The tram
Up the hill.
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A cultural campus on a hilltop in the Brentwood neighbourhood of Los Angeles, home to one of the two sites of the J. Paul Getty Museum. It opened on 16 December 1997 at a cost of $1.3 billion and is famous for its white architecture, gardens and views over the city, drawing about 1.8 million visitors a year. Visitors ride up from the car park at the bottom of the hill on a small cable-pulled tram through the trees, then wander among buildings clad in Italian travertine and white panels, open plazas and fountains. The galleries hold pre-20th-century European paintings, drawings, illuminated manuscripts and decorative arts, and photographs from the 1830s to today, while the Central Garden is a maze of flowers around a pool, and from the terraces the city stretches to the ocean. Admission is free, parking is about $25 per car and less after 3 pm, and it is closed on Mondays, per visitor guides. Even if museums are not your thing, the gardens, architecture and views alone are worth the visit.
Up the hill.
A maze of flowers.
To the ocean.
Brentwood, on a hilltop above Los Angeles
Yes, entry is free and you only pay for parking; it is closed on Mondays, per visitor guides.