Sightseeing
IconicLos Angeles
No admission feeOfficial Los Angeles tourism site with trip planning, neighborhood guides and a visitor perk pass.
Transit: reachable by public transit
Photo: Visitor7, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized.
SightseeingHistory BuffFamily Favorite
Olvera Street
Stroll a historic marketplace street lined with vendor stalls, restaurants and the oldest surviving house in Los Angeles.
125 Paseo de la Plaza · Los Angeles, CA
About Olvera Street
Olvera Street opens off the Los Angeles Plaza inside El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument, in the oldest part of downtown. Vendors, shops and restaurants line the street, and you can step into the Avila Adobe, built in 1818 and the oldest standing residence in the city. Christine Sterling led its restoration, and it reopened as a Mexican marketplace on Easter Sunday 1930. It also hosts traditional events such as the Blessing of the Animals, Dia de los Muertos and Las Posadas.
- #historic district
- #mexican marketplace
- #downtown los angeles
- #avila adobe
- #shopping
Printable maps
What's around here?
The closest stops to Olvera Street, ordered by straight-line distance. A few more like it, plus some different kinds of fun so you can build a full day.
0.4 mi awayMore like this
- Museums
Japanese American National Museum
Check pricesLos Angeles museum focused on the history and culture of Japanese Americans, in the Little Tokyo area.
0.5 mi awaySwitch it up: Museums
- Sightseeing
National Japanese American Veterans Memorial Court
Check pricesA Los Angeles memorial court listing the names of Japanese American service members who died serving the United States.
0.7 mi awayMore like this
- Theater & EventsIconic
Walt Disney Concert Hall
No admission feeSee Frank Gehry's curving stainless steel concert hall downtown, home of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
Transit: reachable by public transit
0.7 mi awaySwitch it up: Theater & Events
- MuseumsIconic
The Broad
No admission feeSee postwar and contemporary art by Warhol, Koons, Ruscha and Kusama in a museum wrapped in a porous concrete veil.
Transit: reachable by public transit
0.8 mi awaySwitch it up: Museums
- SightseeingIconic
Angels Flight Railway
Under $25Ride a 1901 funicular one short block up Bunker Hill, from Hill Street to California Plaza on Grand Avenue.
Transit: reachable by public transit
0.8 mi awayMore like this
