We spent some time in Long Beach and chose to do this tour on one of the days. Our van and driver were right on time to get us and it was a pleasure to sit back and let him do the driving. He said we picked a good day, Saturday, because there was less traffic. Looked like a lot to me. He was very knowledgeable about the many places we saw or stopped at. (Coliseum, Grahman's Theater, Hollywood sign, place where LA was founded and the first home established there, Venice Beach - just to name a few. Keep in mind we did not stop and get out at all of these, but enough.) The guide was a native of LA and given the traffic if we couldn't go one way he knew how to detour to get us where we needed to be. We stopped for lunch and surprisingly were told to take our time. So nice not to have to check your watch while you're eating. I'm glad we took this tour as I don't expect I'm ever going to return to LA.