What to do, where to stay, and where to eat in Los Angeles
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Get to know Los Angeles and you'll see how it transcends its Hollywood-and-palm-trees cliches. In its sprawl you’ll find some of the most exciting nightlife and restaurants in the country, plus the highest-end shopping and the edgiest design hotels. Rent a convertible and tour with us: our L.A. Destination Guide has the insider tips and recommendations you’ll need to plan a trip—you’ll find maps, articles, and travel deals, as well as up-to-date listings for the best L.A. hotels and restaurants.
T+L Editors' Picks
Los Angeles Features
- L.A.’s Best Mexican Restaurants July, 2007
- Searching for authentic barbacoa, too-good-to-be-true mole, or quintessential fish tacos? Look no further
- Next Stop, Culver City June, 2007
- Once a nowheresville between Beverly Hills and Venice, the backyard of MGM Studios has blossomed into L.A.’s newest design destination
L.A. Street Style August, 2006- Melrose Heights—a shopper's mecca since the eighties—has turned high-end, thanks in part to Marc Jacobs. Here, a door-to-door guide to the area's top 10 stores.
- Best New Restaurants 2007 April, 2007
- From Tokyo to Las Vegas, T+L picks the brightest stars in eight global food capitals
- Debriefing: Trader Vic's Beverly Hills, R.I.P. June, 2007
- Travel + Leisure special correspondent Peter Jon Lindberg shares his thoughts on the closing of a tiki bar.
- T+L’s Global Guide to the Arts March, 2007
- The best of Spring’s openings—Art and Architecture, Theater, Music, and Film.
The Next Boutique Hotel: History Lesson January, 2006- With boutique hotels at risk of becoming simultaneously overdesigned and generic, a new generation
of hoteliers is opting for low-key, historical authenticity. David A. Keeps
visits L.A.'s Sunset Tower Hotel
Reinventing Longevity January, 2007- Do spas actually help you live longer?At two new "health centers" out West, guests check in for the best tests and advice money can buy—all with a massage and a glass of Château Margaux.
- Dim Sum and Then Some December, 2005
- Craving Sichuan and Cantonese? Matt Lee and Ted Lee find that in Los Angeles, there's no need to choose. Here, five spots where you can get your next fix
Escape from L.A. August, 2004- Pasadena is shaking off its sleepy image as new influences (J.Lo) mix with old (Greene & Greene). David A. Keeps discovers how the city has retooled its identity without paving over its past
Up At The Villa February, 2006- Amid controversy about the provenance of some of its classical antiquities, Los Angeles's Getty Villa opens after a 12-year renovation.
- Far East Mix April, 2007
- T+L Reports: L.A. Gets Crafty December, 2004
- T+L Reports: California Cool November, 2004
- T+L Reports: L.A. Wears Prada October, 2004
- T+L Reports: Hollywood Social Set October, 2006
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