Guidebook for Santa Monica
Essentials
A bit expensive but an excellent place to buy organic vegatables and healthy foods.
124 locals recommend
Whole Foods Market
500 Wilshire BoulevardA bit expensive but an excellent place to buy organic vegatables and healthy foods.
Entertainment & Activities
Great place to go on rides, play arcade games. A big section of rides are for small children.
2744 locals recommend
Santa Monica Pier
200 Santa Monica PierGreat place to go on rides, play arcade games. A big section of rides are for small children.
http://beachhouse.smgov.net/
Open to the public it has everything!
152 locals recommend
Annenberg Community Beach House
415 Pacific Coast Hwyhttp://beachhouse.smgov.net/
Open to the public it has everything!
Food Scene
3 blocks of amazing restaurants, shops, siteseeing, entertainment. Blocked off to cars it's the perfect place to hang out, shop, eat & play.
1595 locals recommend
Apple Third Street Promenade
1415 3rd Street Promenade3 blocks of amazing restaurants, shops, siteseeing, entertainment. Blocked off to cars it's the perfect place to hang out, shop, eat & play.
Arts & Culture
Beautiful museum focuing on Greek Antiquities in a gorgeous setting
883 locals recommend
The Getty Villa
17985 Pacific Coast HwyBeautiful museum focuing on Greek Antiquities in a gorgeous setting
The richest art institution in the world has an amazing garden and a nice restaurant.
2309 locals recommend
The Getty
1200 Getty Center DrThe richest art institution in the world has an amazing garden and a nice restaurant.
An arts center with multiple galleries, it has a museum & a cafe. Catch it now while it's small & cool-the entire place is slated for remodeling that's soon to start. http://www.bergamotstation.com/
102 locals recommend
Bergamot Station
2525 Michigan AveAn arts center with multiple galleries, it has a museum & a cafe. Catch it now while it's small & cool-the entire place is slated for remodeling that's soon to start. http://www.bergamotstation.com/
Sightseeing
Historic home with ties to the original founders of modern-day Malibu, it has been perserved with many of the original furnishings and personal items of the family that lived there in the early 1900s
107 locals recommend
Adamson House Museum
23200 Pacific Coast HwyHistoric home with ties to the original founders of modern-day Malibu, it has been perserved with many of the original furnishings and personal items of the family that lived there in the early 1900s
Shopping
Beautiful outdoor shopping mall with many high-end stores in the heart of Malibu. Several nice restaurants and places to sit and relax.
34 locals recommend
Cross Creek Road
Cross Creek RoadBeautiful outdoor shopping mall with many high-end stores in the heart of Malibu. Several nice restaurants and places to sit and relax.