Whether you are interested in visiting attractions or annual events, you will discover that Los Angeles has an abundance of activities in April. Los Angeles is a widely spread out city, with such well-known communities as Hollywood, Venice Beach, Brentwood, Bel Air, Century City and the Pacific Palisades. The city provides you with accessibility to most outdoor activities, because of being within close proximity of mountains, parks, beaches and the Pacific Ocean.
Beaches
Although you will discover that the water is too cold to enter without wearing a wetsuit during the month of April, beaches are a year-round attraction in Los Angeles. Venice Beach is a major tourist destination, where you can stroll along Ocean Front Walk to see shops, restaurants and street performers. Between Sunset Boulevard and Santa Monica, Will Rogers State Beach is another Los Angeles beach that offers you a bike path, playground and small waves for swimmers. Hermosa City Beach is less of a tourist attraction, offering you surfing and playgrounds.
Theme Parks
In a city with a worldwide reputation for creating entertainment, visiting a Los Angeles theme park presents you with a variety of attractions. Universal Studios Hollywood features the Studio Tour, which gives you a behind-the-scenes look at movie and television sets. Theme park rides at Universal Studios include the Revenge of the Mummy indoor roller coaster, the 84-foot Jurassic Park raft plunge and the Simpsons virtual roller coaster. City Walk is another attraction at Universal Studios, where you can explore cinemas, shops, nightclubs and restaurants.
Annual Events
Each April you can attend a variety of annual events in Los Angeles, including concerts, festivals and street fairs. Los Angeles Fiesta Broadway is known as the world's largest Cinco de Mayo celebration, where you can join about half-a-million people on the last Sunday of each April. The city closes 24 blocks of downtown Los Angeles for Fiesta Broadway, during this event that has food and family entertainment. Another April event is the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, where literacy is promoted with free readings by authors on the University of California, Los Angeles campus.
Cultural Attractions
The sunny April weather is an opportune time for you to visit landmarks and cultural attractions in Los Angeles. A major tourist and cultural attraction with a healthy variety of food in Los Angles is the Farmers Market, where you can see more than 100 tourist shops, food vendors and produce markets. Connected to the Farmers Market is the Grove, where you will find shopping, entertainment and trolley rides. Other Los Angeles landmarks and cultural attractions that you may visit include the Hollywood Sign, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Griffith Observatory, Angels Flight Railway, CBS Television City and the La Brea Tar Pits.
Golf
Los Angeles offers you a diverse selection of golf courses, including 18-hole, nine-hole and par-3 courses. Rancho Park Golf Course is an 18-hole public golf course, which has hosted such events as the LPGA Tour, PGA Senior Open and Los Angeles Open. Roosevelt Municipal Golf Course is a challenging nine-hole walking course, where drive carts are not permitted. Armand Hammar/Holmby Park Pony Course provides you with 18-hole of pitch and putt, with no hole longer than 68 yards in length.
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