English Courses in Los Angeles

Hollywood Walk of Fame
Hollywood celebrities are never far away in LA. To catch a glimpse of stardust, visitors can see the 2400+ figures from the entertainment world immortalized in Hollywood Walk of Fame. On exhibit are also the famous hand and footprints at the Chinese Theatre, which has seen countless premieres and galas, and was the home of the Oscars for many years.

Rodeo Drive
Rodeo Drive is the most famous and upscale shopping street in Los Angeles, with an array of famous designers’ shops. Near there is Anderson Court, the only shopping mall ever designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

Venice Beach
Venice Beach is the eccentric epicenter of California, and has a boardwalk for people to watch skateboarders, radical pamphleteers and body builders. The bohemian district is welcoming to persons from all walks of life.

The Getty Center
Located in the Santa Monica Mountains, it contains European paintings, including ones by Rubens, Monet, Renoir, Cézanne and Van Gogh, drawings, sculpture, and French decorative arts, as well as 19th- and 20th-century photography. Works by Miró and Moore can be seen in the sculpture garden.

Los Angeles County Museum of Art
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (or “LACMA”) is a vast complex of buildings, featuring the BP Grand Entrance, which includes the stunning installation of Chris Burden’s Urban Light, and almost 130,000 pieces of art from antiquity to modern times, including outstanding collections of Asian, Latin American, and Islamic Art.

Griffith Park and Observatory
Griffith Park, in the eastern part of the Santa Monica Mountains, is the largest state park in California. The park is home to the Los Angeles Zoo, the Griffith Observatory, a planetarium, a Greek theater, a riding center created for the 1984 Olympic Games, golf courses, tennis courts, hiking trails, and other attractions. Walking trails and scenic drives through the mountains offer views over the city and beyond.
The Griffith Observatory is free to the public and affords a look through the Zeiss telescope, used for viewing the moon and planets, as well as solar telescopes used for viewing the sun.

Universal Studios Hollywood
Universal Studios Theme Park has a variety of mind-blowing rides based on movie themes, with simulators and roller coasters, but it is also a working movie studio. Visitors can take a guided tour of the studios and explore behind the scenes of some of Universal’s most popular movie sets. Inside the park, there is also the CityWalk, a three-block entertainment area, with shopping, dining, and theaters.

Santa Monica
Santa Monica is both chic and laid-back, with a population of surfers, skateboarders, yoga devotees, tecchies and business people, among others. The beautiful stretch of golden sand along the coast is mostly known for the Santa Monica Pier and its iconic Ferris wheel, but there are also vintage stores, high-end boutiques, a 26-mile (42 km) bike path along the waterfront, and the Third Street Promenade filled with street performers.

Long Beach
Bordering Los Angeles to the south, Long Beach extends along San Pedro Bay, where the Los Angeles Port is located. Worth visiting here are the historic Queen Mary ocean liner, now converted into a hotel and museum, the Aquarium of the Pacific, and the Museum of Latin America. The Catalina Express ferry can also take visitors from Long Beach to Catalina Island.

Disneyland Resort and Parks
Just outside Los Angeles, there are two Disney parks, the classic Disneyland, and the Disneyland California Adventure Park, with seven lands based on movie themes. The resort also offers Hotels, restaurants, shopping, and all kinds of entertainment options.

Page Museum and La Brea Tar Pits
In Hancock Park, the La Brea Tar Pits were formed 40,000 years ago, when oil seeped through the rock and entrapped passing animals. The tar preserved the fossils of prehistoric animals throughout the ages, including mammoths, saber-toothed cats, and dire wolves, which can be seen in the Page Museum. Visitors can see the process of fossil recovery and work on the bones before display. An outdoor area in Hancock Park displays replicas of extinct animals.

Exposition Park
Exposition Park includes the California Science Museum, which is home to the Space Shuttle Endeavour, The Natural History Museum and the California African American Museum. The park is also home to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, the Sports Arena, the Expo Center, and the popular Rose Garden.

Walt Disney Concert Hall
Located in downtown Los Angeles, it is home to the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Los Angeles Master Chorale. The Hall is known for its stunning architecture and extraordinary sound, and features some of the world’s great performers from classical, jazz, and world music.

The Grove
It is a world-renowned shopping, dining and entertainment destination with unparalleled stores, old-fashioned trolley rides and magnificent dancing fountains that have become a “must see” in Los Angeles. The Grove is also home to the original Los Angeles Farmers Market.

Olvera Street
Olvera Street is in the oldest part of Downtown Los Angeles, and is part of the El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historic Monument. There are 27 buildings of various ages still standing on Olvera Street, including the Avila Adobe (1818), the Pelanconi House (1857), and the Sepulveda House (1887).

Little Tokyo and Chinatown
Little Tokyo is an ethnically Japanese-American work, cultural, religious, restaurant and shopping district in downtown Los Angeles, and is the heart of the largest Japanese-American population in North America. Chinatown, also in downtown, is commercial center for Chinese and other Asian businesses with restaurants, shops and art galleries.

Malibu
Stretching for more than 32 miles/51 kilometers along the Pacific, Malibu is a beach town like no other. Considered to have some of the most perfect waves anywhere and unforgettable sunsets, Malibu’s Surfrider Beach was named the first World Surfing Reserve. Visitors can shop for beach fashions and spot celebrities at the Malibu Country Mart and Malibu Lumber Yard centers. There’s dining and fishing on Malibu Pier, and in winter, Point Dume at Malibu’s north end provides an ideal perch for spotting migrating gray whales.