Hidden Los Angeles (Hidden Travel) [Paperback]

Ray Riegert (Author)

Book Description

Series: Hidden Travel | Publication Date: April 18, 2004

Ulysses Press's Hidden Guides are where vacations meet adventures. First, each book in the Hidden series reviews a destination's famed attractions. Then - and more importantly - it invites the reader to go further by exploring "hidden" spots that other guides overlook, including small inns and recommended restaurants. The guides feature places local residents enjoy, including beaches, parks, and non-touristy neighborhoods and contain the author's favorite picks, three-day getaway itineraries, driving and walking tours, website and email addresses, maps that "zoom in" on each area, and plenty of photos and illustrations. In Hidden Los Angeles there are a wide range of distinctive lodging choices, from affordable retro 1950s-style neon motels to historic Beverly Hills resorts that epitomize luxury and opulence. This top-notch Los Angeles dining guide offers over 200 opinionated reviews of everything from taco joints to restaurants serving cutting-edge California cuisine, and shows how to experience quintessential Los Angeles activities, from shopping at upscale boutiques to sitting on a sun-drenched beach watching surfers. Also featured is a special driving tour of movie stars' former mansions including Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio's Elizabethan cottage, Marlene Dietrich's 1930s-era art deco home, and Jimmy Stewart's brick Tudor house.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"The "Hidden guidebook series hot-peppers its pages with little arrows that point to a multitude of off-the-tourist-track sites.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Ulysses Press; Revised edition (April 18, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1569753962
• ISBN-13: 978-1569753965
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,207,743 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Buy anyone elses book on this subject, not this one..., January 19, 2006

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Nick M. "nicklesm17" (chicago) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Hidden Los Angeles (Hidden Travel) (Paperback)

i am planning a trip concentrating on coastal areas near l a. so after using amazon's "search the book" feature, i saw this book covered many of the areas i was looking at. while waiting for it to arrive i've been doing a fair amount of research on the web. now that the book is here, i am amazed to find the content is almost completely taken from local chamber of commerce's web pages. the sections in this book are less detailed summaries of what information you would get off of local commerce and tourism sites. so much so that many phrases used would result in a plagiarism lawsuit had they not changed one of the words in the paragraph. after reading this book i seriously doubt ellen clark or ray riegert have ever even been to the l a area. i strongly advise you don't make the same mistake i did. look for a different book, or do as the authors did and simply use the internet. for the only way the information in this book would be considered "hidden" is if you have no internet acces. if that's the case, then this review won't save you any money.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Terrible Guide Book needs a zero star rating (not an Amazon option), February 14, 2009

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K. Ulrich (CA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hidden Los Angeles (Hidden Travel) (Paperback)

Perhaps useful for a weekend tourist looking for not-very off the beaten track places to spend lots of money; but to me, it's poorly researched crap.