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What to see in Beverly Hills and the shops of Rodeo Drive (Los Angeles)

Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills in Los Angeles
Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills in Los Angeles
Rodeo Drive, with its luxury brand stores, is the best example of the exclusive residential area of ​​Beverly Hills in Los Angeles

The huge county Los Angeles, which you will surely visit during your trip along the west coast of the United States, has its most luxurious aspect in the city of Beverly Hills, famous for large mansions where film artists and wealthy people live.

In the residential area of ​​Beverly Hills, which you find on the way between Los Angeles and Santa Monica beach, you will see large avenues where garden areas abound with large palm trees that surround the aforementioned mansions.

Now, if you want to see the most exclusive corner where one of the most luxurious and expensive shopping areas in the world is located, you should go to the Golden Triangle.

This is the main corner of the well-known famous Rodeo Drive, which is full of luxury brand stores, most with scary prices.

History of Rodeo Drive

Rodeo Drive It is a two-mile-long street that connects Sunset Boulevard with Beverwil Drivand, and the Golden Triangle There are three corners that are between Wildshire Boulevard y Santa Monica Boulevard.

The denomination of Rodeo dates back to 1906, when in the area known as Rancho Rodeo de las Aguas a first was built shopping street.

But the current image of Rodeo Drive like a street of great luxury brands dates back to 1967, when the store was set up George Beverly Hills, which was followed the following year Gucci.

Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills in Los Angeles
Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills in Los Angeles

Another important moment was the opening in 1983 of the fashion shopping center Rodeo Collection. with four floors and 45 stores inside.

And as a curiosity, since 2003 in Rodeo Drive is the The Walk of Style), where in the image and likeness of Los Angeles Walk of Fame, through bronze plaques placed on the sidewalk, people who have stood out for their contribution to fashion and design are remembered.

Visit of Beverly Hills and Rodeo Drive

Our friend Salvador, who has lived the experience of a Coast to coast trip through the United States, below he tells us about his visit to Beverly Hills and Rodeo Drive.

Rodeo Drive It is an area of ​​three blocks or golden corners, located in the aforementioned Beverly Hills district, which is famous for bringing together the most expensive stores and boutiques in the world.

On our visit we were walking and window shopping for an hour and a half, but it was Sunday and everything was closed, although we were able to see how they opened a store specifically to serve a customer.

Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills in Los Angeles
Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills in Los Angeles

Most stores Rodeo Drive They are from luxury brands well known to all of us.

From there we went by car to explore the Beverly Hills Hills, with continuous ups and downs.

Of course, we didn't know which famous people lived in the mansions we were seeing during the tour, but for a while we followed a minibus of tourists, paying attention to the houses that their guide was pointing out.

We looked at it too but without knowing who the mansion specifically belonged to.

Beverly Hills is a district of Los Angeles, located at the foot of the Santa Monica Mountains.

Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills in Los Angeles
Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills in Los Angeles

With about 35.000 inhabitants, it is well known for the large mansions it houses and for being the home of the rich and famous, as well as big movie stars.

Thus, in Beverly Hills they live, among others, Luis Miguel, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Robert Redford, Leonardo DiCaprio, Julia Roberts, Nicolas Cage, John Travolta, Jack Nicholson, Paris Hilton, Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, and you can also see the especially visited mansion of the recently deceased Michael Jackson.

During our tour of about an hour we were able to see really beautiful mansions, large and expensive, very expensive.

It should be noted that in this residential area neither police nor private security agents can be seen with the naked eye. Of course, if you look closely, you will see many TV cameras focusing on the entrances to the mansions.

Also striking are the signs on some houses that warn in English and Spanish: “Do not enter, armed response.” It never occurred to any of us to enter any of those mansions.

Beverly Hills in Los Angeles
Beverly Hills in Los Angeles

Rodeo Drive Store Directory

If you finally dare to visit Rodeo Drive, and you are interested in locating a specific establishment, here you can consult the directory of Rodeo Drive stores in Beverly Hills.

Los Angeles Tour in Spanish

Finally, if for visit Beverly Hills and Rodeo Drive If you prefer to join a group organized by agency, you can sign up for this Los Angeles Tour in Spanish where you can also see the most notable corners of the city center and Hollywood.

About the Author

José Luis Sarralde

Journalist and traveler throughout his life, José Luis Sarralde is the founder of Guías Viajar, where since 2008 he has been capturing his travel experiences around the world, specializing in cultural and scenic destinations in Spain and Europe.

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  • Jose Luis, can you please help me plan a stay in Los Angeles, I want to visit Las Vegas, the Grand Canyon and San Francisco (optional) that you recommend between June 17 and July 1.

  • I would like you to help me plan a route that includes Los Angeles, Las Vegas, San Francisco, the Grand Canyon and San Diego, we only have 8 days, we arrive and depart in Los Angeles and we will rent a car, thank you

    • Yamile, in eight days you don't have time to see even minimally everything you want. You must choose. For example, if you go to Los Angeles, you can see Las Vegas and the Grand Canyon, and little else. And if you want to go to San Francisco, you will also only be able to see Los Angeles and San Diego. But, honestly, you don't have time for everything.

      If you choose, I can help you plan it.

  • I loved the houses, the shops, everything is very cool but it's bad that I don't live there but I would like to live but it's possible. I don't know the people who aren't famous and I live in Beverly Hills. It's been very difficult to see, but it's cool that they managed to do it. and then having the most expensive stores in all of Beverly Hills and the most expensive stores. I congratulate them. I am going to really want to go to school so that when I grow up I will have a lot of money to give myself the luxury that I want, but at any rate not right now. I can give it to myself, what a shame, but no way one day I will have it like the rich people who live in Beverly Hills or be famous.

    • Look little one, I'll give you some advice: before you plan to be rich and famous and live in Beverly Hills, you should plan to learn to write Spanish correctly. If your small mind works the same as how you write, I tell you from now on that your future is uncertain because you cannot understand anything at all and you are very, very precarious to express yourself. You lack a basic intellectual level. Greetings.

  • I would like to know if on the 4th of July tourist activity takes place normally or if everything is closed. Thank you so much.

    • Diana, I can't answer you, but I assume that big LA attractions like Universal Studios and Disneyworld will surely be open. Otherwise, the vast majority of visits are in open areas.

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