Pocket Guide to the Best of Los Angeles

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Summary: Rediscover Los Angeles
Review: A must for those who are looking for places to go and things to see in the Los Angeles area. This handy-sized (5 1/4 x 4 1/4) pocket guide with G.P.S. coordinates, for those with G.P.S. equipment, offers you five different tours and many attractions to choose from. I have already taken three of the tours and have seen several of the featured attractions and found all of them to be exciting, educational and accurate on the information given. However, to fully enjoy them, I found I needed to allow for more time than estimated in the book. The directions were so easy to follow and accurate that even I, who can get lost going to the grocery store, was able to follow them.

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Summary: Born There, Never Done That!
Review: Even though I was born and raised in the Los Angeles area, I never knew there were so many fun and interesting places to visit. The "Pocket Guide to the Best of Los Angeles" is assisting to provide my family and me with many exciting and educational experiences. Recently I visited the Museum of Tolerance. I must say that I have heard it advertised in the past, but had no desire to visit. It was quite a learning experience and now I am excited about choosing more places both for relaxation and education. Thank you "Pocket Guide to the Best of Los Angeles" for enlightening me to such experiences. Now when family and freinds visit, we will be able to plan exactly what we want to do, already knowing all the necessary details for a perfect outings.

I have had the pleasure of going on a few of the book's Adventure Tours and being able to read a biography about each of the stars certainly makes viewing their homes more interesting. The choice of only the prime super stars of today and the past was excellent. The driving directions were easy to follow, accurate and the stops on the tours were not too far apart.

I like the way the book is organized with various types of attractions separated from the tours, and also the recommendations on visiting other sights in the area. The book is just the right size to fit into my pocket or purse. While browsing, we noticed the clever comments by the authors throughout the book. A little humor is always good. I can't wait to try other adventures. My leisure time is valuable and the use of the web site addresses and other information in the pocket guide allows me to make the most of that time. As they say "Time is money" and this was money well spent.

Three Cheers For The Authors.

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Summary: Born There, Never Done That!
Review: Even though I was born and raised in the Los Angeles area, I never knew there were so many fun and interesting places to visit. The "Pocket Guide to the Best of Los Angeles" is assisting to provide my family and me with many exciting and educational experiences. Recently I visited the Museum of Tolerance. I must say that I have heard it advertised in the past, but had no desire to visit. It was quite a learning experience and now I am excited about choosing more places both for relaxation and education. Thank you "Pocket Guide to the Best of Los Angeles" for enlightening me to such experiences. Now when family and freinds visit, we will be able to plan exactly what we want to do, already knowing all the necessary details for a perfect outings.

I have had the pleasure of going on a few of the book's Adventure Tours and being able to read a biography about each of the stars certainly makes viewing their homes more interesting. The choice of only the prime super stars of today and the past was excellent. The driving directions were easy to follow, accurate and the stops on the tours were not too far apart.

I like the way the book is organized with various types of attractions separated from the tours, and also the recommendations on visiting other sights in the area. The book is just the right size to fit into my pocket or purse. While browsing, we noticed the clever comments by the authors throughout the book. A little humor is always good. I can't wait to try other adventures. My leisure time is valuable and the use of the web site addresses and other information in the pocket guide allows me to make the most of that time. As they say "Time is money" and this was money well spent.

Three Cheers For The Authors.

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Summary: Rediscover Los Angeles
Review: I recently purchased this book. I have lived in the Los Angeles area for a long time. However I really didn't know the different museums that mught be of interest. I guess the best part of this little book is they give younot only all the pertenant imformation, like address, hours, but the prices of admission, what things of interest are on view and even their web site so you can learn even more about the museum. I don't have the time to look all this up in the phone directory or newspapers. I found this book very valuable in determining if the friends and family that come visiting would enjoy the museums I had picked out to visit.

There also are GPS coordinates if you are interested in concise directions to the site of interest. There are also games to play which we found entertaining. For the price I paid it was more informative and easy to read then other tour guides and books you can get in the library. It had alot of information. I would recommend it to any one new or even familiar visitors to Los Angeles. I hope they come out with the same type of book for other parts of California or even nationally. It would make a great planner for vacations.

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Summary: Pocket Guide to the best of Los Angeles
Review: I recently purchased this book. I have lived in the Los Angeles area for a long time. However I really didn't know the different museums that mught be of interest. I guess the best part of this little book is they give younot only all the pertenant imformation, like address, hours, but the prices of admission, what things of interest are on view and even their web site so you can learn even more about the museum. I don't have the time to look all this up in the phone directory or newspapers. I found this book very valuable in determining if the friends and family that come visiting would enjoy the museums I had picked out to visit.

