4 Fascinating Walks to Take in Los Angeles

Delia Tugui | May 20, 2016

3. Olvera Street

When you’re in downtown LA, you have no excuse to miss the fascinating tourist artery called Olvera Street, which has represented the heart of Los Angeles since the Spaniards’ times. Among the colorful souvenir shops, there are a bunch of places where you can eat some tasty tacos, churros and other yummy Mexican delicacies whenever you get tired of so much walking.

Dating since 1930, Olvera Street was created with the goal of preserving and showing early California’s magical trades and customs. Also known as El Pueblo Historical Monument, La Placita Olvera, or Calle Olvera, this alluring Mexican Marketplace had me at hello and I have a feeling that you’ll fall in love with it right away as well. The birthplace of Los Angeles, with its plentiful painted stalls, cute cafes, happy gift shops, and stunning old structures, does a great job at recreating the romantic, dreamy Old Los Angeles.

This world-renowned pedestrian place is not only a market to shop for souvenirs, but a spot filled with history, brightness and joy that will offer you a different point of view over LA and, above all else, relax and cheer you up.

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