Manhattan Beach Strand
Beautiful walkway above the beach. Walk for miles, with friendly fitness-lovers!
Bluff Park and Claire's Restaurant, Long Beach
Fantastic place to be, up high above the sea and beach.
Rainbow Harbor, Long Beach
A gorgeous new development, with restaurants overlooking the harbor and colorful walkways.
El Matador State Beach, Malibu
Incredible beach with blue-green water, rocks jutting out of the sea, arches, and caves.
Paseo Del Mar Clifftop Walk, Palos Verdes
A winding path along steep cliffs with views of stunning rocky coves below.
Palisades Park, Santa Monica
A winding walkway above the clay-red cliffs of Santa Monica, with stunning beach and mountain views.
Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena
Wonderful art museum with modern, streamlined interior, and lily-pond gardens outside.
Polliwog Park, Manhattan Beach
A huge beautiful park with lake, turtle and frog sculptures, lighthouse, boat to climb in, splash pad, workout equipment- you name it they have it! Four play areas!
Seal Beach and Town
A funky, yet spic and span town, with nice restaurants, a pier, and pretty streets to walk around.
Wayfarer's Chapel, Palos Verdes
Don't miss this! A little glass chapel tucked amongst pines, high above the sea.
Lake Balboa Park
A huge wonderful park with a new playground that is out of this world, a lake with paddle boats, and plenty of trees and grass.
California Science Center
Huge, modern Science museum that you will remember fondly for years to come!
Ferndell, Griffith Park
Enjoy a walk through tropical gardens next to a bubbling brook, and then a rest in a shady picnic area with a playground.
Brandon's Village Playground, Calabasas
A huge, colorful universally accessible playground with a wild west theme.
Malibu Country Mart Mall
Popular outdoor mall with playground and sandpit, sculptures, picnic tables, toy store, and ritzy people!
Garfield Park, Pasadena
Beautiful park with lampposts, deep green lawns, shady trees, and a playground full of kids.
Vasquez Rocks
Climbable rock formations that reach high into the sky and awe you with their beauty- fantastic for kids of all ages!
Adamson House, Malibu
House in Spanish Revival style built in the most glorious of locations beside the ocean between Malibu Pier and Malibu Lagoon. Come just to spend time on the lawn by the sea!
Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills
Incredible street with gold and silver sparkling high end shops, plus cafes for normal people on Beverly Dr.
3rd Street Promenade, Santa Monica
A pretty, pedestrian-only street, with performers, tons of people, and lots of shopping.
Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture Garden, UCLA
A magical spot where birds sing in the trees, students lay out on the little grassy knolls, and statues enlighten.
Getty Villa
Museum on Pacific Palisades hillside filled with ancient Greek and Roman treasures and luscious archtecture.
Will Rogers Memorial Park, Beverly Hills
Small, gorgeous park with old trees, tropical plants, flowers, roses, and a pond with koi and turtles.
Malibu Lumber Yard Mall
Fantastic outdoor mall with palm trees swishing in the breeze over a hardwood deck and a wood stage with live music on weekends.
Paradise Cove Beach Cafe, Malibu
Eat at a cafe with your feet in the sand looking out at the sea in a sheltered outdoor area- magical!
Kidspace Children's Museum, Pasadena
Great kids museum with high-tech, unusual activities and plenty to do outdoors as well. Hours of fun!
Manhattan Beach, Town, and Pier
A little beach town with delightful old-fashioned octagonal-ended pier and surfer shops that lead down to the sea.
Calabasas Commons
A shopping plaza with sidewalks cafes and shops that would look like Europe if it weren't so new!
Mathias Botanical Garden, UCLA
Incredible old trees from all over the globe, a stream, tropical plants, and flowers, all on a sloped plot of land.
Griffith Observatory
Art Deco observatory perched on a hill above LA with views of the iconic Hollywood sign, the downtown skyline, and the greater LA basin.
Old Town Pasadena
Pristine Beaux Arts storefronts, sidewalk cafes, Europane bakery, and every shop you could want including H & M.
Malibu Colony Plaza
Spanish-style shopping center with chic people having coffee by the outdoor fountain.
