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LOS ANGELES COUNTY
Santa Monica
 

3rd Street Promenade

Farmer's Market
Santa Monica Pier

Historic buildings    
Route 66   
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SANTA MONICA HOTELS
Best Western Gateway Hotel Santa Monica
1920 Santa Monica Blvd
Best Western Ocean View Hotel
1447 Ocean Avenue
Comfort Inn Santa Monica
2815 Santa Monica Blvd.
Holiday Inn Santa Monica Beach At The Pier
120 Colorado Ave.
Le Merigot-A Jw Marriott Beach Hotel And Spa
1740 Ocean Avenue
Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel
1700 Ocean Ave.
 


Santa Monica Pier

santa monica pier
Photos © Debbie Stock

 

Admission to the Park is free. Rides and games are pay-as-you-go. Paid parking is available on and beneath the Pier. The park is open every day. Call for hours: (310) 260-8744

Pacific Park on the Santa Monica Pier is located at Colorado Blvd. and Ocean Ave. Enjoy two tremendous views: The City of Santa Monica with its historic buildings sits up the hill on Ocean Boulevard and the Pacific Ocean sits below.

 A scenic 9-story view is one of the best in town and can be found on the one-of-a-kind ferris wheel. Clowns making balloon animals, mimes and a variety of licensed entertainment is available at the pier. It's a carnival atmosphere on the beach. Temperatures range in the 70 to 80-degree Fahrenheit in the Summer, 70s and 60s during the Winter days. It's almost always wise to bring a sweater to the beach, just in case a cool wind or little fog rolls in.
 

Other things to do for fun in Santa Monica:

 

Cutting edge in films through the efforts of the Santa Monica Film Festival.  A year-round festival series of over 200 new Independent films that lead up to the annual Moxie! A

 

Santa Monica Museum of Art in Bergamot Station, a public/private venture featuring dozens of spacious art galleries, a Museum shop and bookstore. Tuesday - Saturday, 11 to 6 PM. 2525 Michigan Avenue, Building G1  Santa Monica, Ca 90404 
Phone: (310) 586.6488 

 

Shop the city's three main downtown districts - Main  Street, Third Street Promenade and Montana Avenue -  height-of-fashion stores, book shops, gift emporia and surprise places with costumes direct from Hollywood motion pictures. 

 

Farmer's Market, Main at the corner of Ocean Park, Sundays 9:30 am to 1 pm

 

Santa Monica Antique Market, 1607 Lincoln, 150 dealers, daily 10 am to 6 pm

 

California Heritage Museum, 2612 Main Street at Ocean Ave., Wed.-Sun. 11 am to 4 

 

Other places and activities include a workout at Muscle Beach, Chess Games, Lawn Bowling, skating, bicycling, roller blading, sailing, surfing, swimming, volleyball and much, much more.
 


 

 

 

 

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