Unlike her neighbors to the north — San Francisco — and the south — San Diego — Los Angeles presents the visitor with a grittier, roll-up-your-sleeves persona, even though the name means "City of Angels" in Spanish.
It’s home to the motion picture and television industries, theaters and entertainment, and has wonderful beaches and communities north and south. Drive into the hills and canyons to the east and you'll find yourself in desert — lots of it.
The greater Los Angeles area is huge, varied and fantastic in every respect. The Port of Los Angeles is a major embarkation point for goods coming from Asia, and Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) serves as a major hub to the world.
With Mexico just three hours to the south, LA experiences a steady influx of people, culture and culinary influence.
You are permitted to call the city "LA"; everyone does.
HOW DO I START PLANNING A ROAD TRIP TO LOS ANGELES?
Whether you are flying or driving to Los Angeles, California, our journey planning tool can help you lay out your complete trip, provide maps and point-to-point driving directions to Los Angeles.
Click on HOME to begin planning your road trip to Los Angeles, including places to stay in and around Los Angeles, places to eat in Los Angeles, places to shop, places to go, things to do in Los Angeles and things that you might need along the way. Or check out the suggestions under Adopt-a-Trip™
To get started, you can put in your home address as your STARTING POINT for your trip to Los Angeles, California, and you can go to the WHERE tab and enter the address, airport code or city or region where you want to go to. If you need ideas and don’t know where you want to go, start with letting us know WHO and WHY you are traveling and WHAT you like to do and HOW you want to get there. Unlike other travel planning sites, you don’t have to know WHEN you are traveling to Los Angeles, but you can just tell us the number of days you want to be away or what season you prefer to travel to Los Angeles.
RoadEscapes.com is a planning tool that can be used for trips around town in your home town, weekend jaunts to Los Angeles, California, road trips and vacations to Los Angeles or California. So if you need driving directions to Los Angeles or a map of Los Angeles, or want to know what restaurants, hotels or stores in Los Angeles are close to a particular point of interest, use our SEARCH NEARBY function as you add additional points of interest in and around Los Angeles to your Trip Plan.
Once you are done building your Trip Plan and adding ideas to your Trip Ideas page, you can plot your route to Los Angeles, California by clicking on our PLOT ITINERARY button to get your turn by turn directions to Los Angeles and any other destinations in your trip. From there, you can add your hotel stay, search for things along your route to Los Angeles, save, print and email your trip plan.
Have fun and enjoy your trip to Los Angeles! |
