the most famous LA Mayors, known for its two-story, Palatian period revival homes—Tudor, Gothic Revival, Spanish Colonial, American Colonial, Mediterranean. We will stop also the world famous La Brea Tar Pits, with its incredible fossils collection of extinct mega-fauna of the late Pleistocene. Museum not included. The tour will end in South Carthay, a neighborhood developed in the 1930's by the Greek developer Spyros with its Spanish Colonial Revival houses, stained glass windows, tiles, and shower glass etching.

Inclusions

What's included

  • Guide
  • Car

What's not

  • Tip is very recommended because we keep the price for this private 4 hrs tour very low.
  • No greenhouse gases. We tour with Tesla Y electric car.

Itinerary

  1. Angelino Heights (1983) -First Designated Historic District in LA. -LA's first suburb: best concentration of pre-1900 Victorian-era architecture in LA -Later example of Craftsman and Mission Revival Styles

    30 min

  2. Hancock Park: designated in 2006 HPOZ, part of Mayor Henry Hancock purchase of eastern portion of Rancho La Brea and developed by his son G. Allan Hancock in 1920's; known for its palatian two stories period revival home - Tudor, Gothic Revival, Spanish Colonial, Italian Renaissance Revival, American Colonial, Mediterranean and Monterey Revival, French Eclectic and many more. We will visit also the world famous La Brea Tar Pits, with its incredible fossils collection of extinct mega-fauna of the late Pleistocene.

    30 min

  3. We will visit the tar pits, (not the museum) where they found one of the most complete collection of the extinct mammals of the Pleistocene, like saber tooth tigers, mammoths, lions, dire wolfs, elephants...

    30 minAdmission included

  4. South Carthay District, developed for the new affluent middle class in 1930's by the Greek developer Spyros George Ponty with its Spanish Colonial Revival houses, stained glass windows, tiles, shower glass etching.

    30 min

Cancellation

Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.

Know before you go

Meeting point
Meeting on Crescent Heights east side of Pico blvd. I have a white Chevy Volt.
Pickup
Pickup is offered, or you can meet at the starting point.
Ticket type
Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Operated by
Alberto Cioni Inc
  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
  • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

How it compares in Los Angeles

  • Its from-price is 146% above the median of the 1148 experiences we list in Los Angeles.
  • It is longer than most of them.
  • The operator lists free cancellation on it.

About Los Angeles

Sunshine, beaches, film studios and canyons fill sprawling Los Angeles, where Hollywood glamour meets diverse neighbourhoods and great food.

Hollywood is the starting point for many visitors, with the Walk of Fame, the historic Chinese Theatre and its handprints in cement, and views of the Hollywood Sign from Griffith Observatory. Studio lots in Burbank and Universal City offer a behind-the-scenes look at film and television.

Top-ranked sights in Los Angeles: Hollywood Walk of Fame, Rodeo Drive, Hollywood Sign.

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