Beverly Hills and Hollywood, Los Angeles

Beyond the glamorous hotels, the stellar shopping of The Grove and Melrose Avenue and the studio and theatre tours, Hollywood’s newly-minted Museum Row boasts five museums (most notably Los Angeles County Museum of Modern Art, or LACMA) within a short stroll of each other. West Hollywood (aka WeHo) in particular wears its cool credentials with pride, with hip eateries, stylish boutique hotels and designer boutiques, sustained by a vibrant LGBT community; a morning perusing art at LACMA followed by bottomless mimosas over brunch is how Sundays are spent in WeHo.

This is the place to lose yourself in cinematic history, whether by faithfully touring iconic studios or simply raising a glass to the stars of the past in an Art Deco cocktail bar. At heart, Hollywood is a place built on creative endeavor and well worth a visit on your California holiday, where nobody will laugh at your dreams, and we believe it’s impossible not to be infected by the dynamism of LA’s most unapologetically imaginative district.