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Best Tours & activities in Los Angeles (2026)

A guided tour can make a sprawling city much easier to understand. Film fans have several studio options: the Paramount Pictures Studio Tour takes you onto the last major studio lot still based in Hollywood, while Universal Studios Hollywood and the Warner Bros. lot in Burbank offer their own experiences. Starline Tours, operating since 1935, runs celebrity homes drives, hop-on hop-off buses and night tours from its base on Hollywood Boulevard.

For something slower, the Los Angeles Conservancy's volunteer-led walking tours explore Downtown's historic buildings, Broadway theatres, Art Deco landmarks and Union Station, mostly on Saturday mornings. Six Taste runs food tours in neighbourhoods such as Little Tokyo, Koreatown and Thai Town, and Bikes and Hikes LA offers a guided hike behind the Hollywood Sign and a full-day e-bike ride from Hollywood to Santa Monica. Book ahead for weekends, check age limits and identification rules for studio tours, and wear comfortable shoes and sun protection for anything outdoors. Morning departures are usually cooler and quieter, especially in summer.

5 places · Updated October 24, 2026

Our top 3 tours & activities in Los Angeles

  1. Paramount Pictures Studio Tour Film studio tour, HollywoodTwo-hour guided cart tours of Paramount's working lot on Melrose Avenue, the last major film studio still based in Hollywood, passing the Bronson Gate and New York Street backlot.
  2. Starline Tours Sightseeing and celebrity homes tours, HollywoodHollywood-based sightseeing company operating since 1935, known for its celebrity homes tour from Hollywood to Beverly Hills and its hop-on hop-off buses.
  3. Los Angeles Conservancy Walking Tours Architecture walking tours, DowntownThe Los Angeles Conservancy's volunteer-led walking tours explore Downtown's historic buildings, Broadway theatres, Art Deco landmarks and Union Station, mainly on Saturday mornings.

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2. Starline Tours

Sightseeing and celebrity homes toursHollywood

Hollywood-based sightseeing company operating since 1935, known for its celebrity homes tour from Hollywood to Beverly Hills and its hop-on hop-off buses.

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