Paramount Studios Los Angeles

860 N. Gower St. at Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles , California, United States - Phone: 323-956-5000
  • Traveler Rating 4.50
    112 reviews 21 travel blogs 40 photos

    Attraction Type:

    Movie theater, Performance, Tour

    Popularity

    4of 461 attractions in Los Angeles

TravelPod Member ReviewsParamount Studios Los Angeles

  • Un peu cher pour ce que c'est

    3

    mathildej 1 contribution France Jan 23, 2011

    La visite des studios Paramount est pratique pour ceux qui décident de visiter L.A. sans voiture. Ils sont facilement accessibles en transport en commun (métro Hollywood/Vine + bus ou une vingtaine de minute à pied). Mieux vaux prendre un bus car la ballade n'est pas très agréable. (j'y suis allée à pied et revenue en bus !). D'autre part l'intérêt de ces studios est qu'ils sont encore en activité. Ils servent (d'après ce que j'ai cru comprendre) surtout pour le tournage de séries et de shows TV.

    Pour visiter les studios, une réservation par téléphone est indispensable.

    Il s'agit d'une visite guidée de 2h. On se balade avec notre guide sur une voiturette à travers le studio qui est assez grand.

    Point positif : les groupes sont petits (une petite dizaine de personnes lors de ma visite).

    Points négatifs : il faut mieux bien parler anglais : la visite n'est possible que dans cet langue et le guide parle plutôt vite. Pour moi ce ne fut pas toujours facile à suivre, et surtout il est difficile de garder son attention pendant les 2h !

    D'autre part on passe environ 80% de la visite à l'extérieur. Comme il s'agit de studio encore en activité on n'a pu rentrer qu'à l'intérieur de 2 studios (forcément à l'arrêt). C'était quand même sympa de découvrir l'envers du décor ! Mais cette visite coûtant quand même la modique somme de 40$, alors je m'attendais à en voir un peu plus.

    En plus des studios fermés, certaines parties de la zone sont faites pour les tournages en extérieur. Les reconstitutions de rues sont bien marrantes : une rue pour NY, on tourne et hop on est à Chicago...

    Pour les amateurs de cinéma, je pense qu'une telle visite reste quand même importante à faire à LA. Etant personnellement amatrice de cinéma, j'ai choisi de faire un détour par LA pour voir de véritables studios et je ne regrette pas mes 40$ !

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Travel Blogs by Travelers Who Visited this Attraction Paramount Studios Los Angeles

  • 1

    Star Struck

    14 photos

    In the morning we took a 2 hour tour of the Paramount studios with one of our tour guides named 'Chad', oh I'm in America!
    Each studio gate has huge doors called Elephant Doors, which block out the sound of all that is outside. As we passed one of the studios where they are filming a Nickelodean kids programme, we were invited onto the set and …

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  • 1

    Universally Speaking

    38 photos

    ... of the much hyped Walk of Fame stars. Our walk took us past the famous (everything is ‘famous’ in LA) Paramount Studios on Melrose past intersections all with spectacular views of the Hollywood Hills and then along the broken street of Vine. ...

  • 2

    Los Angeles Day 4

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    ... to the hotel, and did the post office and had some honey smacks for lunch.  Yum!   We then took a taxi (debauched!!) to Paramount Studios for our 2 pm tour.   If we had gone on our hop on hop off bus, it would have taken us 1 ...

  • 3

    USA Los Angeles

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    ... a bit skank. Everywhere is full in other areas. After a walk of Hollywood we went to watch a new series being filmed at Paramount Studios called Love Inc. Its a bit like friends and the english programme Coupling and is quite funny. It was the 1st ...

  • 4

    CALIFORNIA DREAMIN'

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    ... "they often have to pay homeless people to fill the audience." So, on our last full day in town, we arrived at Paramount Studios...and were shocked to see a throng of middle-aged people in line before us.    The assistant director of the ...

  • 5

    City Without a Soul

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    ... was a relief at last to find somewhere in LA with atmosphere.  We next made our way back to the city, passing Paramount Studios, which is the only major studio still basing itself in central LA.  It had some very ornate looking gates which ...

  • 6

    Day 25 - Tour of Los Angeles

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    ... headed back to the stars. Funnily enough one of the first we saw was Karl Malden. Oh, I forgot, on the way we passed the Paramount Studios and also the Farmers Market, they are both famous. Also - Meg - we found out what happened to Faye Raye at last! ...

  • 7

    Day 3 LA

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    ... even been to downtown LA.   Will have to give that a miss and do it next time!!!   We want to go to Paramount studios (if we can), and also have the free tour of the Kodak theatre, and the walk of fame from our booklet thing that ...

  • 8

    We are in L.A !!

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    ... dinner and cheap is all good!  After dinner we jumped on the internet.  We were told by the Hollywood tour guides that the Paramount Studios is nearby where Dr Phil does his shows.  So I get on the Dr Phil website and see if there is a ...

  • 9

    Dinner at Mario's Osteria Mozza

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    ... on Melrose Ave. His Pizzeria Mozza is just next door. As we drove down Melrose looking for the restaurant, we drove past Paramount Studios which had the most fabulous Christmas tree and light display. It was quite pretty. We also went by Thai Town, ...

  • 10

    Star Struck

    14 photos

    In the morning we took a 2 hour tour of the Paramount studios with one of our tour guides named 'Chad', oh I'm in America! Each studio gate has huge doors called Elephant Doors, which block out the sound of all that is outside.  As we passed one of ...