'Redondo Beach Pier'

A Beautiful Pier with a lot of Mad Animals

Ranking: 3 stars.

Hi guys! Yesterday was another "day of work", so we went out to write our new posts. Today we start with a new LA Tip for you. It is a special place for me because it's one of the very first that I visited when I came to LA for the first time. The Redondo Beach Pier.

This pier has been rebuilt and altered by storms and redevelopments, but its first was built between 1895 and 1915. The pier's modern reinforced concrete version was completed in 1995, bringing back the appeal to Redondo Beach's business district ever since.

As you come into the pier, you realize that everything fits in the place. You can find many souvenir shops (SO tipical here in every pier), and many places to have different kinds of food. From seafood restaurants, to hotdogs or burguers. 

If you are going to visit the pier, be sure you come hungry to fully enjoy the area, and let a small place to try the churros, crepes and icecreams. Just be sure you are not being followed to the cute tables outside... or you won't have anything to eat! There are starving seagulls everywhere in the pier, and they aren't joking, so keep always an eye on your food. Ok?

There are many fishermans trying to enjoy the ocean, and some of them almost live there. But even them know who the real locals are. As you go inside the pier, you will find more than one big Brown Pelicans not only on the floor but also on the roofs. These big dudes have taken the control of the area... LOL.

If we had to choose the best views here, we will take the ones when you are in the Western and  Southern part of the pier, and no matter where you look, it's awesome. Looking to the South, Redondo Beach and Palos Verdes hills; to the east, the structure of the pier creates a small beach in the middle; and looking to the North you enjoy the incredible view of the wharf and the boats coming in and out... There is also an awesome view of the pier from the southern part of Redondo Beach with the wooden structure of the pier inside the water and the small waves landing on the sand. We LOVE this one.

Notes: The pier is also famous for "The O.C" since The Coffe Shop at the end of the pier was one of the common locations for this TV serie. If you are a fan, you have to know that althought The O.C was set in Newport Beach (Orange County), many of the filming locations were in LA (Manhattan Beach, Redondo Beach, Torrance, Palos Verdes, UCLA and USC).

How to arrive? - Take a look on Google Maps.
More pictures on our Flickr.

We hope you like it!

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