Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Rose Parade
PARADE
A cavalcade of flower-festooned floats snakes through Pasadena on New Year's Day. Get
close-ups during post-parade viewing at Victory Park. Avoid traffic and take the Metro
Rail Gold Line to Memorial Park.
Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach
SPORTS
(
www.gplb.com
)
World-class drivers tear up city streets at this week-long racing spectacle by the sea.
Fiesta Broadway
CARNIVAL
One of the world's largest Cinco de Mayo parties brings half a million folks to Downtown
LA, although in 2014 it was held in late April. Check the website for details.
West Hollywood Halloween Carnaval
CARNIVAL
This rambunctious street fair brings 350,000 revelers - many in over-the-top and/or X-
rated costumes - out for a day of dancing, dishing and dating on Halloween.
Sleeping
Downtown Los Angeles
Stay
HOTEL, HOSTEL
213-213-7829;
www.stayhotels.com
; 640 S Main St; dm $39, r $89;
)
Formerly the Hotel Cecil, Stay has marble floors and shared baths, retro furnishings and
bedspreads, iPod docks and accent walls. Gleaming shared baths serve just two dorm
rooms each and include showers hewn from marble. Rooms all have private baths.
