Have you ever seen those beautiful pictures with a ferris wheel and a colorful roller coaster and the sea on the way back? This beautiful place is the Santa Monica Pier in the USA.
Place to enjoy with friends, family, go for a walk or simply dazzle the sunset.
Location – Santa Monica Pier
City that makes up Los Angeles County in the south of the state of California, in the United States.
Santa Monica Pier is the end of Route 66 (Route from Chicago to Los Angeles). Mandatory stop for backpackers, motorcyclists and travelers passing by.
Curiosities About Santa Monica Pier
In addition to the pier, Santa Mônica has appeared in several films, such as: Cell Phone: A Cry for Help (2004), Forrest Gump (1994), Hancock (2008), Heavy Duty Cop 3 (1994). Gilmore Girls, Castle, Hannah Montana and Lucifer are some series that were engraved there.
Then you have to go there!
We'll give you tips on how to enjoy this place!!
What will you find at Santa Monica Pier- USA
First, you will come across the Pacific Park: an amusement park on top of the pier.
It's an amazing place and unlike any pier you've ever known.
Starting with the unusual Ferris wheel, which you have a view panoramic of the city and the roller coaster next to the pier.
There are other toys, such as the bumper car or bumper car, arcade and people with other types of games spread around the pier (cards, cup guessing).
You will also find several shops and restaurants. The value of the restaurants is a little expensive, in addition to being always crowded.
Tip: We opted to leave the pier and have lunch at a McDonald's which is very close by, a 10 minute walk.
In the streets of the city there are those scooters that you rent for a certain time to use them, it's really cool to take a faster and different ride around the city!
Or you can rent bikes!
On the beach there is a boardwalk that goes for miles to the neighboring beach Venice. We'll tell you more about this beach in a moment.
Sunset
On the pier there are bleachers facing the sea to dazzle the sunset. The place is unreal.
Tip: A nice click is to wait for the sunset with the ferris wheel behind. It looks like a drawing!
Muscle Academy – Venice Beach
It's an outdoor gym famous Arnold Schwarzenegger, a place he frequented a lot to train.
It is located on Venice Beach, which is very close to Santa Monica. We did the entire coastline from Santa Monica to Venice, walking the route for an average of 5km.
When we went there, they were shooting scenes for a movie, we didn't know for which movie. But it was a lot of fun to follow the scenes and behind the scenes a bit!
In addition to wanting to enter the scene, because it was full of police and there was a fight going on. However, we were finding it to be all true. Until I saw numerous cameras.
So don't be surprised if you bump into a movie scene, after all you are in the cradle of Hollywood.
Tip: be patient, the times we went, there are a lot of people everywhere and sometimes this makes access difficult in some places. But all in your time and everyone will enjoy the place.
Finally, this place has our heart and we hope it also wins a little place in your heart. Enjoy the walk, the sunset, the nature and the energy of the people.
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