Greystone Mansion

03/01/10

Best free activity in Beverly Hills

by ALEXGUNNCLARK

When my family visited me last Thanksgiving we visit the mansion and enjoyed walking the grounds as well as peaking in the house that was once owned by Howard Hughes... This is only place that allows you to see how the "other half" lives! The mansion features free parking and great history it's a perfect family activity.

• Cons: May be haunted

02/23/09

Hidden Treasure

by mkwku

The Greystone Mansion is one of the most beautiful places in Los Angeles. Once you are there in the gardens you don't even hear or remember the traffic that you just sat in to get here. This place is so serene and a perfect setting for a wedding or if you are just looking for a quite get away for a few hours, it is magnificent!

01/07/09

One of the best places to see in the Los Angeles area

by Tessh

I?ve been living in L.A for 5 years before I even heard of this place and the loss was all mine. Now I just have to take ever out-of-town visitor I have there, and I never get bored going back there. Greystone mansion was build in 1926 by the Doheny oil family, and after having different ownerships over the years was finally bought by the city of Beverly Hills as a city park. You can park your car in the public parking lot and just walk through the gardens freely. The gardens are full of green lawns and beautiful flowers, well groomed bushes and even a coy pond. There are certain areas, like a long grassy path with shrubbery to the side, or the big fountain, that make me feel I?m in an old Hollywood or a Disney Fairytale movie. In the four times I visited so far, there was almost always something going on there, in two of those times they were shooting a tv show inside, on time it was a movie (these we shot inside the house so it didn?t bother us), the last time they held a wedding at the gardens so they blocked off some of the areas, and that was a little disappointing.

You can only walk in the garden area, not get inside the mansion itself, but no one will stop you if you want to push your nose to the glass windows and take a peek inside, as it is just as lovely inside as it is outside. I promise you, after your fist visit you are going to recognize areas of the place of the interior in so many major films and TV shoes and ads.

01/01/09

One of the best places to see in the Los Angeles area.

by Birnie

I lived in L.A for 5 years before I even heard of this place and the loss was all mine. Now I just have to take ever out-of-town visitor I have there, and I never get bored going back there. Greystone mansion was build in 1926 by the Doheny oil family, and after having different ownerships over the years was finally bought by the city of Beverly Hills as a city park. You can park your car in the public parking lot and just walk through the gardens freely. The gardens are full of green lawns and beautiful flowers, well groomed bushes and even a coy pond. There are certain areas, like a long grassy path with shrubbery to the side, or the big fountain, that make me feel I’m in an old Hollywood or a Disney Fairytale movie. In the four times I visited so far, there was almost always something going on there, in two of those times they were shooting a tv show inside, on time it was a movie (these we shot inside the house so it didn’t bother us), the last time they held a wedding at the gardens so they blocked off some of the areas, and that was a little disappointing.

You can only walk in the garden area, not get inside the mansion itself, but no one will stop you if you want to push your nose to the glass windows and take a peek inside, as it is just as lovely inside as it is outside. I promise you, after your fist visit you are going to recognize areas of the place of the interior in so many major films and TV shoes and ads.

• Pros: A real-life gorgeous mansion
• Cons: some areas are blocked off occasionally

08/04/08

Great way to spend an afternoon!

by AldreteK

Had a lot fun hanging around with the turtles & fish! The grounds are a wonderful sight to take in and I can't wait to go back in November to see inside the house (aside from the sneek-peeks we took into the windows). Make sure to take your time enjoying each garden and courtyard.