Santa Monica Beach & Pier
- Address:200 Santa Monica Pier
- Hours:Beach & pier open daily 24hrs
- Admission:Admission free to beach & pier; some attractions charge entry
Good for Kids, Good Place to Drink, Good Place to Eat, Good Place to Shop, Sunrise / Sunset, Beach, Theme Park
Santa Monica Beach & Pier Reviews
We've found 49 Santa Monica Beach & Pier reviews from Viator.com travelers and members: what they loved, what they liked and what they think could be improved. It's all here to help you make the most of your next trip.
In all honesty, its hard to say if the card is worth it. we bought the three day card, most of the included things seemed to have restrictions placed on them (always had the option to "upgrade" to better things when checking in). Probably would not do the card again.
The card offers you a lot of attractions, but I took out 2 stars for the fact that it can only be used until 5:30 PM, and seing that most attraction begins around 10:00 AM, it does not give you enough time to do everything you would like, even if you plan ahead, especially knowing the kind of traffic that L.A has.
Overall: Good card, but should not have a time limit.
trip in general was great -avoid the Queen Mary--went back aand forth tryin g to get in---totally unorganized--not worth time--could not even see in many of the rooms--others attractions--Paramount tour,Madame Thres Wax were all terrific--every easy to pick up tickets at Farmers Market
We LOVED this tour! Our guide Barbara was lovely, knowledgeable and even took photos of us! We cycled from San Monica beach to Venice Beach. My favorite part was the Venice canals - amazing area where beautiful houses sit along canals like in Venice! It was relaxing, safe and easy to follow the guide. We stopped several times and Barbara talked about the area and its history. The electric bikes were brilliant and you don't have to pedal if you don't feel like it ;-) I highly recommend this tour as it was the highlight during our vacation in Los Angeles.
This tour was incredible. The best way to see Santa Monica and Venice Beach! The weather was very nice, even if it was February! Our tour guide was very knowledgeable and took a few really nice pictures of us. The bikes were great, I loved being able to pedal when I felt like and also being able to accelerate as if it was a scooter when it was a bit more hilly, or to gain a bit more speed. We got a chance to see everything we wanted to see, including the Venice canals, which were amazing. It was so relaxing, I would definitely do it again, and would recommend it to anyone!
The pass we had was for two days and we were unable to use the pass much for the issues of the time set (pass to end at 5:30 pm) and some places were closed without notice- we lost the use of the card for a complete day-due to the hours of card use allowed- this is not suitable for a tourist - I wouldn't want to lose that much money again!
Not too worth it to buy unless you are driving. Most of the places of interest needs to travel by car.
One of my personal favorites. I love to walk Third Street and hit the pier afterwards for fun grub :)
This is good but alot of places you can go is very far away from each other. I have bought a New York pass before and all the attraction are quite close to each other. Each place on the LA card are far.
Great value! We purchased the 2 day Go Pass in LA and we really got our money's worth. We did the Kodak Theater tour, Red Lion Walking Tour, and the Hollywood Homes Tour on the first day. The second day we went to Santa Monica and used the bikes along the pier (very fun) and went on the Warner Brothers Tour in Burbank. Perfect weather and a wonderful vacation overall!
We had the 7 day card and found it excellent value for money.
I was not aware that I had to pick up in Beverly Hills though this company. You can buy them at almost any travel desk too (I learned later) so do that if you wish but don't buy through Viator unless you are in Beverly Hills area. I had to make a 4 hour round trip to get it.
It would be cheaper to just go to the attractions because unless you use it on all of the expensive attractions it is not worth the money. Very disappointed with this apparent deal and the money I wasted on it.
Bought three days card and can only be used for 2 days. Universal studio was meant to be free trip but it wasn't in my case as i use it on day 2. According to tour operator anyone who purchase 3 or more days, they can make 3 free trips to Universal studio . i am not happy with it as it is inconvenient as i am unable to gain admission or use the card after travelling all the way there more than 1/2 an hour earlier and being told i have to pay extra more for reservation for Malibu movie star tour and cruises.. When u ring up to reserve , u r speakimg to voicemail and can't get through to customer service. My advice to other who have already purchased the card,. make sure u have make full use of the days bought before u make the trip to universal studio otherwise u will lose one or more days once they activate your card for universal studio.Don't buy this unless u know your way around.
We got the one day card and it can be pretty tough to get to even 3 of the attractions. But it did pay for itself just to go to one of the theme parks. Just keep in mind that there are limited hours outside of the summer. We went in October and lots of things were closed Mon-Thurs.
