Our Story

The Real Los Angeles Tours is an independent company. We launched in 2013 and since then more than 10,000 guests, from over 100 countries, have joined us. L.A. has a huge amount of history, culture, art, beautiful architecture and great food and our mission has always been to give our guests an authentic experience of that – what we call the real Los Angeles. That’s why we don’t use tour buses, because you can’t experience the city from a moving vehicle, you need to walk the streets, take the Metro or jump on a bicycle. As well as being the best kinds of tours anyway they’re the most eco-friendly too. That’s something we’re very concerned about, which is why we give 5% of ALL revenue to Climate Cents, a local climate change organization. To help you make the most of your trip we also have a section called L.A. Info, with more general information such as where to stay in L.A., things to do in California and tipping in the U.S.

Our promise is to give you a genuine experience and a real understanding of Los Angeles. We have a Santa Monica/Venice Bicycle Ride, both Hollywood and downtown Los Angeles tours, an all day tour, layover tours, a Ghost tour, private tours and self-guided tours. We’ll take you inside some of the most beautiful and historic buildings here, like Union Station, the Bradbury and the Fine Arts Building. We’ll introduce you to some of the best food in the U.S. and reveal L.A.’s fascinating history, from when it was a tiny farming village on the edge of the vast Spanish Empire, to the world-famous city that it is now. So if you like to get a true feel for the city that you’re visiting, join us and discover the real Los Angeles.