LA Half-Day City Tour: Start from Hollywood or Santa Monica!
Overview
Available languages
5 hours 30 minutes
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Check out the BEST Los Angeles has to offer on this half-day interactive sightseeing experience! Take a seat on one of our Climate-Controlled Buses as your fun and entertaining driver-guide gives you an insider look at LA culture, history, landmarks, and hot spots. This tour is an excellent mix of time spent on the bus sightseeing and exploring different stops yourself!
(NEW) You can now choose to begin your tour in Hollywood or Santa Monica! (Your first stop will either be Santa Monica or Hollywood, depending on where your tour begins)
1st Stop: Santa Monica Pier or Hollywood (45-Minutes)
2nd Stop: The Grove & Farmer's Market (75 Minutes - Lunch/Shopping)
3rd Stop: The Griffith Observatory (45 Minutes).
The ONLY Half-Day Tour in LA! Unlike competitor tours, which last 7-9 hours (or longer with hotel pick-ups), we're proud to offer a streamlined, half-day option that gives you all the highlights without taking up your entire day!
Additional Info
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Specialized infant seats are available
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
(ONLY AVAILABLE WHEN DEPARTING FROM HOLLYWOOD) We now offer this tour in 11 languages through a free multilingual app with pre-recorded audio commentary (not a live guide). You can follow along in your preferred language: English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Russian, Italian, Catalan, Korean, Japanese, or Chinese. Our team will help you download the app to your smartphone and log in during check-in. For the best sound quality, we recommend bringing your headphones—or you can purchase a pair from us for $5.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What‘s Included
Car seat for children under 8 years old or shorter than 4’9”
Air Conditioned Bus with Expert Driver Guide
Gratuities
Available to purchase during tour
Parking Fees
Restroom on board
What To Expect
Hollywood
The Tour begins/ends on The World Famous Hollywood Walk of Fame so you will have ample time to explore Hollywood!
Sunset Strip
The Sunset Strip extends from West Hollywood's eastern border with the city of Los Angeles near Marmont Lane to its western border with Beverly Hills at Phyllis Street. The Sunset Strip is known for its boutiques, restaurants, rock clubs, nightclubs, and its array of huge, colorful billboards.
Options
Tour begins from Santa Monica
This tour will begin and end in Santa Monica and include a 45-minute Stop in Hollywood (instead of a stop in Santa Monica).
Starting point:
Shore Hotel, 1515 Ocean Ave, Santa Monica, CA 90401, USA
Tour Begins From Hollywood
Tour begins from Hollywood: Stops at Santa Monica Pier, Grove/Farmers Market, and Griffith Observatory—optional Audio Guide in 11 languages.
Starting point:
Hollywood Visitor Center, 7044 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028, USA
Reviews
1,922 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
An awesome Chadventure!
A4057SEsarahm,
Dec 4, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00The whole tour was super fun & Chad was a really awesome guide. I personally enjoy learning fun factoids about anything and everything, so I really enjoyed Chad's factual tidbits about the places we passed by and all stopovers. He is very knowledgeable, and made me appreciate West Hollywood, Beverly Hills & Fairfax more. I feel that the time allotted for each of the stops were enough, save for the Beverly Hills sign stop which was a bit rushed. As it was only a trial/new stop, nonetheless, the whole duration of the tour was enough so as to not be too exhausted for the day. Ultimately, really enjoyed the tour and greatly appreciate Chad & the team for providing the service.
Chad good
gizmoroomva,
Dec 4, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Chad is great highly highly highly highly highly highly highly highly highly highly highly highly highly recommend his tour.
Great Touring experience in the City of the ‘Stars’
Adenrele M,
Dec 3, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00It was a great experience with our tour guide being a good communicator and commentator giving us the best and most relevant gist about Hollywood. We enjoyed the tour and will do it again. Highly recommended!!!!!
LA Hollywood tour
Albu123456,
Nov 29, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00We had a fantastic experience. Shawn was an amazing tour guide 10/10. He was very explanatory through all the way and very funny. I would definitely recommend 👌
A good choice to know LA
luisfranciscoc893,
Nov 28, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Very good tour, visits much of the most emblematic areas of Los Angeles, is very pleasant the Talib guide and with great knowledge of all the places visited
Nice 👍🙂
shakira293,
Nov 25, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
4.00This half-day city tour is a great way to get around Los Angeles. The ocean breeze at Santa Monica Pier, the photo ops in front of the Hollywood Sign, and the great view from Griffith Observatory—all in all, it was a great experience. The guide was fun to share information with, and the bus was comfortable. It would have been more enjoyable if we had had a little more time at each stop. Other than that, it's a great tour to get to know the city better in a short amount of time.
What a fantastic way to spend the day
F9285PHjanem,
Nov 25, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00We recently visited Los Angeles for the day and decided that the best way to see everything in one day was by joining a tour, we were not disappointed. From the arrival everyone was so friendly and helpful. We went on a lovely bus and Shawn our guide was amazing. Shawn's knowledge of the area is unbelievable and he makes it all very entertaining. The time just flew past. If you have a spare afternoon I couldn't recommend anything better. Thank you so much for a fantastic day.
Shake rattle and roll
jameshB927MJ,
Nov 25, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
3.00Poorly maintained equipment…the bus rattled and jolted us throughout…main depot also a rough-and- ready place. I’ve been on many better tours.
Excellent Tour & Amazing Tour Guide
jimkK7182NM,
Nov 24, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Chellse was an excellent tour guide. We highly recommend her! The tour encompasses a lot of areas and the guide is very informative. Great way to see may places with ample time at major locals.
Joli tour
Aznavour74,
Nov 22, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00It was very nice and the driver commented the tour all along with interesting comments. The problem is that for the ones wanting to hear their own language guide it’not easy to hear anymore, as talking in the same time. Very good tour to see main areas of the city and get an idea of he size of the city from Griffith observatory.
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