Los Angeles has long been the West Coast’s star attraction, offering a heady blend of Hollywood glamour and glorious sunshine. Yet recently, away from the plush red carpets and swaying palm trees, it’s been LA’s revitalised downtown, thriving art scene and diverse culinary offerings that have stolen the limelight. While it’s hard to do the wonders of this sprawling, multi-layered city justice in just a couple of days, it’s still plenty of time to get a taste for what makes LA a blockbuster hit. Here's how to spend 72 hours in LA.
Kick things off with a 1,000-layer pancake at Pine and Crane DTLA, an airy eatery serving modern takes on traditional Taiwanese cuisine. Hungry for culture? Head to Exposition Park, a tree-lined neighbourhood that’s currently being transformed into a hub for PST Art: Art and Science Collide, a major art event organised by Gettyexploring timely topics such as environmental justice and artificial intelligence (September 2024 to February 2025). Found in Exposition Park and participating in PST Art, the Natural History Museum is set to open a transformative $75 million wing called the NHM Commons. This project will house a 400-seat theatre used for performances, educational seminars and festivals. Within the leafy confines of Exposition Park, you’ll also find the California Science Center and the California African American Museum, which is home to over 5,000 objects representing the diverse contributions of African Americans in the United States. If time, sports fans should make a beeline for the 77,500-seater LA Memorial Coliseum also situated in the park. Make the most of a guided tour of the stadium before it hosts the 2028 Summer Olympics — making it the first stadium to have hosted the sporting event three times .
Work up an appetite by wandering through the park’s sunken rose gardens (a masterpiece of landscaping that’s even starred as an eery backdrop in the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer) before heading to the nearby Mexican seafood restaurant Holbox in the Mercado La Paloma. Take a seat at the bustling counter of this laidback dining spot, where chef Gilberto Cetina Jr has gained a Michelin recommendation for his dishes, including the famed empanadas.
Fortified, head to Destination Crenshaw, which opens this year. The open-air museum will stretch 1.3 miles along Crenshaw Boulevard and feature works by more than 100 Black artists and be the largest Black public art project in the US. Then, swing by Sole Folks — a cutting-edge retail incubator showcasing young designers from underserved communities — to shop for sharp threads and cool travel bags.
These days, no visit to LA is complete without catching a football game at the glittering BMO Stadium in Exposition Park,
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