Los Angeles - Walk of Fame, Chinese Theatre & Hollywood Sign

After a short stopover in Chicago we were loaded around noon at the airport of Los Angeles. From here, our tour through the West and the national parks in the USA can be seen.

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Der Mulholland Drive

At the airport we picked up our rental car directly, which we incl. of all insurances had booked over billiger-miewagen.de. From the airport we drove first a bit of the Mulholland Drive. From various places you have a beautiful view of the city.

Our rental car for the coming days

Infochild Mulholland Drive

View from Mulholland Drive

Hollywood – The Walk of Fame & the Chinese Theatre

Back in town, our next port of call was Hollywood. The district became known worldwide as the center of the American film industry. The most famous attraction here is the Walk of Fame, which features over 2,500 records of stars for famous personalities. The Walk of Fame honors living and deceased celebrities who have played or are still playing an important role in the American entertainment industry. TCL Chinese Theatre, a Chinese pagoda-style cinema, is also located on Hollywood Boulevard. It became world famous for the hand and shoe prints of numerous film stars,who have immortalized themselves in cement slabs in front of the entrance of the cinema. In addition, it is also reminiscent of fictional personalities.

The El Capitan Theatre

The Walk of Fame

Hollywood and Highland Center

The TCL Chinese Theatre

The imprint of Arnold Schwarzenegger

The Abruck by George Cloony

The Prints at the Chinese Theatre

The Hollywood Sign in the Mountains

The Hollywood Sign in the Hollywood Hills

Our last port of call was the Hollywood Sign, which is located above the city in the Hollywood Hills. We had done some research on the Internet beforehand, from where you can have a good view of the Hollywood Sign. A good spot is a vantage point at the end of Beachwood Drive (Google Maps). The road leads almost directly to the sign. Shortly before the end of the road it becomes a little more curvy until you come to a horse ranch. Here is a small parking lot, from which you have to walk up a small hill until you finally see the sign.

The sign was erected in the 1920s to promote the sale of land. As the sign fell into disrepair over the years, it was repositioned at the end of the 1970s.

The Hollywood Sign in the Mountains

The Sunset Ranch

The car park

The Hollywood Lettering

The Hollywood Sign

Indications of fire hazard

The route from Los Angeles to Las Vegas

From Hollywood we drove the 450 kilometers in the afternoon in a good 4 hours to Las Vegas.

The Starbucks Cup of Los Angeles

Seit einiger Zeit sammeln wir die Starbucks Tassen der Städte (City Mugs) und Inseln, die wir auf unseren Reisen besuchen. Die großen Tassen gibt es leider nicht von jeder Stadt, in der es auch eine Starbucks Filiale gibt. Aber wenn es eine solche Tasse gibt, dann finden wir diese ein wirklich schönes Andenken. Hierbei sammeln wir allerdings (fast) nur Städtetassen der 2008 erschienenen “Global Icon Serie”. Unsere komplette Sammlung könnt Ihr Euch hier ansehen: Starbucks – Unsere Tassensammlung der Global Icon Serie

Los Angeles, of course, has several Starbucks stores and also its own cup 🙂

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The Starbucks City Cup of Los Angeles

Unsere Reiseberichte von den USA (2012)

Diese Reise durch die USA führte uns in 17 Tagen durch 10 verschiedene Bundesstaaten. Angefangen haben wir mit einem kurzen Stopover in der Millionenstadt Chicago. Von dort aus ging es für uns weiter mit dem Flugzeug nach Los Angeles und von hier mit dem Mietwagen über Las Vegas, den Zion Nationalpark, den Bryce Canyon, Salt Lake City und dem Yellowstone Nationalpark bis nach Denver. Für die letzte Etappe unserer Reise ging es an die Ostküste, wo wir New York, Philadelphia und Washington D.C. besucht haben. Alles in allem eine unglaublich abwechslungsreiche Rundreise mit wirklich vielen Highlights.