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The Jimmy Kimmel Theatre / El Capitan is the start of our comprehensive tour. Here you will meet up with your Tour Guide and the rest of the group.

Our customers tell us to remind you to give yourself extra time to check out the Jimmy Kimmel Theatre before your tour.

Remember, you will meet your tour outside in front of the Theatre (15 minutes prior).

Duration of stop: Tour launch.
Stop #: pickup location
Restrooms: Yes"] Text[2]=["Hollywood Sign Photo Stop","

It turns out the best photo opportunity of the Hollywood sign is from the Griffith Observatory. You got to see this view for yourself. When we pull up the observatory you will know you made the right choice of tours. There is the observatory straight in front of you and the hollywood sign to your right. You won't need much of a telephoto lens to take picures from this vantage point.

Duration of stop: 35 Minutes at Observatory
Stop #: 2
Restrooms: Yes"] Text[3]=["Griffith Park Observatory","

This stop easily makes us the best tour in LA. The Griffith Park Observatory is often over-looked as a destination or tour stop. Here you will have 35 minutes to walk around the grounds inside/out and take amazing picturesque view photos of LA and Hollywood

Duration of stop: 35 Minutes
Stop #: 3
Restrooms: Yes"] Text[4]=["Studio Driving Tour","

This is where the movies are actually made so we must do a quick studio driving tour. We will drive by Paramount Studios as well as the old Warner Bros Studios as well as the old Lucy show studio.

Duration of stop: Driving
Stop #: 4
Restrooms: No"] Text[5]=["Grauman's Chinese Theatre","

During our Hollywood Guided Walk we will take you to Graumans Chinese Theatre to discuss the rich history and check out of the stars handprints that are embedded in the cement.

Duration of stop: Guided Walk
Stop #: 5
Restrooms: Yes"] Text[6]=["Hollywood Walk of Fame","

TThis is part of our Hollywood Guided Walk where one of our Tour Guides will explain things that you have never heard before about the Walk of Fame.

Duration of stop: Guided Walk
Stop #: 6
Restrooms: Yes"] Text[7]=["Kodak Theatre","

This is part of our Hollywood Guided Walk where one of our Tour Guides will explain things that you have never heard before about the Kodak Theatre, which is home to the Academy Awards and American Idol finale show.

Duration of stop: Guided walk
Stop #: 7
Restrooms: Yes"] Text[8]=["La Brea Tar Pits","

If we are making good time during the tour, we will surely stop at the La Brea Tar Pits before or after lunch. Because we go to unique places such as the Observatory and the Getty Center, this stop maybe omitted.

Actual stop?: Time permitting
Stop #: 8
Restrooms: No"] Text[9]=["Farmers Market / The Grove","

During the 9am City Tour, this is your lunch stop location. The Grove is where Jay Leno does his J-Walking interviews for the Tonight Show. The Grove is a closer version of the Universal City Walk with more modern restaurants and shops with plenty of spectaculars and little fun things to do. The Farmers Market is very genuine and much more local affair. The Farmers Market is a great place for lunch because there are many many food options. For our guests taking the 1pm tour, the Farmers Market stop will be great for unique ice cream and coffee/snack opportunities. The 1pm LA City Tour will eat lunch downtown on Olvera Street.

Stop Info: 1 Hour for lunch on 9am, 30 minutes on 1pm
Stop #: 9
Restrooms: Yes"] Text[10]=["Rodeo Drive","

You got to do some shopping when you're in LA. You might as well do it at America's most premium address.

Duration of stop: 30 Minutes
Stop #: 10
Restrooms: Yes"] Text[11]=["Downtown Los Angeles","

Downtown LA easily has one of the famous skylines. We want to show you things downtown like Olvera Street or Disney Music Hall,

To get to Downtown Los Angeles, we have decided to take the subway system to/from to avoid unnecesary delays in traffic. Once, downtown you will see old and modern cathedrals, Union Street Station and probably the coolest looking high school you have ever seen in your life. The high school we are going to show you on this tour is second-to-none around the world.

Duration of stops: 2 Stops in Downtown
Stop #: 11
Restrooms: Yes"] Text[12]=["Olvera Street","

Olvera Street is the oldest part of Downtown LA and is part of the El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historic Monument. The Plaza-Olvera Street site was designated as a California State Historic Landmark in 1953. In the midst of Downtown industrialization, Olvera Street is a quaint, colorized, and non-confrontational environment. Olvera Street is successful in depicting the quaintness of Mexican culture. The Avila Adobe aside, however, the buildings on the street date from at least seventy years after the founding of the city in 1781

Stop Information: Shopping Stop
Stop #: 12
Restrooms: Yes"] Text[13]=["Disney Concert Hall","

The Disney Concert Hall is the fourth hall of the Los Angeles Music Center. Bounded by Hope Street, Grand Avenue, 1st and 2nd Streets, it seats 2,265 people and serves (among other purposes) as the home of the Los Angeles Philharmonic orchestra and the Los Angeles Master Chorale.

