Los Angeles Half-Day City and Beach Tour with Hotel Pickup

We booked this tour with virgin holidays which gave us misleading tour information in that it stated we had to make our own way to & from the tour start point on Hollywood boulevard. Starline advised that they would pick us up & drop us back to our hotel when we rang the day before to confirm the tour. We had a great day out & seen so much of LA including Beverly Hills, rodeo drive, sunset boulevard, farmers market ( extended stop for lunch), Santa Monica ( extended stop to visit the pier), Griffith observatory ( extended stop) from where you can see the Hollywood sign. The tour started 45 minutes late & the tour guide very generously offered at the end of the tour to take us on a quick 20 minutes walking tour around the Hollywood boulevard walk of fame & Chinese theatre, before driving us back to our hotels. We literally can’t even begin to say just how much we crammed into this tour which is billed as a half day tour but in reality is around 8 hours long rather than the 6 hours quoted. We’d recommend this tour to anyone as great value & a great way to tick off all the major sights in LA. On a final note, make sure to take photo ID as this isn’t made clear, but you cannot go on the tour without photo proof of ID which caused difficulties to another couple booking in at starlines office at the start of the tour. Shout out to Rob the tour guide who was very knowledgeable & made it a great experience

This is an excellent tour. Our Tour Guide/Driver Ross was absolutely brilliant. He showed us lots of sites around the city with lots of his funny stories. The Griffith Observatory was wonderful and the view was amazing. Venice beach was the highlight for me. Great views and the beach stretched for miles and miles. Great pier to visit with plenty of shops and eating places. Will definitely be back. Highly recommend this tour. Highly recommend Starline Tours for all your tourist needs, really love people and so helpful.

Had a great day visiting the sites, seen so much more then trying to do ourselves. We were lucky enough to have Ross as our driver, a great tour guide who pointed out heaps and is knowledgeable, as well as he had spent time in Australia, so made our tour fun with another Australian family who was also on the same tour.

Ross our tour guide was fantastic! We have used Starline tours a few times before.We wee fortunate other guests had cancelled so had Ross to ourselves (3 of us) he was informative and gave us plenty of time at each stop always making recommendations here and there. He clearly loves what he does and we hope to see him again one day. We particularly enjoyed farmers market and Santa Monica. But please bring back trips to Disney and haunted night tours they used to be brill

Ross did a great job of showing us all the best “must sees” of the city. We had plenty of time at our preferred stops. We didn’t feel rushed. He also was able to give a variety of information to accommodate our big group of teenagers!

I really enjoyed this tour. Our tour guide Ross was really knowledgeable. He’s a very safe driver, and completed the tour in a very reasonable time. I don’t think I would have enjoyed my quick 2-day trip to Los Angeles if I didn’t do this tour. The weather was cooperative, the views from the Observatory were amazing, the food was good, the roller coaster was fun, and I absorbed all the city info that I could from our tour guide. My only slight complaint for improvement would be that I needed more time at the Farmers Market, only because I spent most of my time at The Grove, so I didn’t get to try out some of the food. And I needed a little more time at the Santa Monica Pier because I spent too much time at the amusement park. But overall, I cannot complain very much. It was worth the price of admission. I had a lot of fun.

Always punctual, wonderful staff, highly recommended. Their staff is caring and loving. They guy that took us to the Hollywood signed took great pictures of my mother and me. Quite a gentleman.

Yoddy basically drove us to the four locations, talking about which famous celebrities he had seen at various locations. No real discussion on the history of the area. Some very inappropriate remarks about our honeymoon and ‘9 months from now will be interesting for you both’ He didn’t help the elderly lady on or off the bus and made jokes at a subcontinental couples expense. He gave us no advise on recommendations for the Pier/ Market / Griffith observatory. The pier most things don’t open until midday and you get there at 11am so don’t waste your time.

Tour was okay. Wish it was more informative though. Our driver only talked about celebrities and his life. It's interesting at first but got tiring after a while. I get that LA is about hollywood but a little more historical stories are better. The only reason we went with this tour company is because they're the only one who have the availability since we booked late.

We are very happy with our tour today and recommend this tour to all! It was perfectly planned out with all popular tourist spots covered. The stops were great with a good amount of time stopped for walking and photos. There was also an array of interesting spots on the bus ride which our tour guide Ross knew so much about. A very well curated trip Griffith Observatory and to see the Hollywood Sign, the Farmers Market & the Grove for shopping or a bite, and Santa Monica Pier with ample time to look around and grab a bite. This was the perfect tour for and we can't express how impressed and happy we were to have Ross as our tour guide. He had natural customer skills, was very knowledgable and had a fun delivery, and was very accommodating to all on our tour. Also the perfect amount of time so we could also do things in the afternoon after the trip. Thank you so much for an amazing day!