5 Movie Studios to Vist While in Los Angeles

If you are planning a trip to Los Angeles California, then you really should consider a visit to the movie studios around town. I have been on some of the best and some of the not so good tours where you had to walk for two hours and learned very little; these were not worth the cost of the ticket but to be fair I have included them as some people may want to see them. My fave by far is Warner Bros and NBC. I have tried to include driving directions, hours, addresses and phone numbers to call for advanced tickets.

Warner Bros Studio
4000 Warner Blvd
Burbank, CA. / (818) 846-1403

Only a handful of Hollywood movie studios offer tours. Fortunately, Warner Bros is one of them - and it may well be the best overall studio tour available to the general public. Unlike the Universal Studios tour, guests here aren't herded aboard monster trams by the thousands, and driven through theme park rides.
At Warner Bros, the VIP tours are far more personal, limited to small groups of fewer than fifteen people. And the studio back lot that you see is the real thing. However, the tour is also one of Hollywood's best-kept secrets.Where Universal processes millions of tourists each year, only about 120 people a day discover the Warner Bros tour. You and your tour guide ramble about in a small tram resembling a golf cart; you are allowed to stop and get out of the tram to inspect many of the sets up-close, and your guide is always nearby to answer any questions you might have.

The tour is much more extensive and authentic than the indoor tour at NBC Studios. And although the WB tours last two full hours, you don't have to spend all of that time on your feet, as you do during the Paramount Studio walking tour. The Warner's back lot is also a lot more colorful than the Paramount property.The drawback, however, is the cost. Warner Bros charges a whopping $39 each for this special VIP tour (compared with $35 for Paramount, $24 for Sony/MGM, and $7 for NBC), in addition to a $5 parking fee.