City Guide: Long Beach

Located in Southern California, Long Beach lies within Los Angeles County on the shores of the Pacific Ocean.

Los Angeles can be reached within half-an-hour drive. Beautiful beaches, a Mediterranean climate and moderate temperatures make Long Beach a highly popular year-round seaside resort.

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There are numerous things to see and do in Long Beach. Major attractions include:

-RMS Queen Mary, an art deco ocean liner purchased by the city of Long Beach in 1967. It is 61m in length and now houses a hotel and a maritime museum.

- Aquarium of the Pacific where you can find a great collection of over 12,500 inhabitants of the Ocean.

-Municipal Fly Casting Pool which is a pond opened to public since 1925. It is located at the Recreation Park and is surrounded by palms and green grass.

-Long Beach Greenbelt houses more than 40 species of California native plants from the 18th century.

-Long Beach Museum of Art with a great collection of the 20th century European art as well as modern Californian art. Stylish museum cafe offers a picturesque view of the ocean.

-Museum of Latin American Art exhibits art masterpieces of that region.

If you take a walk around the city, you will see what the street art means. Here you can find Wyland's Whaling Walls, the largest mural in the world of about 11,000sqm. If you fancy shopping, East Village Arts District is for you. Here you can also find galleries and street exhibits. It is very much worth joining one of the whale watching cruises. Apart from whales, you could also view dolphins and sea lions in the richest marines of South California.

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