There also are GPS coordinates if you are interested in concise directions to the site of interest. There are also games to play which we found entertaining. For the price I paid it was more informative and easy to read then other tour guides and books you can get in the library. It had alot of information. I would recommend it to any one new or even familiar visitors to Los Angeles. I hope they come out with the same type of book for other parts of California or even nationally. It would make a great planner for vacations.

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Summary: Great fun!
Review: This was a great, handy book to have while visiting southern California. I have been on two of the tours so far. Both were accurate and fun. I am origianally from California, but live in Dallas now. This was a nice way to refresh my memory of the area, and find out new places to see. It is a must have if you are planning to spend some time in the southern California area.

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Summary: Great fun!
Review: This was a great, handy book to have while visiting southern California. I have been on two of the tours so far. Both were accurate and fun. I am origianally from California, but live in Dallas now. This was a nice way to refresh my memory of the area, and find out new places to see. It is a must have if you are planning to spend some time in the southern California area.

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Summary: Experience L.A. Like Never Before!
Review: What a great Book! This is the best guide to L.A. that I have seen. Not only does it contain over one hundred of the best attractions, but it also has five self-guided tours around the greater Los Angeles area.

Four of the tours stop at famous landmarks and the homes of the biggest superstars in Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Brentwood and Pacific Palisades. Celebrity biographies are provided for more then 60 of the greatest stars of today and yesteryear. Some of my favorites include Brad Pitt, John Travolta, Harrison Ford, Steven Spielberg, Dustin Hoffman. Marilyn Monroe, Lucille Ball, and Elvis Presley.

The final tour is a walking tour exploring downtown Los Angeles. This tour unveils the various cultures, historical facts and gives you a feel for the future of the city of Los Angeles. Featured are water parks, beautiful gardens, mini-museums, three different ethnic communities, architectural feats, and much more.

Not only does the book have very accurate driving directions, but it contains GPS coordinates for those who like to navigate with GPS. Additionally, it contains a very innovative GPS Adventure Game which is a type of cross word puzzle where you are given GPS coordinates and clues. You travel to each GPS coordinate, read the clue and determine the answers. The game's route follows pretty close to the route of Adventure Tour I, so you can play the game at the same time that you go on the tour. For example, one clue is the tomb inscription, "She did it the hard way". The GPS coordinates take you to Forest Lawn Memorial Park to Bette Davis' tomb. Another clue is "A winged lady holding an electron", and you are guided to GPS coordinates at The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences where you see a thirty foot Emmy (the answer) and many more busts of the greatest television stars.

The book was well planned and is very convenient. I highly recommend the "Pocket Guide to the Best of Los Angeles" to everyone.

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Summary: Experience L.A. Like Never Before!
Review: What a great Book! This is the best guide to L.A. that I have seen. Not only does it contain over one hundred of the best attractions, but it also has five self-guided tours around the greater Los Angeles area.

Four of the tours stop at famous landmarks and the homes of the biggest superstars in Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Brentwood and Pacific Palisades. Celebrity biographies are provided for more then 60 of the greatest stars of today and yesteryear. Some of my favorites include Brad Pitt, John Travolta, Harrison Ford, Steven Spielberg, Dustin Hoffman. Marilyn Monroe, Lucille Ball, and Elvis Presley.

The final tour is a walking tour exploring downtown Los Angeles. This tour unveils the various cultures, historical facts and gives you a feel for the future of the city of Los Angeles. Featured are water parks, beautiful gardens, mini-museums, three different ethnic communities, architectural feats, and much more.

Not only does the book have very accurate driving directions, but it contains GPS coordinates for those who like to navigate with GPS. Additionally, it contains a very innovative GPS Adventure Game which is a type of cross word puzzle where you are given GPS coordinates and clues. You travel to each GPS coordinate, read the clue and determine the answers. The game's route follows pretty close to the route of Adventure Tour I, so you can play the game at the same time that you go on the tour. For example, one clue is the tomb inscription, "She did it the hard way". The GPS coordinates take you to Forest Lawn Memorial Park to Bette Davis' tomb. Another clue is "A winged lady holding an electron", and you are guided to GPS coordinates at The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences where you see a thirty foot Emmy (the answer) and many more busts of the greatest television stars.

The book was well planned and is very convenient. I highly recommend the "Pocket Guide to the Best of Los Angeles" to everyone.

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Summary: Have Fun!
Review: You will have fun reading this handy little book even if you don't go on the variety of tours it has to offer. The concise, often humorous, descriptions are full of little known facts on people and places all over L.A. There are museums, parks, landmarks, cemetaries and unique attractions I never knew existed and it was a great experience seeing them for the first time. Most of them were FREE! Pocket Guide to L.A. is not your typical Hollywood guide book. It is a entertaining and educational activity book that covers a wide range of interesting places to visit again and again. It would make a great gift.