Mynx Posted December 15, 2004 Report Posted December 15, 2004 Hey all. I need a favour from someone... My folks are taking me for a holiday to America for two weeks at the end of Jan/beginning of Feb. I am going to LA, Vegas, and San Fran. Now here's my request... Does anyone here know of a website that has a decent map of the Hollywood area? It's one of our stops but my dad doesn't know the best location to stay in... If anyone could point me in the right direction that would be muchly appreciated. Anywho, I've got to go earn a living so I'll talk to you all later... *bows and disappears*
Black9 Posted December 15, 2004 Report Posted December 15, 2004 (Map Quest) is a good map site. I don't know if it's mapquest.com or not, but search for it and you'll find it.
Loki Wyrd Posted December 15, 2004 Report Posted December 15, 2004 Yeah, it's mapquest.com. Those maps are typically pretty plain, but if you zoom in enough, it will give you some detail. This is the first thing that came up in my google search: http://www.experiencela.com Maybe that will help some.
purple_shadows Posted December 16, 2004 Report Posted December 16, 2004 mapquest sucks! However, it's the only one I know of. Don't count on it to ever give you easy or fast directions. Ever.
Yui-chan Posted December 16, 2004 Report Posted December 16, 2004 I used a bit of inside knowledge of Hollywood spots to try to find you a few links. There are general city sites that are extremely busy and hard to use, and then there's this: http://losangeles.citysearch.com/ I haven't spent a ton of time looking through it, but it does seem to have good information for you. The Hotels tab looks helpful. If you want things to do and sights to see in Hollywood, I highly recommend you center your searching/sleeping around Hollywood and Highland. (There's a hotel right behind it, but I have no idea how affordable or available that place would be.) It's right beside major landmarks like Grumman's Chinese Theater and El Capitan historical movie theater. It also runs driving tours of the Stars' homes that are rather fun. Both the Sunset Strip and Rodeo Drive (where movie stars and personalities are known to hang out) are close by, and there are lots of interesting places to see in the general area. Hollywood and Highland also has a picturesque view of the Hollywood sign. Oh! And this looks like a great site to show you a street map with hotel locations: http://www.hollywoodeconomicmap.net/tryout/interface.htm If you click on the left-hand side and tell it you want to look at hotels, then click Show My Selection, it'll pop red dots up all over the map to show you where things are. I'm sure if you know the name of the hotel, you'll have no problem getting more information about it. Despite being rather ugly, this also has a good layout of everything of interest along Hollywood Boulevard near Highland: http://www.seeing-stars.com/Streets/HollywoodBlvdMap.shtml You might also see what the trip-planning sites like Expedia and Yahoo!Travel have. They often show maps with hotels on them. I hope you enjoy your trip. With a few ideas, ~Yui
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