esotouric
We're not your ordinary Los Angeles tour company---we're storytellers who become part of history, by fighting to preserve places that matter and help people who fall through the cracks. Our tours veer off into fascinating, neglected neighborhoods. Our expert guides are passionate, brainy and hilarious. Our tour themes are provocative and complex, but never dry, mixing crime and social history, architecture and book lore, fine art and urban studies into a simmering stew of original research and startling observations. When you join us for an Esotouric tour, you're guaranteed an intelligent, unpredictable adventure into the secret heart of the city we love. These tours are recommended for natives, tourists and anyone who likes to dig a little deeper and discover the world beyond the everyday. Pick a tour and see for yourself.
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Saturday November 15: on a special tour of the National Register Districts south of MacArthur Park, you'll thrill to the shenanigans of early Angelenos, and have a slice of Richard's birthday cake in a Gothic castle garden. Join us on a time travel trip! esotouric.com/event/richards-b-day-walk-2025/
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New tour: Saturday, join "Mr. Bunker Hill" Nathan Marsak on a grisly trip back in time to visit the scenes of crimes that were eradicated when redevelopment swept the Victorian neighborhood away. Bunker Noir! conjures some very confused ghosts.
esotouric.com/event/bunker-hill-noir-12-17-22/
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Since 2007, we have given tours of Raymond Chandler's life and work, and along the way we discovered the unknown comic operetta that Ray wrote with Julian Pascal, then married to Cissy. Public tours are on hold until the public health restrictions allow, so we're hosting weekly webinars exploring the cultural history of L.A. After the webinar airs, the recording can still be viewed. Tune in to "Shaking The Raymond Chandler Tree: New Discoveries About L.A.’s Master Detective Novelist," with our special guest Sybil Davis, who was the writer's young friend. Join us, do! esotouric.com/event/shake-chandler-tree-oct-2020/
5 years ago | [YT] | 1
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Finally, you can show your friends what to expect when they take an Esotouric tour—which isn’t like any other tour of Los Angeles.
We’re thrilled to announce that Nick Coles' documentary about our Los Angeles true crime tours and historic preservation activism has been selected by The Atlantic as a featured short that can now be watched online. It's a love letter to our city, and we hope you fall in love with her, too.
Direct YouTube video link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPBvU...
Story at
www.theatlantic.com/video/index/601018/esotouric/
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If you love LACMA join Save LACMA! As a nonprofit, Save LACMA is forming a public coalition which represents the community voice that has been missing in decision making about the future of L.A.'s treasured encyclopedic museum.
Pass it on! www.ourlacma.org/
#SaveLACMA
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What is your favorite Downtown Los Angeles time capsule landmark?
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