Los Angeles - Backgroud - Overview

All European and many domestic flights use Los Angeles International Airport always known as LAX (tel 310/646-5252, www.los-angeles-lax.com ) sixteen miles southwest of downtown. ... more

Some of your best bets for touring downtown and other spots are the two-and-one-half hour walking tours offered by the LA Conservancy (Sat 10am; $8; tel 213/623-CITY, www.laconservancy.org ), ... more

The rambling metropolis of LOS ANGELES sprawls across the thousand square miles of a great desert basin, knitted together by an intricate network of congested freeways between the ocean and the snowcapped mountains. ... more

LA has a number of visitors centers . The downtown one is at 685 S Figueroa St (MonFri 8am5pm, Sat 8.30am5pm; tel 213/689-8822, www.lacvb.com ); others, all open normal weekday working hours, ... more

You can buy virtually anything, anywhere, anytime in LA. The big department stores or the exclusive Rodeo Drive will have it if the ubiquitous run-of-the-mill retailers don't, ... more