Getty Museum

The Getty Museum and Movie Stars Homes Tour combines a visit to the Getty with our most popular tour, the Movie Stars Homes Tour. This is a full day tour with hotel pick-up and drop-off.

Pick-up from Hollywood, San Fernando Valley, the Valley, Mid-Wilshire, Pasadena, Glendale, Burbank, Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, Brentwood, and Bel Air area hotels.

Discover the Getty Center! With memorable works of art, panoramic views of the city, and tranquil gardens to stroll, the J. Paul Getty Museum is a fantastic sightseeing day attraction. Our tours include round trip transportation from your hotel, as well as admission to the Getty Center.

Hollywood Tours will also take who you where the stars live in LA's secluded hills. We will also visit the stately streets of Beverly Hills, where some of the world's best known celebrities reside. You will see between 40 to 50 celebrity homes on this - the most popular tour in Hollywood and Los Angeles.

Getty Museum Tour The mission of the J. Paul Getty Museum is to delight, inspire, and educate a diverse public through the collection, preservation, exhibition and interpretation of works of art of the highest quality.

Exploring the Art on Display -- The collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum on display in the galleries includes examples of pre-20th-century European paintings, drawings, illuminated manuscripts, sculpture, and decorative arts; and 19th- and 20th-century American and European photographs.

Our year-round schedule of permanent collection exhibitions at the Getty Center includes seasonal Premiere Presentations. These exhibitions, which often involve collaboration with and loans from museums around the world, are among the most important exhibitions of the year.

Exploring the Architecture -- The Getty Center sits on a hilltop in the Santa Monica Mountains, just off the San Diego Freeway. From there, visitors can take in the disparate aspects of Los Angeles' landscape -- the Pacific Ocean, the San Gabriel Mountains, and the vast street-grid of the city. Inspired by the relationship between these elements, architect Richard Meier designed the complex to highlight both nature and culture.

Exploring the Garden -- Created by renowned artist Robert Irwin, the Central Garden lies at the heart of the Getty Center. The 134,000-square-foot design features a natural ravine and tree-lined walkway that leads the visitor through an extraordinary experience of sights, sounds, and scents.

The walkway traverses a stream that winds through a variety of plants and gradually descends to a plaza where bougainvillea arbors provide scale and a sense of intimacy. Continuing through the plaza, the stream cascades over a stone waterfall or "chadar," into a pool with a floating maze of azaleas. Specialty gardens encircle the pool. All of the foliage and materials of the garden have been selected to accentuate the interplay of light, color, and reflection.

GETTY MUSEUM HOURS OF OPERATION

10:00 am to 6:00 pm Tuesday to Thursday
10:00 am to 9:00 pm - Friday and Saturday
10:00 am to 6:00 pm on Sunday
Closed on Mondays and major US holidays

Movie Stars Homes Tour Description

See over 40 breathtaking mansions, in a fully narrated two-hour tour.

In Beverly Hills and Bel-Air, you'll find there's no place like home for stars that may include Courtney Cox, Keanu Reeves, Tobey Maguire, Madonna, Halle Berry, Jackie Chan, Britney Spears, Winona Ryder, Nicholas Cage, Peter Falk, Dr. Phil, Bob Barker,. Not to mention the provocative Playboy Mansion and the colossal home of producer Aaron Spelling.

You may also pass the former estates of such legends as Elvis Presley, Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra, Lucille Ball, Gregory Peck, Jack Benny, Judy Garland, Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, and the former home of the late President Ronald Reagan, as well as some of your favorite TV and movie locations.

On the way, you'll cruise the Sunset Strip and see such infamous locales as The Whiskey A Go Go, Johnny Depps' notorious Viper Room, The House of Blues, the trendy Sky Bar, The Chateau Marmont, and The Beverly Hills Hotel.

You will be driven through the world-famous Rodeo Drive to see the stores where the rich and famous shop, including Bijan, Gucci, Prada, Harry Winston Jewelers, and the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel featured in "Pretty Woman." Celebrities are constantly moving in and out of the neighborhood-so, bring your camera...you never know who you might see!

On this tour you will discover more stars homes, that cannot be revealed here. Take the tour to find out!

Don't worry about buying expensive guide books as this tour is fully narrated. Our professional guides will show you the sights of Hollywood and Los Angeles while you sit back and relax. Don't forget your camera as celebrities are often seen on this tour.

Our tours often sell out in advance so book early!

Hotel pick-up is provided. Please click here to view our hotel list complete with pickup times. Child rate applies to ages 3 to 11 (under 3 are free when riding in an adult's lap). Order online, or call us toll-free at 800-789-9575.

Please Note: Five Options to Visit Getty Museum

Because the Greater Los Angeles area is so big, we offer separate tours for each area of town. Choose your tour based upon the location of your hotel:

Pick-up from Los Angeles, LAX (Los Angeles International Airport), Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach, Venice, El Segundo, Marina del Rey, Culver City, Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, Brentwood, and Bel Air area hotels --
~ Getty Museum Excursion from Los Angeles (3/4 Day)

Pick-up from Hollywood, San Fernando Valley, the Valley, Mid-Wilshire, Pasadena, Glendale, and Burbank area hotels --
~ Getty Museum Excursion from Hollywood (Full Day)
~ Getty Museum Tour and Move Stars Homes Tour