Downtown Long Beach is the heart of Long Beach, California, and is the location for most of the city's major tourist attractions and municipal services, and is also the location for numerous businesses. There are numerous hotels and restaurants in the area that serve locals, tourists, and convention visitors. County Los Angeles County, California Area  - Total  - Water 170. ...

Tourist attractions and shopping

• Aquarium of the Pacific
• Catalina Cruises - boats to Catalina Island
• East Village Arts District
• Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center
  • Terrace Theater
• Long Beach Sports Arena (which has one of Wyland's Whaling Walls)
• Long Beach Plaza - shopping
• Museum of Latin American Art
• Pine Avenue - restaurants and nightclubs
• Queen Mary - historic ship, hotel, restaurants & conventions (nearby)
• Shoreline Village - shopping and restaurants

The Aquarium of the Pacific is located in the city of Long Beach, California featuring a collection of over 10,000 fish. ... Avalon Bay is the major bay on Catalina Island Santa Catalina Island, often called simply Catalina Island, is a rocky island off the coast of California. ... East Village Arts District is the name of the eastern part of downtown Long Beach, California. ... The Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center is a convention center located in Long Beach, California. ... The Terrace Theater is a 3,051-seat theater located in Long Beach, California. ... The Long Beach Sports Arena is a 11,200-seat multi-purpose arena in Long Beach, California. ... “Isle of Shoals Humpbacks”, a Whaling Wall in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. ... List of Whaling Walls that have been completed by Wyland. ... RMS Queen Mary was a Cunard Line (then Cunard White Star Line) ocean liner that sailed the North Atlantic Ocean from 1936 to 1967. ...

Events

• Aloha Concert Jam (Hawaiian music, June)
• Bob Marley Reggae Festival (February)
• Cajun & Zydeco Festival (May)
• Catalina Ski Race (July)
• Certified Organic Farmers Market (Fridays)
• Congressional Cup (sailing races, April)
• Long Beach Lesbian & Gay Pride Parade & Festival (June)
• Long Beach Grand Prix (April)

The Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach is the premier circuit in the Champ Car World Series. ...

Municipal services

• Long Beach City Hall
• Long Beach Municipal Court
• Long Beach Police Dept. Headquarters
• Municipal Library

Businesses

• Long Beach World Trade Center
• the headquarters of the California State University system
• Port of Long Beach (nearby)

The California State University (CSU) is one of three public higher education systems in the state of California. ... The Port of Long Beach is the second busiest seaport in the United States and the tenth busiest port in the world. ...

Transportation

Long Beach Transit has a transit center in Downtown Long Beach. The southern terminus of the LACMTA Blue Line as well as the southern end of Interstate 710 (Long Beach Freeway) is also downtown. Greyhound Lines, Amtrak Thruway, Torrance Transit, LADOT, and LACMTA all have bus service to Downtown Long Beach. Metro Blue Line The Metro line of the Los Angeles County Metro Rail is a light rail line connecting Downtown Los Angeles at the 7th Street-Metro Center station and Downtown Long Beach. ... JUNCTION POSTMILE SR-1 LA 0. ... Greyhound Lines is the largest intercity common carrier of passengers by bus in North America, serving 2200 destinations in the United States. ... Amtrak is the trademark name of the intercity passenger train system created on May 1, 1971 in the United States. ... The Los Angeles Department of Transportation, commonly referred to as LADOT, is the agency charged to provide public transportation to the County of Los Angeles. ... A picture taken of a Gold Line train in the Los Angeles suburb of Pasadena, California The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, commonly referred to as LACMTA, MTA, or Metro, is the agency charged to provide public transportation to the county of Los Angeles. ...