Walking Tours

Eight curated routes through the city’s layered history. Pick one, read the brief, and start it from anywhere — you don’t have to be standing on the corner.

Broadway Theatre WalkThe Golden Age of Movie Palaces · Downtown LA8 stops · 0.7 mi · ~45 minThis half-mile walk down Broadway drops you into the densest concentration of movie palaces on Earth. Start at the Los Angeles Theatre — so opulent it nearly bankrupted the man who built it — then zigzag between the marquees, terra cotta facades, and neon spires that once drew more foot traffic than Times Square. You'll pass the theater where Michael Jackson filmed Thriller, the cafeteria with a fake forest inside, and the first house in LA wired for talkies. The walk ends at the Ace Hotel, built as the flagship for United Artists by Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, and Douglas Fairbanks — where a Gothic lobby and a rooftop bar make for a proper finish.
Ventura Old Town WalkMission, Main Street & Marquees · Ventura5 stops · 0.5 mi · ~30 minThis short stroll through Ventura's historic core traces the city from its earliest adobe roots to the hill where city hall still watches over Main Street. Start at the Ortega Adobe — the oldest standing building in town, built when California was still part of Mexico — then pass the mission that gave the city its name, duck into a restaurant that's been feeding locals since 1877, and walk past a 1928 movie palace that once hosted vaudeville acts on their way to LA. End at Ventura City Hall, perched above it all on Poli Street with views down to the coast.
Field AgentThe Golden Triangle WalkBeverly Hills · Beverly Hills10 stops · 1.3 mi · ~65 minThe Golden Triangle is Beverly Hills compressed to its essence — three blocks of the most expensive retail real estate on the planet, bookended by a Pretty Woman hotel and the most photographed sign in the city. This walk covers luxury, architecture, art, food, civic pride, and Instagram in under a mile. Start at the Beverly Wilshire, where Warren Beatty lived for a decade instead of buying a house, and end at the Beverly Hills sign, where everyone pretends they just happened to walk by. In between: a Frank Lloyd Wright hidden on Rodeo Drive, a post office that should charge museum admission, and a deli where Larry King's booth is still warm. The Golden Triangle isn't just where the money is — it's where the money learned to perform.
Sunset East — The Indie WalkEcho Park & Silver Lake · Echo Park & Silver Lake6 stops · 1.5 mi · ~60 minEast of Hollywood, Sunset Boulevard becomes a different street entirely. The billboards thin out, the buildings get shorter, and the history gets stranger. This stretch of Sunset through Silver Lake and Echo Park holds a pre-Stonewall queer uprising, a mural for a musician who didn't want to be famous, a flamenco theater that's been here since the '60s, and a store that sells mammoth chunks and robot milk. The Indie Walk is for people who like their LA weird, personal, and a little heartbroken. Start at the crossroads where Silver Lake meets Echo Park, end at a time travel supply shop, and discover why this side of Sunset has more soul per block than the Strip has per mile.
Field AgentThe Sunset Strip Rock WalkHollywood · Hollywood6 stops · 1 mi · ~60 minOne mile of Sunset Boulevard holds more music history than most cities produce in a century. This is the stretch where The Doors got their residency, where Mitzi Shore decided who was funny, where Lemmy drank at the same stool until they put a plaque on it, and where the Chateau Marmont watched all of it from behind its hedge. The Sunset Strip isn't a museum — every venue on this walk is still operating, still booking, still pouring. The ghosts of Zeppelin, Hendrix, and Janis are here, but so are tonight's headliners. Start at the Rainbow, end at the Chateau, and walk the mile that invented rock and roll nightlife.
Field AgentBunker Hill to BroadwayDowntown LA · Downtown LA10 stops · 1.5 mi · ~75 minThis walk drops you down the spine of Downtown LA — from the cultural hilltop where the city keeps its art and music to the commercial canyon where it kept its money, its movies, and its secrets. You'll ride the shortest railway in the world, stand inside a Gehry sculpture, eat in a hundred-year-old market hall, and end the day in a cafeteria with a fake redwood tree built by a man who toppled a corrupt mayor. The route covers a mile and a half and 140 years of history — from the Victorian park where LA's elite once promenaded to the Broadway block where a million people a week went to the movies. Bunker Hill is where the city wants you to look. Broadway is where it actually happened.
The Santa Monica Coastal WalkFrom a 1909 carousel to a 150-year-old saloon · Santa Monica8 stops · 1.8 mi · ~75 minSanta Monica was a beach town before Los Angeles ate it. This walk traces the coastline from the pier to the bluffs, hitting the landmarks that survived the city's transformation from a sleepy seaside resort into one of the most visited stretches of sand in the world. You'll start at a 1909 carousel that still costs less than a parking meter, pass the spot where physical fitness culture was invented, drink at the bar where astronauts celebrated before their missions, and end on the bluffs where the city's original residents planted fig trees that are still growing. No filler stops. No turns counted as destinations. Just the real Santa Monica — the one that was here before the tourists and will be here after.
Hollywood Boulevard WalkFrom the Gateway to the Grill · Hollywood9 stops · 0.8 mi · ~55 minStart at the silver gazebo where four women hold up Hollywood — literally — then walk east along the most famous sidewalk in the world. You'll pass the forecourt where movie stars kneel in wet cement, the hotel where the first Oscar was handed out in 15 minutes flat, the building where Max Factor invented modern movie makeup, a budget hotel haunted by both Pretty Woman and the Black Dahlia, the theatre that introduced Los Angeles to King Tut fever, and end at the bar where Faulkner, Chandler, and Bukowski all drank — and where you should too.