Gambling Built the Sunset Strip: A Self-Guided Audio Tour
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Overview
Take this fascinating self-guided GPS audio tour of LA’s most famous boulevard and learn the crazy stories behind the legends that made the Sunset Strip what it is today.
For 80 years the Sunset Strip has sparked the culture of America with behaviors that have now become normal, like dancing to rock music, gambling at casinos, smoking Marijuana and same sex marriage.
And while the heat that the Strip generated from its nightlife sparks have spread out across the entire country, the sources of those sparks – the original ignition points that heated the action on the Sunset Strip – all came from gambling. This tour takes you through the Strip’s transformation.
The tour is ready whenever you are and the audio plays automatically at exactly the right time and place using your smartphone’s GPS and the VoiceMap mobile app, which also works offline.
50 minutes
Meet at the start point (no pickup)
Before arrival, please install the VoiceMap mobile app and use the code provided on your confirmation ticket. This is a self-guided audio tour that you can start, pause, or restart at any time and complete at your own pace. Detailed…
Itinerary
- 1The Viper Room
The Viper Room is a nightclub famous for being the stamping ground of the Hollywood A-list celebrities. The Viper Room hosts a wide variety of music and has changed ownership several times. Under the Viper Room’s stage and audience area there is a whiskey bar that has an impressive selection of local, international and small batch whiskey.
- 2Sunset Boulevard
Sunset Boulevard is a road in Los Angeles County, that goes from the Pacific Coast Highway in Pacific Palisades east to Downtown Los Angeles. It goes through Beverly Hills and West Hollywood as well as districts in Los Angeles. The Boulevard follows the northern boundary of the Los Angeles Basin, a path that shadows the 1780s cattle trail from the Pueblo de Los Angeles to the ocean.
- 3SPA Sunset Marquis
The Sunset Marquis Hotel is a luxury hotel that was created for musicians and people in the film industry. The hotel hosts the Morrison Hotel Gallery which features photos of rock ‘n roll stars. There is also a recording studio in the hotel called NightBird Recording Studios where many Grammy award winning songs have been recorded.
What's included
- VoiceMap Application
- Lifetime access to this tour in English before your booking date and after it
- Offline access to audio, maps, and geodata
- Flexibility to explore at your own pace with a self-guided GPS tour
- Directions to the starting point so that when you’re in the right place, the tour will start
Not included
- Smartphone
- Transportation
- Food/Drink
- Personal expenses for admission fees not included during the tour
Good to know
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
