Los Angeles, California
– the City of Angels – has wonderful surprises in store you when
you choose this city for your next family vacation. Museums and parks abound,
as do places to stay and dine. This is one city where you will be hopping
trying to get in as much as you can before your vacation is over. Griffith Park
is one location where you will find everything in one place – the zoo,
museums, amusement parks and more.
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Town Museum helps to celebrate and preserve the history of the railroad in
Southern California. Here children can pretend that they are the train
engineers and climb up and over large locomotives. There is a 10-minute
miniature train ride for the children around the town. Adults will enjoy
browsing the exhibits and show just as much delight as the children in the
sight of many sizes and types of trains all gathered in one place.
The Los
Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens is another perfect venue for a family
outing where you can spend the whole day. Children under 2 are free. A wide
range of animals and plants await you at the zoo and the blooming flowers
and shrubs in the gardens come from all over the world. You can take a guided
tour or choose to wander around on your own if there is something you are really interested in.
Any family with
kids who liked the “Land Before Time” will need to visit the La Brea Tar Pits
and see the way that paleontologists have been able to find dinosaur bones in
the muck. While you’re there check out
the whole museum campus and see the different collections available.
For more spectacular pieces of history and
art, as well as the best views in the city, be sure to head out to the Getty Center.