The Magic Castle Los Angeles

Well, what a fantastic few days we've had in LA. Arriving at the Magic Castle Hotel on Franklin drive wasnt too difficult and the staff here are lovely. The hotel is only a couple of minutes walk from Hollywood Boulevard and the Walk of Fame (Stars), ...

It's probably a good time to re-iterate how amazing the Magic Castle Hotel and its people are. It's no surprise or has the number 1 rating from Tripadvisor for hotels LA. It's a little old, far from being swanky, but has the most amazing people working ...

... .  But the girls did a great job, and we made it as a family ... (just). A1 hour trip from the airport to the Magic Castle was enough time to get the life story of Gary Wagner our shuttle driver.  He was hilarious!  And didn't have a "hit ...

... funny, and a few people saw us doing it so they did too.  Our surprise was that we went to this place called the Magic Castle.  It was SO COOL.  It's like a mansion from the 1900s that was renovated and now it's all full of magicians and ...

... hotel turned on a delicious continental breakfast, so we sampled pastries, cereal and fabulous, strong coffee. Holly thought a trip to the Beverley Centre, a huge shopping mall in Beverley Hills would be a good idea, given the crap weather. So we caught ...

We booked out of our hotel and trundled our suitcases just down the road to our next hotel, the Magic Castle Hotel. The staff were very welcoming and our room was clean and comfortable. We stayed here three years ago, and loved it, and it was just as we ...

... hungry by the time we arrived at our hotel. We received an extremely friendly welcome from Nick who was on reception at the Magic Castle when we arrived. He gave us oodles of helpful information regarding places to go and things to see and assured me ...

... it was back to the hotel, into the car and a drive to the post office. Now back in the room getting ready to go to the Magic Castle Club for dinner. The Magic Caste club was fantastic :). The building is old with lots of dark woods and leadlight. It was ...

... time. Holly and Lucy had some caricature portraits done which were very cute and well done. We saw a show based around the massive Kevin Costner flop, 'Waterworld', which was actually pretty good. The place has something for everyone, and while there ...

... There are so many different facets to LA, and all the neighbourhoods vary greatly; from the wildly extravagant, and beautifully maintained; to the seedy and scruffy……..often just a couple of streets apart. We hopped off the bus at the Farmers ...