One Day Los Angeles Travel Guide

Head back to your car and drive east on Hollywood Blvd. past some of Hollywood's other Landmarks. The El Capitan Theatre and Disney Entertainment Center opposite Hollywood & Highland was restored by the Disney Company to its previous glory. The Jimmy Kimmel Live! show is taped in the Entertainment Center, while Disney films are screened at next door El Capitan with pre-show visits by costumed movie characters.

On the next block, next to the dinosaur-topped Ripley's Believe It or Not, just down Highland, you can see the pink and green art deco façade of the original Max Factor factory, which now houses the Hollywood History Museum. Continuing east, you will pass the former Hollywood icon that was once Frederick’s of Hollywood on your right. The building is vacant now since Frederick's moved to a new location closer to Hollywood and Highland. Hollywood's oldest restaurant, Musso & Frank Grill will be on your left.

At Hollywood and Vine you can look for metered street parking to stop and take a photo of the circular tower of the Capitol Records building, the Hollywood and Vine signs and another view of the Hollywood sign or you can look left at them as you turn right down Vine Street. Either way, when you're ready, head south (away from the hills) on Vine Street, then turn right on Sunset Boulevard. The half-golf-ball Cinerama Dome is on your left. Amoeba Music, at Ivar, is THE place to shop for hard-to-find music including a vast collection of recordings on vinyl and tape.