NAACL HLT 2010 will be held at the Biltmore Hotel in Bunker Hill, the cultural heart of Los Angeles, within easy walking distance of:

• Hundreds of restaurants and bars
• Museum of Contemporary Art
• Music Center including:
  • Walt Disney Concert Hall
  • Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. Playing during NAACL HLT: Wagner's complete Ring cycle
  • Ahmanson Theatre. Playing during NAACL HLT: South Pacific
• L.A. Live: Grammy Museum, Nokia Theatre, more restaurants and bars

Take a short ride on the subway or the DASH bus (which runs every few minutes and only costs a quarter) to explore the rest of downtown:

• Little Tokyo
• El Pueblo de Los Angeles, the original city center
• Chinatown
• Dodger Stadium

More information:

• from the LA Convention and Visitors Bureau: Downtown LA Guide
• Angels Walk LA – Self-Guided Historic Trails
• from USC: Downtown Los Angeles Walking Tour
• from USC: I Love L.A. (video)

Or you can take the subway to:

• Griffith Observatory
• Hollywood: Walk of Fame, Mann Chinese Theatre
• NoHo Arts District
• Universal Studios
• Koreatown
• Old Pasadena
• East Los Angeles: best tacos in the country
• Long Beach: RMS Queen Mary and Aquarium of the Pacific