Santa Monica - a town on the Pacific coast, in the arms of Los Angeles, surrounded it from all sides, excluding the western water border. In the distant 1769, the notorious Gaspard de Portola landed on the shore of an Indian settlement and discovered this and this place for the world itself.
Santa Monica is more like a small European town, despite its belonging to America. Small houses, scurrying through winding streets of tourists, hung with photographic equipment and chewing the products of local bakeries. Regardless of the weather, the day of the week and the time of year, this city attracts thousands of new people, and his life is like a kaleidoscope for children with ever changing bright pictures. Therefore, if the purpose of your trip was Santa Monica, the impressions from what you saw will be enough for a long time.
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How to get here
You can get to Santa Monica from Los Angeles. 23 kilometers even distance is difficult to name. Alas, there are no direct flights to Moscow for this paradise. But from Los Angeles, you can fly by plane, and get on the bus, even to vote and find fellow travelers is also real.
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Climate
A soft and humid winter, replacing the hot summer - characteristic weather for many towns on the California coast. Santa Monica was no exception. But, despite the warm days, towards evening, especially on the shore of the ocean, to become significantly cooler, so do not forget about the warm things.
Kitchen and restaurants
After such an exciting excursion it is impossible not to get hungry. Where is the worm in this town? In the big shopping center of Third Street on the last floor you can find a lot of small restaurants or buy hot sandwiches and go downstairs, where on the weekend there are performances of quite diverse groups. There are exclusively professionals and everyone is singing live, no fakes and no plywood!
In general, Santa Monica is famous for its restaurants, and if snacks in the shade have ceased to bring pleasure, visit one of the 40 best restaurants in the US with French cuisine, marked by two Michelin stars Melisse or the old resident of the town - the restaurant The Lobster, which allows tourists and local people to eat seafood since 1925.
Hotels in Santa Monica
Do not forget that Santa Monica - it's still a resort area. There are magnificent clean beaches, you can sunbathe from March to December. True, the swimming season lasts much less, but fresh ocean air and surf noise is available at any time, so tourists prefer to stay at hotels on the shore, such as Shutters on the Beach 4 *, Hotel Casa del Mar 4 *, The Fairmont Miramar 4 *.
Santa Monica was no exception. The beach, the territory of Ocean Avenue strictly regulates the behavior of tourists, so forget about beer and cigarettes.
Entertainment, excursions and attractions of Santa Monica
What should I look for first? This is definitely the Promenade. A huge cluster of musicians, artists, great shops and goods for every taste. Floundering from everywhere live music, small cafes with a variety of cuisine. Anyone can find entertainment in this tourist place, regardless of the thickness of the wallet.
But life should not consist only of entertainment and shopping. To visit Santa Monica and not to visit the Heritage Museum and the Museum of Arts will be an unforgivable mistake.
The cinemas of this town will not leave you indifferent either. Two of them have been twirling movies since 1929, and films can be chosen for any demanding taste - from black and white classics to a new generation of 3D. A long street along the Ocean Avenue beach will lead to the famous pier with an amusement park.
Highlighted in many films, the Ferris wheel, a lot of attractions, forgotten childhood delicacies - sweet cotton wool and lemonade, slot machines - all this attracts crowds of tourists. In addition to these beautiful features, the pier is the end point of the famous Route 66 route, which crosses the whole of America. Photos of Santa Monica (2)