Half-Day Los Angeles Historic Districts Private Guided Tour

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4 hours (approximately)
Pickup offered
Offered in: English and 2 more

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.

What's Included

Guide
Car
Tip is very recommended because we keep the price for this private 4 hrs tour very low.
Greenhouse gases because we will drive an electric car.

Meeting and pickup

Pickup points
You can choose a pickup location at checkout (multiple pickup locations are available).
Pickup details:

We can pick up travellers also in Marina Del Rey, Venice, Beverly Hills and Culver City areas.

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Meeting point

Meeting on Crescent Heights east side of Pico blvd. I have a white Chevy Volt.

End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Itinerary

Duration: 4 hours (approximately)
  • 1
    Angelino Heights Historic Area

    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 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 2
    Hancock Park

    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 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 3
    La Brea Tar Pits and Museum

    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 minutes • Admission ticket included
  • 4
    Los Angeles

    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 minutes • Admission ticket free

Additional info

  • 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
Supplied by Alberto Cioni Inc

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Tags

Half-day Tours
Bus Tours
Private Sightseeing Tours
Cultural Tours
Historical Tours
Car Tours
Short term availability

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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