Los Angeles, San Diego & the Pacific Coast — 8 days

From Hollywood to the beaches of San Diego via Santa Barbara. Day-by-day itinerary: Arrival & Santa Monica; Venice & Hollywood; Museums & Beverly Hills; Drive to Santa Barbara.

Day-by-day itinerary

Day 1 — Arrival & Santa Monica

14:00 — Arrival in Los Angeles — Aéroport LAX
15:30 — Transfer to Santa Monica — LAX → Santa Monica
16:30 — Hotel check-in — Santa Monica
Walk to the pier — Santa Monica → Santa Monica Pier
18:00 — Santa Monica Pier — Santa Monica Pier
Walk back into Santa Monica — Santa Monica Pier → Santa Monica
20:00 — Dinner — Santa Monica

Day 2 — Venice & Hollywood

08:30 — Breakfast — Santa Monica
Walk to Venice Beach — Santa Monica → Venice Beach
09:30 — Venice Beach — Venice Beach
12:30 — Lunch — Venice Beach
Drive to Hollywood — Venice Beach → Hollywood Boulevard
14:00 — Hollywood Boulevard — Hollywood Boulevard
Drive to Griffith — Hollywood Boulevard → Griffith Observatory
16:00 — Griffith Observatory — Griffith Observatory
Drive back to Hollywood — Griffith Observatory → Hollywood
20:00 — Dinner — Hollywood

Day 3 — Museums & Beverly Hills

08:30 — Breakfast — Santa Monica
Drive to the Getty Center — Santa Monica → Getty Center
09:30 — Getty Center — Getty Center
Drive to Brentwood — Getty Center → Brentwood
13:00 — Lunch — Brentwood
Drive to Rodeo Drive — Brentwood → Rodeo Drive
14:30 — Rodeo Drive & Beverly Hills — Rodeo Drive
Drive to the Arts District — Rodeo Drive → Arts District
16:30 — Arts District — Arts District
Drive to Downtown — Arts District → Downtown LA
20:00 — Dinner — Downtown LA

Day 4 — Drive to Santa Barbara

09:00 — Rental car along the Pacific — Los Angeles → Santa Barbara
11:30 — Hotel check-in — Centre historique de Santa Barbara
Walk to the mission — Centre historique de Santa Barbara → Mission de Santa Barbara
13:00 — Santa Barbara Spanish Mission — Mission de Santa Barbara
Walk back to the centre — Mission de Santa Barbara → Santa Barbara
13:30 — Lunch — Santa Barbara
15:00 — Santa Barbara pier & beach — Santa Barbara
20:00 — Dinner — Santa Barbara

Day 5 — Drive to San Diego

09:00 — Rental car to San Diego — Santa Barbara → San Diego
13:00 — Hotel check-in — Gaslamp Quarter
13:30 — Lunch — Gaslamp Quarter
15:00 — Stroll through the Gaslamp Quarter — Gaslamp Quarter
Head to the cliffs — Gaslamp Quarter → Sunset Cliffs
17:00 — Sunset at Sunset Cliffs — Sunset Cliffs
Taxi back to San Diego — Sunset Cliffs → San Diego
20:00 — Dinner — San Diego

Day 6 — Zoo & Balboa Park

08:30 — Breakfast — San Diego
Walk to the zoo — San Diego → Zoo de San Diego
09:30 — San Diego Zoo — Zoo de San Diego
Walk to lunch — Zoo de San Diego → Balboa Park
13:00 — Lunch in the park — Balboa Park
14:30 — Balboa Park museums & gardens — Balboa Park
Drive to La Jolla — Balboa Park → La Jolla
17:00 — Sea lions & cliffs of La Jolla — La Jolla
20:00 — Seafood dinner — La Jolla

Day 7 — Coronado & back to LA

09:30 — Coronado Island & beach — Coronado
12:30 — Lunch — Coronado
14:00 — Back to Los Angeles — San Diego → Los Angeles
17:00 — Hotel check-in — Proche de l'aéroport
Drive to the hotel — Los Angeles → Proche de l'aéroport
20:00 — Dinner — Los Angeles

Day 8 — Departure

09:00 — Breakfast — Los Angeles
Drive to Manhattan Beach — Los Angeles → Manhattan Beach
10:00 — Last stroll in Manhattan Beach — Manhattan Beach
12:30 — Lunch — Manhattan Beach
15:00 — Transfer to the airport — Los Angeles → LAX
18:00 — Return flight