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Old 31 May 20, 11:51 PM  
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Looking for some tour advice please.
We arrive in LA on a monday and are staying in Anaheim until the Saturday before going to San Diego so really have 4 full days.
I'd like to spend 3 at Disneyland so was thinking of booking a tour on our other free day. Can anybody recommend something, I think we'd just like to see the main Hollywood touristy things if possible like walk of fame, a view of the sign, maybe Rodeo Drive. We're 2 adults with 2 kids that are 15 & 10.
Any particular companies people have experience with? Or is there something else that may suit us better? We haven't been before and only just starting to look into it.
Thank you
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Old 1 Jun 20, 03:41 AM  
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I have been to LA a few times now and there is definitely no need to use a tour company to go to Hollywood or visit Rodeo Drive, which is just a shopping street, albeit a very nice one. I would do it independently.
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Old 1 Jun 20, 07:53 AM  
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We went for this tour and really enjoyed it!

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I have to say the beaches held much more appeal for us than the traditional sites. The Walk of Fame was an experience I’d rather forget 🤢 but I will always remember riding the carousel and ferris wheel on Santa Monica pier and paddling in the Pacific at Venice Beach. We also stopped by the Staples Centre and the Walt Disney Orchestra Hall for photo ops.
Our tour guide was Tom and he gave a brilliant commentary on the 1.5 hour drive from our Disneyland-adjacent hotel to Venice Beach. We were never bored (even Rodeo Drive provided some laughs, I can’t believe anyone really wears the clothes we saw in the display windows) The lunch break at the Farmer’s Market was definitely a highlight- we went to the recently opened Trejo’s Tacos, I still have dreams about their cauliflower tacos and elote 😍
I also liked the size of the tour, there were only 3 other groups on our minibus from the southern states, Scotland and Belgium. I also liked the hotel pick up and drop off, as I’m always nervous about getting to a meeting place for a specific time!
In short, highly recommended 👌

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Old 1 Jun 20, 08:09 AM  
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We went on Access Hollywood Tour. I done this because Keith Lemon had done it on his show.
It was a great tour. They generally take you all around Hollywood. You see all the sights, stars houses, various places to socialise if you have loads of cash. Plus the best places to shop if you are minted. We had a fabulous host/driver. We all really enjoyed it!
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Old 1 Jun 20, 09:15 AM  
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We used the Hop-on Hop-off buses... did the full circuit and then stayed on and got off where we decided to visit. They even go to the beach Great and cheap way to see as much as possible.
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Old 1 Jun 20, 10:07 AM  
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Thank you.
We don't want to drive which was part of the reason I was thinking a tour may be best and I'm a huge shopaholic fan which is why I'd like to see Rodeo drive.
I'll definitely have a look into Santa Monica pier though as that sounds lovely. We're on a cruise the following week so should get quite a bit of beach time then.
I'll check out both the tours that have been mentioned thanks.
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Old 7 Jun 20, 12:59 PM  
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I would also recommend Anaheim Tour Company. They are going a long time now. Our first visit we stayed in Anaheim and just wanted a quick overview of LA, kids were still young. I remember communication being really good and overall a great tour.

We have stayed in LA a few times since and spent time in the places we really like, driving and using public transport but for a short first visit (without driving yourself) an organised tour is the way to do it
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We did an Access Hollywood Tour and enjoyed that.
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Old 23 Jun 20, 12:36 AM  
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We used Anaheim Tour Company and they were superb, Rick was amazing and gave such great insight everywhere we went
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Old 28 Jun 20, 11:33 AM  
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I wouldn't do a tour of LA from Anaheim, it's a good 1.5 hours sitting in traffic before you get to LA.
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