Advantages: Beautiful views of the pacific ocean and surrounding neighbourhoods Disadvantages: Can get busy in summer
When I think of SantaMonica, it's all about the beaches (yes, where they filmed Baywatch apparently) and the pier.
To give you some idea of it's importance amongst locals, this pier was built in 1909. Now, at the risk of sounding patronising, most Americans' won't have seen many buildings of this age before. That's because SantaMonica is one of the neighbourhood's in Los Angeles and Los Angeles is all about the here and now, not the long forgotton. So to them, this pier is heritage, and just about as good as that gets!
Also, an important fact worth mentioning is that the historical Route 66, made famous by the Rolling Stones, ends just in front of the Pier. SantaMonica Boulevard as it's more commonly known, turns into the busy SantaMonica Freeway and stops virtually right in front of the Pier. When it comes to american ...
Advantages: Free entry Disadvantages: Gets very crowded
Seaside piers seem to be a very British tradition and there are many different examples to be found in England and Wales, although oddly none exist north of the border in Scotland. Brighton's pier is one of the most famous of them all. Officially known as The Brighton Marine Palace Pier or the Palace Pier for short it officially opened in the May of 1899. By this date the Victorians and their predecessors had already built many other piers, including two earlier ones at Brighton.
Brighton's first pier was constructed in 1823. This was known as The Royal Suspension Chain Pier and still existed in 1891 when construction of the Palace Pier began. At this time the Chain Pier was considered to be unsafe and was in a state of disrepair so one of the conditions attached to the construction of the new pier was that this old one was demolished ...
micksheff 09.05.2009
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Advantages: Geared up for tourism; good weather; good base for exploring Disadvantages: none during daylight!
Inn on SantaMonica Boulevard itself as the hotel was reasonably priced but didn't seem tacky from the photos.
Broadly speaking, when it comes to the roads, the Streets run North to South (parallel to the beach) and the Avenues run West to East. Although I'm not the best of navigator's, this did make things easier for me when we were trying to find our way around the neighbourhood in the hire car.
The heart of the town, if that's what you can call it, is the Downtown area. This is from Pacific Coast Highway up to Lincoln Boulevard. The main attraction for tourists, be it shopping, dining out or clubbing is situated around Third Street Promenade, a wide pedestrianised street where you can dine al fresco and people-watch at the same time.
I can't talk about SantaMonica and not mention it's pier. This pier was built in 1909 and in ...
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