Frommer's 2007 Los Angeles

Completely updated every year (unlike most of the competition), Frommer's Los Angeles 2007 features gorgeous full-color photos of the sights and experiences that await you in the City of Angels. We give you insider tips on ocean-view dining, celebrity spotting, power shopping, and bargain hunting--plus how to become a game show contestant, where to go for surfing lessons, where to enter a karaoke contest, and where to find kid-friendly attractions and restaurants. We also cover side trips to Long Beach, the Orange Coast, Santa Catalina Island, Palm Springs, and Santa Barbara.

You’ll travel LA (and beyond) like a pro with our candid recommendations and planning advice. Also included are accurate regional and town maps (including an illustrated map of the Sunset Strip), up-to-date advice on finding the best package deals, a free color fold-out map, and an online directory that makes trip-planning a snap.

Each Frommer's guide is personally researched and thoroughly updated by a single author or a small team. Our guides have a fun, intensely personal voice and a real person's judgments you can trust. Matthew R. Poole, a native Californian, has authored and contributed to more than 20 travel guides, including Frommer's California, ACCESS Hawaii, and Berlitz Las Vegas. Before becoming a full-time travel writer and photographer, he worked as an English tutor in Prague, ski instructor in the Swiss Alps, and scuba instructor in Maui. He currently lives in Sacramento, but spends most of his time on the road doing research and avoiding commitments.