Duration of stop: 5 Minutes
Stop #: 13
Restrooms: Yes"] Text[14]=["The Getty Center","

The J. Paul Getty Center makes our LA City Tours the best in the city. The Getty Center is a campus for cultural institutions founded by oilman J. Paul Getty. The $1.3 billion center, which opened on December 16, 1997, is also well known for its architecture, gardens, and views overlooking Los Angeles. The center sits atop a hill connected to a visitor's parking garage at the bottom of the hill by a three-car, cable-pulled tram. The center draws 1.3 million visitors annually.

Duration of stop: 60 Minutes
Stop #: 14
Restrooms: Yes"] Text[15]=["End at: Jimmy Kimmel Theatre / El Capitan","

El Capitan Theatre is the start and end of our tours.

El Capitan Theatre is a fully restored movie palace at 6838 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood. It is owned by Pacific Theatres and operated by the Walt Disney Company. It serves as the venue for many of Walt Disney Pictures' movie premieres. It is currently for sale at an asking price of 31 million dollars.

Duration of stop: Tour has ended
Stop #: drop-off location
Restrooms: Yes"] //HERE STARTS THE 8 Hour Wine Country Tour with Train Ride SECTION // Text[41]=[" Start at: Union Street Train Station","

The Union Street Train Station is the start of our comprehensive tour. Here you will board the 9:05am train to Santa Barbara. Tickets for the Amtrak Coastal Train will be in your name at the will call window

Our customers tell us to remind you to give yourself extra time to check out the Train Station Theatre before your tour.

The train ride is approximately 2 hoursto Santa Barbara. Once in Santa Barbara, the wine shuttle will pick you up and take you a California Wine Country Tour adventure.

Duration of train: 2 hours
Stop #: pickup location
Restrooms: Yes"] Text[42]=["Amtrak Train Ride from LA to Santa Barbara","

This Coastal train ride is just awesome. The train ride, plus the wine tour easily makes this the best LA based tour around. If you're thinking about not doing this tour, you are making a mistake. Once you see the breath-taking ocean views from the train you will know what we are talking about.

Duration of train ride: 2 Hours
Stop #: 2
Restrooms: Yes"] Text[43]=["Santa Barbara","

Santa Barbara's climate is often described as Mediterranean, and the city is widely known as the American Riviera.

Here is where the wine shuttle will pick you up and take you 45 minutes to Santa Ynez Valley to your first winery stop.

Duration of SB stop: 15 Minutes
Stop #: 3
Restrooms: Yes"] Text[44]=["Bridlewood Estate Winery","

Bridlewood Estate Winery is one of the wineries from the movie, Sideways. Tasting fees to taste their wines are $5 to $10 depending on what you choose to taste. While the wine tasting selections vary, you will most likely taste their famous Syrah or their Pinot Noir, Zinfadel or their Chardonnay.

Duration of stop: 50 Minutes
Stop #: 4
Restrooms: Yes"] Text[45]=["Los Olivos","

Various celebrities have called this Los Olivos home, including Cheryl Ladd, Noah Wyle, David Crosby, Bo Derek, Kelly LeBrock, Steven Seagal, John Forsythe, Ray Stark, Robert Cray, Gregory Peck, and Jimmy Stewart. Former US President Ronald Reagan lived about 9 miles (14 km) south at Rancho del Cielo (Sky Ranch). Singer Michael Jackson's former property Neverland Ranch is located about 5 miles (8.0 km) north. There are also a number of large thoroughbred horse ranches in the area, and Fess Parker's winery, featured in the movie Sideways, is around here too. This is our great lunch stop and there are many wine bars in the area to taste even more wines during this 2 hours stop. Meal costs are not included during the tour.

Duration of stop: 2 Hours
Stop #: 5 Lunch
Restrooms: Yes"] Text[46]=["Firestone Vineyards","

At Firestone Vineyards, you might taste one of their Malbecs or a Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc. You will be very happy with the selections and the vineyard views from Firestone winery.

Duration of stop: 45 Minutes
Stop #: 6
Restrooms: Yes"] Text[47]=["Shuttle to Santa Barbara Train Station","

Back from tasting great Santa Ynez wines, our tour guide will drive you back to the train station for your coastal evening train ride back to Los Angeles Union Street Station.

Duration of ride: 45 Minutes
Stop #: 7
Restrooms: No"] Text[48]=["Amtrak Train Ride from Santa Barbara to LA","

When you get on the return ride home, be sure to request a dining car wehere you can dine during the beautiful coastal sunset train experience. A great way to complete the tour.

Duration of train: 2 Hours
Stop #: 8
Restrooms: Yes"] Text[49]=["End at: Union Street Train Station","

The tour ends at Union Street Station. There are many good restaurants available to you if you are interested in a late dinner.

Stop Info: Tour ends here
Stop #: drop-off location
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