The Real Los Angeles Tours has a Certificate of Excellence and over 350 5-star reviews on TripAdvisor.
We have Los Angeles tours for all budgets: free self guided tours, group tours from just $30 pp & private tours from just $180 per group.
Our expert guides create entertaining & engaging tours, which will transform your understanding & appreciation of L.A.
We get off the beaten track to reveal the hidden beauty of Los Angeles, making your visit a truly memorable & enjoyable experience.
The inspiration for creating The Real Los Angeles Tours came when I was traveling around Europe in 2012 and stumbled (via an internet search) on a guided walking tour in Sofia. In the past I would wander around on my own, but I realized that a walking tour is a much better way get to know a city. I got a quick history lesson, saw most of the best sights and was able to ask all the important questions I had (like where’s the best place for lunch) from a local expert. It was the highlight of my trip – so much so that I began doing walking tours in every new city I visited.
I looked for a tour of L.A. like that, but all I could find were bus tours of Beverly Hills mansions (most of which have never had a star living in them) and Rodeo Drive, which is just a tiny part of Los Angeles. So, as an Angeleno who loves to travel and loves L.A., I felt compelled to start a new company, offering visitors totally different tours, ones that would reveal a whole other, much more interesting, side of the city. I also wanted to create eco-friendly tours, that wouldn’t damage the environment.
We started in 2013 with one tour of downtown, the LA: Wild West to Now tour, and I was the only guide. Since then we’ve grown a lot – we now have eight tours, covering many different parts of Los Angeles, and five guides including myself. In all that time, though, one thing has never changed: our mission, which is to give our guests a genuine and entertaining experience of the real Los Angeles. Let us be the highlight of your trip.
Damien, founder of The Real Los Angeles Tours