Culture, luxury and fun in one: Beverly Hills travel guide

Reaching Beverly Hills is pretty easy as it is located almost in the heart of California. If you are arriving via plane, you can reach your destination through two airports, Los Angeles International Airport and Bob Hope Airport, respectively. If you are arriving from the Los Angeles International Airport, then you need to take your car through interstate 405 North, which is the San Diego Freeway and make your exit into the State Route 2 East. This is the Santa Monica Boulevard. However, if you take the Bob Hope Airport which is in Burbank, you need to take the South of Hollywood Way and make your exit on the Ventura Freeway, which is California State Route 134 and the US 101. After this, you need to go on to the South on Coldwater Canyon Drive. This route will ensure that you reach your destination, which is none other than, Beverly Hills.

However, public transportation is always available. You can reach Beverly Hills via other modes of transportation as well, like bus and train networks. The Los Angeles City Metropolitan Transit Authority has made sure that your travel is as easy as it gets. The Rapid Bus 720 goes around to Santa Monica Boulevard, which connects Beverly Hills to West Hollywood, Hollywood, and Silver Lake. It also connects Downtown Los Angeles to Century City and the East and also connects Santa Monica to the West. Thus, you can always avail the bus and take trains to reach Beverly Hills.

The first thing that catches the eye of a shopaholic is the Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, California. Catering to the elite and high-class, this place can make you want to take a place up at Beverly Hills. Well, “Pretty Woman”, Vivian Ward couldn’t get enough of the two-mile long street of pure pleasure, luxury and, bliss. It is a sin not to shop at the most sought out place in Beverly Hills. However, meeting the high end prices can come off a bit tacky as the prices of the stores’ skyrocket. You not only get brands like Gucci, Dior, Tiffany & Co., you also get very posh and high end boutiques catering to your choices of clothing lines, lingerie and many more. You can also catch a glimpse of the celebrities in the cafes and the boutiques as well if you are lucky. Encompassed by the golden triangle of Santa Monica Boulevard, Wilshire and Canon Drive, this is a place, you should visit if you are in Beverly Hills.

Such a beautiful place like Beverly Hills is bound to have scenic beauties that anyone would love to visit and a stroll about. If you are at the place, there are a few places which you must visit if you are a nature lover. The Greystone Mansion and Park is the largest private estate of Beverly Hills and is rented out for events, weddings, films or even summer camps. Owned by Ned Dohne Jr. and his wife Lucy, the mansion has 55 rooms and is sitting on 16 acres of land. Private tours to the mansion are given out only on Saturdays and get sold out months in advance. The garden is free to access and is a lovely space with loads of blooms and a picturesque setting. You can take a walk around the lovely space if you want and take in the essence of Beverly Hills. If you fancy more of gardens and nature, then visit the Virginia Robinson Gardens. This is a six-acre property which is situated in the heart of Beverly Hills (POI). The Italian Renaissance brought to existence in the terrace gardens, the view is enough to take your breath away. You can also attain the guided tour of the mansion, garden and, pool-pavilion or have a romantic walk in the rose gardens with your beloved. There is also the kitchen garden that you can visit which is overflowing with vegetables and herbs. There are other places you can visit which are bound to awe you all the same, like, Beverly Garden Park, Franklin Canyon Park, Coldwater Canyon Park, Will Rogers Memorial Park and many more.

Since Beverly Hills is a posh place to stay and a place where you can find all the luxuries in the world, make sure to carry a hefty pocket if you are planning on staying in this place. With the best services money can buy, you will feel no less than staying in a palace. You can always crash at the Luxe Rodeo Drive Hotel, a block away on the North of Wilshire Boulevard. It a luxury boutique hotel equipped to your taste and situated on the Rodeo drive itself. What better way to spend your time in Beverly Hills other than shopping and staying in the middle of it all. However, if you are a movie fan and you loved “Pretty Woman”, you can take up your stay at The Regent Beverly Wiltshire Hotel which is located at the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and Rodeo Drive. With balconies opening onto the very city of Beverly Hills and a very posh setting, with all the amenities like pools, dining room and a beautiful terrace where you can lie under the stars and gaze up to the night sky, The Regent Beverly Wiltshire Hotel is bound to make you feel like royalty even if it is for a day. There are other high-end hotels in the area that you can crash in for the night. Some of the other noticeable hotels include Sixty Beverly Hills, Mosaic Hotel Beverly Hills, Hotel Beverly Terrace, The Peninsula Beverly Hills and many more. Beverly Hills is a place where you will find plenty of places where you can stay. None of them will dissatisfy you and you will be in for a treat of a lifetime.

