Day Trips(r) from Los Angeles

By Laura Kath and Pamela Price

Need a day away to relax, refresh, renew? Just get in your car and go! This first edition of Day Trips from Los Angeles is your guide to hundreds of exciting things to do, see, and discover in your own backyard. With full trip-planning information and tips on where to eat, shop, and stop along the way, you can make the most of your time off and rediscover the simple pleasures of a day trip. Explore places you never knew existed, many free of charge, and most within a two-hour drive of Los Angeles.Do something star-studded: Explore Hollywood, Burbank, and Universal City & Universal Studios.Do something sunny: Visit Marina Del Rey and Venice Beach, quintessential So Cal; Santa Catalina Island, a world away twenty-six miles out to sea; or Malibu, twenty-three miles of sun, sand, and surf.Do something kid-approved: Get a taste of Buena Park and Knott's Berry Farm, or visit the happiest place on Planet Southern California: Anaheim & Disneyland.