Los Angeles City Guide
How to live it up in Los Angeles with our insider guide to the best hotels, restaurants, cocktail bars and cultural destinations in the Californian city
Los Angeles is a city that works like no other. This conglomerate of distinct neighbourhoods is bewildering at first, but cast your net narrow and tackle one area at a time. The biggest city on the palm-fringed west coast of the US is drenched in honeyed light, powered by a juggernaut of an entertainment industry, and crammed with expressways.
Hotels
Mid-century motels, modern skyscrapers topped by rooftop pools in DTLA, and tiny boutiques hidden in obscure neighbourhoods: LA has a place to stay to suit every traveller.
"LA is 20 cities wearing a trench coat, masquerading as one to get by"
An ode to the City of Angels
Restaurants & bars
From unbeatable taco trucks to world-renowned fine dining, LA offers eating with serious depth, alongside rooftop drinks, downtown saloons and slick cocktail bars.
Museums & galleries
LA’s cultural institutions all house fantastic collections, housed in equally inspiring buildings, alongside street art and galleries along the Santa Fe Strip.
Lifestyle
Venture to vintage shops, live music venues or perch up at one of the city’s recommended coffee shops or co-working spaces.
Coffee and co-working
Check out freelancer-friendly cafes, workspaces and community-driven coffee shops
People
Interviews with designers, artists, chefs and more, fuelling the city’s palpable creative energy.
Focal Point
Narrative photography that captures LA’s candid, carefree spirit.
