City breaks · The Americas
Freehand Los Angeles
Freehand Hotels · Downtown Los Angeles, USA
A 1924 tower with private rooms and shared rooms, a rooftop pool bar, and a good ground-floor diner.
What to know before you book
- Cheapest way into a design hotel in DTLA
- Rooftop scene without a resort price
- Works solo or for a friends group
- Arrive via Los Angeles Intl (LAX) — rideshare, or the lax/metro c-to-a line into downtown, about 35 minutes.
- Budget roughly $180 a night for the room and $95 per person a day on food, transport and entry fees.
- Free to do: The Broad, Griffith Observatory.
Best things to do nearby
- Grand Central MarketFood · 8 min away · $22 pp
A century of LA food under one roof, five minutes' walk
- The BroadCulture · 12 min away · Free
Free contemporary collection and the Infinity Mirror Rooms
- Griffith ObservatoryNature · 30 min away · Free
Sunset over the basin, free entry
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