Year Round Vacation Ideas in Hollywood

• What's the first thing everyone looks for when they go to Hollywood? The famous Hollywood Sign, of course. You'll find it on Mount Lee in Griffith Park and can be seen from many locations as you drive throughout the Hollywood area.
• While you're in the Griffith Park area, visit the Los Angeles Zoo.
• Grauman's Chinese Theater, 6925 Hollywood Boulevard. See the footprints, handprints, and autographs of the Stars. A popular tourist attraction, always busy.
• Take the Starline Movie Stars' Homes Tours, a 2 hour trip departing daily every half hour from the Grauman's Chinese Theater.
• Hollywood's Walk of Fame on Hollywood & Vine, a 3 and a half mile walk with more than 2,000 5-pointed stars featuring celebrity names. Hollywood & Vine was re-named Bob Hope Square, honoring the celebrity's 100th birthday in 2003.
• See the ever-popular Sunset Strip, a mile and a half stretch of restaurants, boutiques, nightclubs and colorful billboards lining the streets.
• Hollywood Hills, the area above the Sunset Strip, dotted with mansions of the rich and famous.
• An absolute must see is Universal Studios Theme Park. Fun for the whole family. Your choice of Studio Tours, showing you what goes on behind the scenes. Action packed rides and shows for the whole family. Call 800-UNIVERSAL for information. See more Theme parks.
• City Walk, adjacent to Universal Studios for shopping, dining, and entertainment. Here you'll find casual and quick service restaurants with all kinds of food, over 300 unique shops, night spots for entertainment, a cinema with 19 screens, experience indoor skydiving, bowling, or just walk around and enjoy the strolling entertainers. All ages will find something here to enjoy.
• The Kodak Theatre 6801 Hollywood Boulevard, host to the Oscar Awards.
• Attend a TV Show taping.
• Ripley's Believe it or Not Odditorium, located at 6780 Hollywood Boulevard.
• The Roosevelt Hotel, 7000 Hollywood Boulevard. Supposedly haunted by the ghosts of Montgomery Clift and Marilyn Monroe who both stayed there briefly during their early careers. See more Haunted Vacation Ideas.
• Hollywood Wax Museum, 6767 Hollywood Boulevard, is always of interest to tourists.
• When you're at Hollywood & Vine, look for the Capitol Records Building, a landmark building designed to resemble a stack of records.
• Visit the Hollywood Bowl at 2301 N. Highland Ave.
• The Hollywood Museum in the Max Factor Building at 1660 N. Highland Ave. 4 floors of exhibits. Take the self-guided tour at your leisure.

Hollywood Visitor Information Center 213-689-8822.