If you are visiting Los Angeles and Beverly Hills as your place of interest, then there are other things around Beverly Hills that will most certainly catch your interest. If you are someone who loves to explore places, then there are tours that you can book for yourself which will give you a full-exposure of the city. Book yourself a tour on the “Hollywood & Beverly Hills Celebrity Homes & Landmark Locations in Open Air Buses”. On this tour, your main highlight will be a tour of the celebrities’ homes and other important landmarks like the Hollywood Sign, Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills Hotel, the Playboy Mansion and many more. The open air bus will give you the leverage of clicking beautiful pictures of the landscape that both Beverly Hills and Hollywood is willing to provide. Since it is a small group tour, your guide will be able to make the tour more according to everyone’s interest and also the choice of places. If a bus tour is not up to your forte, then you can also book the 6 hour Los Angeles city tour, where you will be given an all-around experience of the city. All you need to do is book your tour and you will be picked up from your hotel and dropped back in after your tour has been completed. Here, you will experience the city in its full glory along with the major places of sightseeing. You will also be given full information on where to eat shop or even go for a party. There are other tours also which you can avail of like the 2 hour Hollywood tour or the City and Celebrity Home Tours. Take up any of them and fall in love with the place you are visiting.

Even though Beverly Hills is full of celebrities and posh lifestyles, the people living there still need food in their stomachs and so do you. If you want the best in the town, try the scrumptious food that they serve. Along with their living style, their food is almost the same. Even China is not lost in Beverly Hills. Striking a fine balance of cuisines and delicacies, Mr. Chow brings out a fine modern cuisine of the Chinese delicacies one so adores. With a high ceiling and contemporary décor, you can now gorge onto the delicacies that Mr. Chow brings forth to you like the best Beijing Duck in the world or watch the very traditional noodle show beside your table. One of the best gourmet experiences that you will ever have, this restaurant makes sure that you experience an explosion of flavors along with a fine balance of taste, color, texture and, fragrance. If “blood” is what you seek, then you should head out to the Wine Tasting at Vampire Vineyards Tasting Room and Lounge in Beverly Hills. As rumor has it, owned by a circle of Vampires, this alluring tasting room is one of the first of its kind. You can indulge in the symphonies created by the taste of red and white wine along with bittersweet chocolates, espresso and also elegant fine tea. There are a variety of vampire wines that you can sample and also have a bite or so while taking in all the decadence the place offers. A quiet respite amongst the busy Beverly Hills (POI) is this place. However, Italy hasn’t gone far from Beverly Hills (POI) as you can enjoy the spin on Italian food with a bit of Mediterranean mixed at Nerano. A very posh and upscale restaurant which offers lunch and dinner highlighting their very modern cuisines like the Neapolitan Pizza, spaghetti vongole and many more. There are other places as well where you can give it a go and those places include places like Nate n’ Al for hot dogs, Tagine, Polo Lounge, Spago Beverly Hills, Lawry’s The Primary Rib and others.

If your nightly escapades in Beverly Hills consist only of bars and party, then you need to step outside for a moment because Revolver Gallery boasts the largest collection of Andy Warhol. With a very aesthetic appeal and the minimalistic décor, The Revolver Gallery is worth a visit. The ceiling is adorned with a floral mural and gives a very classic pop-art vibe. The gallery is home to 150 original paints and paintings and also has around 200 paintings up for sale. Revive your artistic senses and give the place a go. If you are a collector of paintings, this is a paradise for you as you will find numerous things of interest. A night of fun and stupor along with the aesthetics of pop-culture, the Revolver Gallery promises it all to you. You can also visit the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation if you wish to. With both the collection of modern and contemporary arts, the gallery has over 400 works on display which is open to the public. The works of many acclaimed artists like Picasso, Warhol, Kandinsky and many others are put up for you to gaze upon and admire. You can book yourself for a guided tour of the foundation which not only allows you to look through the collection in the gallery but also a tour of the estate, the surrounding gardens and, the annex. There are constant exhibitions being held on at the place and no two visits will ever be the same for anyone. Beverly Hills provides you with the options of looking at the famous works of various artists and also gives you the option to view the works of the newer generation as well.

There is another place you can visit if you are a fan of the movies, the Margaret Herrick Library. Witness the motion pictures take form and shape in front of your eyes at the Margaret Herrick Library. You can get lost among the books and scripts and photographs collected since the 1900s or you can wander among the Graphic Arts Collection holding over 42,000 items which represent the earliest of the films ever made and some of the new modern releases and all that is in between. Holding over 10 million photographs of candids, stills, behind-the-scenes shots of production, it is heaven for movie buffs who can fancy themselves with the collections that the library hold. It is a treasure for those who are very interested in the film-making business.

The upscale city of Beverly Hills is one of the main attractions of California and everything along follows. The jazz and dazzle that is showcased is like a siren call that very few can resist. One trip of the posh and the luxurious Beverly Hills, you will be hooked for a lifetime. It is not only the shine that keeps the place going, but also things that make the place worth a visit. The libraries, the art galleries, the food and, the ambiance are all more than enough to make a person fall madly in love with the place. You can always sneak a peek into your favorite movie star having their lunch or dinner at a fancy restaurant or just lounging around in one of the boutiques. The place is extravagant and offers love, all in one. The shopping is something that you can never say no to. Rodeo Street will never fail to disappoint you in your endeavors to find whatever you want to find. Beverly Hills is like a fairy-tale come true place where everything can happen and it does not stop there because this place is much more than that. You can always indulge in the festivities and lifestyle that the place is known for and make all your dreams come to life even if it is for a day. Come visit the place to have an experience of a lifetime, because whatever happens in the Beverly Hills stays in Beverly Hills.