In Downtown Los Angeles, recognition can arrive before a first visit: you have never entered a building, yet its outline or interior already seems familiar from
The Hollywood Sign began in 1923 as advertising for a housing development called Hollywoodland. It originally had thirteen letters; the familiar nine-letter name came later,
Los Angeles on a small budget is easier to plan through experiences than through collecting the largest possible number of free addresses. Oceanfront walks, public parks
A music evening in Los Angeles starts with a choice of format: a concert hall, an open-air amphitheatre or a club show. Walt Disney Concert
A rainy Los Angeles day is easier to plan around one neighbourhood and one main museum. On Grand Avenue, choose The Broad or MOCA Grand Avenue
For one free day, choose an experience rather than simply a famous brand. Universal Studios Hollywood suits an interest in film, game worlds and attractions alongside
If you have one free morning or half-day for a Los Angeles studio tour, choose by format, participants’ ages and location. Warner Bros. in Burbank
A garden visit in Los Angeles can be a main event rather than a gap between museums. Choose Huntington for a substantial cultural day, Descanso for
If you have one day or a few hours for an art museum in Los Angeles, choose by interest and location. Getty Center combines art, architecture
It is easy to cross Piazza delle Erbe while looking everywhere except up. Market stalls draw your eye, café tables fill the edges, and richly decorated
It is easy to become absorbed in Roman and medieval Verona, then walk past large nineteenth-century buildings as though they were simply more old castles.
Verona is usually explored at the scale of façades, bridges and stone arches. The Chapter Library invites you to look much closer. A page, a line
