Sightseeing in Santa Monica - what to see. Complete travel guide
Santa Monica is a city that combines the elements of ancient and modern. This place attracts tourists by its practically year-round sunny days (325 days a year), a magnificent beach at the Pacific Ocean coast and the great diversity of nature.
Santa Monica, a small beachfront city, offers its guests plenty of marvelous restaurants and cozy cafes which are scattered all over the city and located in every shopping center. In the … 
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One of the main distinctive features of the city of Santa Monica is a welcoming and easy atmosphere. The resort is heavily visited by tourists from all over the world. Local residents treat … Open
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All Linkin Park fans should definitely find a small beautiful park, located on a cross of Lincoln and Wilshire. Not everyone knows that it was in honor of this park that the world-famous band got its name. Today, one can admire its tall, slender palm trees. Sometimes, street artists arrange their enchanting performances outside.
The most touristic and much visited destination of the resort city of Santa Monica is the Promenade accumulating a major part of entertainment establishments, stores, restaurants and bars. … Open
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Travelers with children will be interested in visiting Santa Monica Aviation Museum. It presents a huge collection of flying machines of different times. Here, you'll see old military aircraft and fine restored personal planes of some celebrities. All machines are in excellent condition. Some of them are presented in a special hangar, others are located in the open air, on the adjacent territory. During the tour, visitors can make a lot of great photos. They're also allowed to sit in aircraft cockpits.
Shopping addicts and night entertainment enthusiasts should pay a visit to the pier area as the Promenade accumulates the brightest and the most remarkable entertainment establishments of … Open
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City tours, excursions and tickets in Santa Monica and surroundings
Reference information
Map of all shopping areas
Shopping streets in Santa Monica
♥ Shopping area ' Third Street Promenade' Santa Monica, 0.7 km from the center. On the map
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♥ Shopping area ' Main Street' Santa Monica, 1.6 km from the center. On the map
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♥ Shopping area ' Montana Avenue' Santa Monica, 1.7 km from the center. On the map
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♥ Shopping area ' Abbot Kinney Boulevard' Los Angeles, 4.1 km from the center. On the map
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♥ Shopping area ' Sawtelle Japantown' Los Angeles, 4.9 km from the center. On the map
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Map of all castles
Survived castles around Santa Monica
♥ Castle 'Battery of Santa Ana' Almería, 65.4 km from the center. On the map
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Map of all parks
National and city parks around Santa Monica
♥ Park 'Roxbury' , 8.8 km from the center. On the map
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♥ Wilderness Park 'Westridge-Canyonback' , 10.3 km from the center. On the map
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♥ Local Park 'Mulholland Gateway Park of Los Angeles' , 13.7 km from the center. On the map
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♥ State Park 'Fryman C' , 14.8 km from the center. On the map
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♥ State Park 'Topanga' , 16.1 km from the center. On the map
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Map of all art museums
Art galleries in Santa Monica and around
♥ Art museum 'Santa Monica Museum of Art' Santa Monica, 2.3 km from the center. On the map
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♥ Art museum 'Hammer Museum' Los Angeles, 6.2 km from the center. On the map
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♥ Art museum 'J. Paul Getty Museum' Los Angeles, 6.7 km from the center. On the map
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♥ Art museum 'Los Angeles County Museum of Art' Los Angeles, 13 km from the center. On the map
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♥ Art museum 'The Broad' Los Angeles, 22.4 km from the center. On the map
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Sights around Santa Monica from our guide 'Extreme places on Earth'
Santa Susana Field Laboratory
From the series “The Most Radioactive Zones on the Planet”
Check on the map: Distance from Santa Monica center - 30.2 km.
All this time, thousands of people, including scientists and industrialists with their families, were living in the territory of the laboratory. Everything that happened in the test area was kept in the strictest secrecy. Only ten years later, horrific details about the environmental situation in the region became known. Regularly dozens of employees died there. The main cause of death was cancer. The area of the laboratory is officially recognized a unique natural landmark, as ancient caves with preserved petroglyphs have been found there. …
Read further Distance from Santa Monica center - 30.2 km.
Flintstones House
From the series “The Most Bizarre and Fancy Living Houses”
Check on the map: Distance from Santa Monica center - 26.9 km.
The original cottage is located in the surroundings of Malibu, not far from the coast. It is surrounded by the extensive tropical garden, from the huge panoramic windows of the house opens the beautiful view of the exotic scrub and the coast. In 2012 Dyn Clark and his wife decided to sell the original apartments in Malibu. The house of Flintstones was rated by the owners in 3.5 million US dollars. The stone-built house has the excellent modern facilities. In the house there is the bedroom with the design furniture, the excellent kitchen and two bathrooms with jacuzzi, the living room with the wood fireplace and even a large veranda. …
Read further Distance from Santa Monica center - 26.9 km.
Skateboarding House
From the series “The Most Bizarre and Fancy Living Houses”
Check on the map: Distance from Santa Monica center - 26.8 km.
The author of the project of the unusual house in Malibu represents it as part of the large project, which is to help the houses according to the hobbies of the people to help. The author is convinced that hundreds of original houses will be built around the world over the next 25 years. In such houses, people will love the favorite sports or enjoy the other hobbies in the cozy home atmosphere. …
Read further Distance from Santa Monica center - 26.8 km.
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Thailand Offers Golf Quarantine for Foreign Tourists
By choosing one of these six hotels, foreign tourists can play golf and move around the resort as soon as they reach it, skipping the mandatory two-week quarantine. This is much better than self-isolating in a hotel room. Of course, tourists wishing to visit Thailand need to have a tourist visa (a single-entry TR or a special STV visa), a certificate of entry, medical and travel insurance. Less crowded than usual and offering special golf packages at discounted prices, Thailand might turn into a golfers’ paradise this year.
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23.01.2021
By choosing one of these six hotels, foreign tourists can play golf and move around the resort as soon as they reach it, skipping the mandatory two-week quarantine. This is much better than self-isolating in a hotel room. Of course, tourists wishing to visit Thailand need to have a tourist visa (a single-entry TR or a special STV visa), a certificate of entry, medical and travel insurance. Less crowded than usual and offering special golf packages at discounted prices, Thailand might turn into a golfers’ paradise this year.
Read this
23.01.2021
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