|
Beverly Wilshire Plan your
|
Attractions
Attractions by category
|
Attractions by travel time
![]() At Beverly Wilshire, you enjoy a unique vantage point from which to explore the sights, sounds and experiences around you. We hope the highlights of local attractions below help simplify your planning. Please let us know how else we can assist you. Attractions on this page Attractions
Disneyland
World-famous Disneyland features dining, shopping, entertainment and more than 55 adventures and attractions in seven magical theme lands. Mickey Mouse’s theme park offers a magical experience for the entire family.
Grauman's Chinese Theatre
Hollywood comes alive as visitors stroll the Walk of Fame, which commemorates celebrities whose names appear on bronze stars on the sidewalk, or compare footprints of the stars in the courtyard of Grauman's Chinese Theatre.
Greystone Mansion and Park
The romantic setting of this 18.5-acre (7.5-hectare) park serves as a location for cultural activities, a quiet getaway for daily visitors and a memorable backdrop for weddings and other celebrations. The mansion, featured in many films, photography and advertising, is accessible by the public for musical and theatrical performances.
Hollywood & Highland/Kodak Theatre
As the new epicentre of pop culture, Hollywood and Highland represents the dramatic revitalisation of the entertainment, fine dining, shopping, tourism and history that have defined the world's movie-making capital for almost a century.
With 640,000 square feet (60,000 square metres) of one-of-a-kind shops, restaurants, broadcasting facilities and cinemas – plus the world's only live broadcast performing arts theatre and new home of the Academy Awards presentations – this spectacular destination pays homage to the movie industry's illustrious past and hails the new glory days of Hollywood.
The 50-foot-high (15-metre) Hollywood Sign is one of Hollywood's most famous landmarks, stretching across the top of Mount Lee.
The birthplace of Los Angeles over 200 years ago, Olvera Street is today a bustling cobblestone street filled with colourful shops selling Mexican wares and restaurants serving tasty Mexican cuisine.
Located at the famous intersection of Rodeo Drive and Wilshire Boulevard,
Two popular beaches are at Santa Monica and Malibu. Other outdoor activities in the area include horseback riding in Griffith Park and hiking on Mount Wilson.
The last of the great pleasure piers dating back to the 1880s, Santa Monica Pier offers games, rides, a historic carousel, shops and cafés.
There are a number of shopping centres just minutes from the Hotel, including the Beverly Center, Westfield Century City and the Grove, featuring stores such as Bloomingdale's, Barneys New York, Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue.
Skirball Cultural Center
The Skirball Cultural Center celebrates the Jewish-American experience through a range of programmes. The Center is doubling its size – a new hall and museum space will make it the largest Jewish cultural centre in North America. The galleries have also been redesigned.
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens is set on 150 stunning acres (61 hectares). The sumptuous galleries and library showcase rare books, manuscripts and 18th- to 20th-century art.
Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica has shops, movies and restaurants.
Universal Studios Hollywood
Movie lovers will be thrilled to experience a host of rides, shows and attractions that bring their favourite films to life. Then, go deep behind the scenes where today’s hottest movies are being made, to see the sets and secrets revealed – so close you can hear the cameras rolling, and maybe catch a glimpse of a star.
The Venice Beach Boardwalk is a "must see" while in Los Angeles, featuring everything from the wild to the bizarre, and one-of-a-kind shops. High-speed in-line skaters, musicians and all walks of life enjoy this mile-long stretch on the Pacific Ocean.
Fabled motion picture studios such as NBC, Universal and Warner Brothers offer a chance to see behind the scenes in VIP backlot tours.
Virginia Robinson Gardens
The Robinson Estate was one of the first homes in the region, built in 1911 for the First Lady of Beverly Hills, Virginia Robinson. Reflecting the gracious living and legendary hospitality of an early 20th-century estate, the Virginia Robinson Gardens is an eloquent blend of architecture and landscape. A beautiful representation of this era, a guided tour provides visitors with a direct link to the rich history of Beverly Hills.
City tours
Beverly Hills Trolley Tour
Enjoy a 40-minute tour of art and architecture through historical and renowned areas of Beverly Hills, including Rodeo Drive. Beverly Hills Trolley Tour hours are seasonal and generally operate five days a week in the summer and only on Saturdays during the remainder of the year. Privately guided tours are available. For advance reservations, please contact the Concierge.
