Hollywood Travel Pictures

Illustrated travel guide to Hollywood.

Hollywood is probably one of the most famous places in the world. Everyone has heard this word and can picture a giant sign overlooking the crowded city from the hills.

Historical home of the USA movie industry Hollywood attracts large crowds of tourists and people dreaming of instants success. Like Madonna put it in her "Hollywood" song:

Everybody comes to Hollywood
They wanna make it in the neighborhood
They like the smell of it in Hollywood
How could it hurt you when it looks so good

Shine your light now
This time it's gotta be good
You get it right now (yeah)
'Cause you're in Hollywood

There's something in the air in Hollywood
The sun is shining like you knew it would
You're ridin' in your car in Hollywood
You got the top down and it feels so good

The Hollywood sign itself is located on the southern side of Mount Lee in Griffith Park, north of the Mulholland Highway. One can get pretty close to it by driving north up Gower Street from Hollywood Boulevard and then north along Beachwood Drive.
However, it is not possible to hike up to sign itself, it is protected by security system and there are stories of cops jumping out fo helicopters and arresting trespassers.

The main tourist spot is a stretch of Hollywood boulevard between La Brea avenue and Vine street. It looks just like any other boulevard in Los Angeles: wide, tall palm trees, lots of cars, store windows, coffee shops. You may not even realize that you are in Hollywood until you look down and see stars underneath your feet.

That is the famous Hollywood Walk of Fame. Movie and entertainment stars and other celebrities (even fictional) are commemorated with pink five pointed stars embedded into pavement. Each star has the name of the honored celebrity and a round bronze emblem indicating the category for which the star was given. The emblems are:

• Motion picture camera for contribution to the film industry
• Television set for contribution to the broadcast television industry
• Phonograph record for contribution to the recording industry
• Radio microphone for contribution to the broadcast radio industry
• Twin comedy/tragedy masks for contribution to live theater

Hollywood Travel Pictures. Part 2. Hollywood Walk of Fame