With the beach on one side and mountains on another, Santa Monica feels like a salt-air sanctuary carved into the LA coastline. Of course, Santa Monica is a separate city from Los Angeles—but we're ... » Learn More about Santa Monica

  Marina del Rey's proximity to LAX makes travel easy, and its coastal location on the upscale Los Angeles Westside is an ideal home base for a Southern California getaway. Visitors are ... » Learn More about Marina Del Rey

Look past the T-shirt shops and street performers and you'll find enough things to do in Venice that are downright pleasant and—dare we say—borderline charming. Many visitors make a beeline for the ... » Learn More about Venice

Playa Del Rey Beach is the wide sandy beach in front of the Playa Del Rey neighborhood of Los Angeles. The beach is northwest of LAX Airport on state land at the north end of Dockweiler State Beach ... » Learn More about Playa Del Rey