Tips for tourists traveling to the Getty Center, LA

The Getty Center, LA is famous for its pre 20^th century paintings, illuminated sculptures, manuscript and decorative arts. It consists of an exotic central garden and a vast library containing about 900,000 volumes of books and about 2 million photos of art and architectures. The Getty center dedicated solely to the knowledge and advance understanding of the visual arts. The $1.3 billion dollar center was opened on 16^th Dec 1997 and the center draws approximately 1.3 million visitors per year.

So, if you’re planning to pay a visit to the Getty, look for some good car rentals in LA. The advantage of the car rentals in la will be that they will allow flexibility with your tour plans. You can travel to the destination as per your convenience. Planning for the travel, you should book your car rental in LA in advance. Go and look for the travel catalogues to find the finest car rentals in LA. Select a few car rentals in LA. Now look for the plans these car rental la companies offer. Now, compare all these car rental la plans and select one which offers you the best services. Some offer the pickup and drop to your desired location and the other doesn’t look for that. Now once you have selected your car rental la plans, call the agency and confirm your booking.

The Getty center is located at I-405 north of Sunset Boulevard exit. If you are driving in a car, then exit I-405 just at the Getty Center. If the freeway is jammed you can also use Sepulveda Boulevard which much faster way to reach. You can also use Metro bus 761 to reach there. 

 

The entry to the Getty center is free but they will charge for your vehicle. Parking for motorcycles and bicycles are free but they charge for $15 per car.

The Getty museum is expanded over 750 acres of land on Santa Monica mountain foothills. It’s vast and if you have less time, then you will need to plan all your travel in order to get most out of your visit. Just go to the information desk get some advice.

• Check for the daily tour guides and schedule times to plan your travel efficiently.
• If you like to spend time in the gallery then it would be wise to hire GettyGuide audio tour. This will be like having an expert explaining all the aspects of the art.
• If you are going in a group, remain together. The place is too huge to find someone if get detached from the group. Decide a meeting point earlier so that everyone could assemble together after tour completion.
• There are several dining spaces and open air cafeterias available at the center, for all your dining need.
• If you have any question look for the people in blue vest. They will help you.
• The sunset is amazing during the clear sky. Watch out for free evening concert performance and lectures.