Promenade Mall, Westlake Village
Beautiful mall with bell tower, stained glass lamps, fountains, murals, flowers, sculptures of children, mega bookstore, cinemas, and restaurants.
San Marino Neighborhood Walk
Streets filled with old-fashioned lamp posts, magnificent old trees, and gracious mansions.
La Brea Tar Pits
Modern, fascinating museum surrounded by bubbling tar pits where saber-toothed tigers and mammoths were fossilized.
Knob Hill Ave Walk, Redondo Beach
A pretty walk through a wealthy neighborhood all the way to the beach!
Burton Chace Park, Marina Del Rey
Pretty park on the marina with green hills and lots of picnic areas.
Fowler Museum of Cultural History, UCLA
Interesting and modern museum with artifacts from around the world, on the beautiful UCLA campus.
Getty Center
A massive architectural achievement with great views of LA, beautiful gardens, and a cool free monorail that takes you up!
Roxbury Park playground, Beverly Hills
Large playground for big and little kids, with shade canopy, redwood trees, and walkway around the park.
Greystone Mansion gardens, Beverly Hills
On a steep hill sits Greystone Mansion and its formal terraced gardens, which you enter free.
Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
Museum about Ronald Reagan's life and events that occurred during his presidency- fascinating and beautifully presented.
Carbon Beach, Malibu
Beautiful beach with big pebbles at the shore, and mansions almost right up to the water.
El Scorpion Canyon Trail, West Hills
Wide, hard-packed dirt trail with views of a cute mountain peak.
Paramount Ranch, Agoura Hills
Train depot and chapel that were used in many movies as part of a western town (the town burned down in 2018)- a beautiful setting with a hiking trail.
Rancho Madera Community Park, Simi Valley
A large park with lush lawn, deciduous trees, a toddler play structure and a big kids play structure with tall twisty tunnel slides.
Shoreline Village
Fun for kids- knick knack shops, ice cream store, carousel, arcade games, boats to watch.
Fort Tejon, Lebec
An army outpost of the 1850s in a beautiful mountain pass. Civil war era living history days are the best times to come.
Malaga Cove Plaza, Palos Verdes
A Spanish Renaissance building with arches galore and a Neptune fountain.
Bike Path between Santa Monica and Venice
Bike path on the sand that runs from Santa Monica pier to Venice Beach!
LAX Lookout Point, El Segundo
Sidewalk with chess tables, benches, and telescopes, where you can watch the airplanes land and take-off from LAX.
Valencia Town Center Mall
Mall with fountains and flowerpots, double-decker carousel, small padded play area for kids, and cool stores.
Domenic Massari Park, Palmdale
About ten playgrounds built into one park! Recommended if you're already in the neighborhood.
The Landing, Westlake Village
A scenic walkway plus restaurants beside a lake that is part of a McMansion development.
Travel Town, Griffith Park
Train museum with real railway station, tracks, and trains. Plus, miniature train rides around the perimeter of the lot.
Tongva Park, Santa Monica
Modern, landscaped park with playground, fountains and impressive LED lights at night.
Holmby Park, Westwood
Park with playground surrounded by tropical plants and trees, lawn bowling, and putting green in the center.
Aidan's Place Playground, Westwood Park
Plain-looking playground with lots of interesting climbing structures, tunnels, slides, stepping stones, bridges, swings, pretend construction trucks to drive, a giant shaded sand pit with sand funnels, all in a very urban landscape.
The Boulevard, Lancaster
The groovy downtown main strip of Lancaster, with a few good cafes, a coffee shop, bakery, and cool space-age playground right next to an outdoor concert stage.
Westfield Topanga Indoor Mall
Indoor mall with kids mini train in the center, Target, large movie theater, gourmet food court, and Sanrio store!
Natural History Museum, Los Angeles
Impressive rotunda with dinosaur skeleton, great gem exhibit, but nothing at all for kids to do in the main galleries. Don't bring kids!
Promenade at Howard Hughes Center
Two-level mall with restaurants, movie theater, bookstore, Nordstroms Rack, glow-in-the-dark miniature golf, and an ice cream store by the fountain.