Old and New Downtown Los Angeles Walking Tour

Overview

Experience the history of Los Angeles from its urban development in the early 20th Century to now a home of historic landmarks. See the transformation of a commercially developed neighborhood into a residential community. You will see how our early 1900s buildings are part of the renovation of a new downtown!

City: Los Angeles

Fri 27 Dec

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Starting at $35.00

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Fri 27 Dec

Starting at $35.00

Make a reservation

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What's Included

Local guide

Additional Info

Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
The tour ends at Pershing Square (532 S. Olive Street 90013), which is a 5 minute walk back to the starting point. The guide can point you in the direction.

What To Expect

Angels Flight Railway

Shortest Railway in the World

Grand Central Market

Historic market since 1917

Historic Theater District

Largest collection of pre- WWII theaters in America

Bradbury Building

Step into the oldest standing office building of Los Angeles

Old Bank District

"Spring Street of the West"

The Last Bookstore

Artistic bookstore

Pershing Square

LA's central square

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Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Reviews (103)

lisagT163RZ

Feb 2019

I took the walking tour 2 weeks ago with Neel as our guide. It was so interesting and such a perfect pace to see some hidden gems in DTLA. Once the tour ended, we went right back to some of the locations to take our time exploring. We are from Orange County and get to LA pretty often but WOW! who knew we would find an old theatre hidden inside a jewelry store or a cool "arcade" in what looked like an ordinary alleyway. Loved hearing about history of the area and seeing real-life filming locations. Neel, you were so gracious in helping me correct a mix-up with my payment. Talk about customer service! Well, I'll recommend this tour to all of my friends. We'd take another tour in a heart beat and already plan to do another one soon!

lynnec186

Feb 2019

Took the tour on 4th Feb, sorry can’t remember the guide’s name. There were 4 of us on the tour so nice small group. The guide was very knowledgeable and was happy to answer questions and make recommendations on other attractions unrelated to the tour such as the buildings featured in Bosch and other shows. The tour itself was very interesting, we learned a lot about LA and it’s history. Would highly recommend this tour. In fact we planned to do a second tour with them (haunted L.A.) but we unfortunately ran out of time on our short break. This will definitely be the first thing we book on our return.

Sharonglasschef

Dec 2018

We thoroughly enjoyed our tour with Chris yesterday. He was so knowledgeable and interesting and we learnt so much about the buildings that we didn’t know. It was a fun and lovely walk through The streets of downtown LA. I would highly recommend it not only to visitors but also to locals. Thank you Chris !