4. The hotel is out of the way in the event you want to go to Beverly Hills, Santa Monica beach, Venice Beach, but as I mentioned above, is close to a bus station (the ride to Santa Monica Beach from the Santa Monica/vermont bus station took 1 hr, we took the rapid bus), and is close to Hollywood Blvd which is where you'll catch the Kodak Theatre, Hollywood Walk of Fame, Grauman's Chinese Theatre.