Museums
Autry Museum of Western Heritage
Founded by Gene Autry, the museum is devoted to preserving and interpreting the rich history and traditions of the American West. Featuring comprehensive collections of western history and art, its seven permanent galleries and special exhibitions offer material gathered from the many cultures and events that have shaped the legacy of this vast region.
California Science Center
The California Science Center is a family destination, offering hands-on exhibits that show how science relates to everyday life. Exhibit galleries cover life sciences, human innovation and more. The IMAX theatre shows large-format film on a screen that's seven storeys high. Admission to the exhibits is free.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
The grande dame of Los Angeles's Museum Row is the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. More than 150,000 works from around the world are featured in the museum's permanent collection, including paintings, drawings, prints and sculptures by masters such as Rembrandt, Monet and Matisse. Major exhibitions of ancient Roman artworks, bronze sculptures from southeast Asia, 16th-century textiles, decorative arts and photography attract 600,000 visitors each year. The museum hosts more than 30 special shows annually; recent exhibitions focused on Picasso, Chagall, David Hockney and Frank Lloyd Wright.
Museum of Tolerance
The Museum of Tolerance actually focuses on issues of intolerance, from domestic civil rights to worldwide prejudice. It features artefacts from Auschwitz and personal items once belonging to Anne Frank; photographs and video testimonies by Holocaust survivors are particularly hard-hitting.
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Children and adults alike will be awed by the wonders at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Only surpassed in size by the Smithsonian Institution and the American Museum of Natural History, the museum's collection includes 16 million specimens and artefacts. Highlights include dinosaur skeletons and more than 2,000 gems and minerals.
Norton Simon Museum
The Norton Simon Museum celebrates a comprehensive new expansion and renovation, orchestrated by architect Frank O. Gehry. The stellar collection features masterworks from the Renaissance to the 20th century by van Gogh, Renoir, Manet, Degas, Goya, Picasso, Rembrandt and others. The sculpture garden has been completely re-landscaped and transformed.
Petersen Automotive Museum
The Petersen Automotive Museum, recognised internationally for its innovative design, is dedicated to the interpretive study of the automobile and its influence on our life and culture. Encompassing more than 300,000 square feet (28,000 square metres), its exhibits and lifelike dioramas feature more than 150 rare and classic cars, trucks and motorcycles.
The Getty Center
The Getty Center's stunning architecture by Richard Meier and its hilltop site allows for breathtaking city vistas. Paintings, decorative arts, photographs, manuscripts and drawings are divided among five galleries. You can see works by Rembrandt, Monet, Cézanne, Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo; van Gogh's Irises is the top draw. Robert Irwin's Central Garden offers an intriguing place to rest.
The Paley Center for Media
At its new Beverly Hills location, the Paley Center for Media offers a complete history of radio and television.
UCLA Hammer Museum
The UCLA Hammer Museum features paintings by old masters, Impressionists and Post-impressionists, including masterpieces by Rembrandt, Cassat, Monet and van Gogh. The UCLA Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, which is also part of the museum, includes prints, drawings, photographs and artists' books from the Renaissance to the present.
Shopping
Beverly Hills Farmers' Market
This weekly outdoor market offers the finest California-grown seasonal produce, juices, baked goods, specialty items and more in a festive street setting.
Sporting/Concert venues
Rancho Park Golf Course
Rancho Park Golf Course is a nearby public course with driving range, putting green and pro shop.
Theatre/Performing arts
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion is home of the Los Angeles Opera and Music Center Dance.
The Henry Fonda Theatre is an old Hollywood theatre featuring plays and one-man shows.
Hollywood Bowl
The Hollywood Bowl is the summer home of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and also hosts outdoor concerts by top classical, popular and jazz artists.
Pantages Theatre
The Pantages Theatre is an old Hollywood theatre featuring Broadway and off-Broadway plays and musicals.
Walt Disney Concert Hall
Walt Disney Concert Hall is the fourth and most recent addition to the Music Center of Los Angeles County. Designed by the internationally renowned architect Frank Gehry, the 293,000 square-foot (27,220 square-metre) Concert Hall features a wavy steel exterior designed to resemble a ship with its sail in full mast, representing Gehry's wish to create the feeling of travelling along a ceremonial barge to music. The centrepiece of the Concert Hall, a 2,265-seat auditorium with natural lighting in which the audience surrounds the orchestra, was designed to look and feel like the ship's hull.
|

