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Travel & Holidays in later life
Los Angeles is the biggest film set in the world. Every street corner, every public building and every hotel lounge looks familiar to anyone who has been to the movies.
Star spotting is a favourite sport
for visitors; downtown most weekends whole blocks are turned over to film crews.
The dazzling ballroom and luxury entrance of the Biltmore Hotel is frequently
used as a location and nearby at the Westin Bonaventure the glass elevator from
‘True Lies’ is probably the best, free, white knuckle ride in the city. Go in
for a drink and try it.
In Hollywood Boulevard is the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, originally financed by a group of movie personalities including Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford and Louis B. Mayer. The first ever Oscars ceremony was held here,Marilyn Munroe was a permanent resident and the floor of the swimming pool has a mural by David Hockney. In the foyer sits a statue of Charlie Chaplin as the little tramp. It was created by an immigrant Russian sculpture who was appalled that there was no statue to his hero. A group of Hollywood citizens looked at various locations for Charlie, took him on nights out to them, then ultimately decided on the hotel. If you are looking for something a bit more lively, visit Universal Studios to enjoy some of the movie inspired, white knuckle rides or take the tour of the back lot via the Bates Motel, flash floods, collapsing bridges and burning undergrounds.
Don’t leave LA without taking one of the world’s most famous scenic drives, along Mulholland Drive. It winds from the Hollywood Hills across the spine of the Santa Monica Mountains west to the Pacific Ocean with incredible viewing spots along the way looking all the way to Catalina or across the broad San Fernando Valley.
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