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most bus tours $58/seat

Gift certificates available.

Ride Free once a month on Esotouric's Hippodrome.

Translation services offered in most languages. Yes, we give private group tours.

KCRW and KPCC members take 15% off regular bus tour tickets (limit 4 per member)

Noir November Tour Series

Ride any three of the five Noir November bus adventures when you purchase the sampler package. Just buy your ticket by clicking here and then email to reserve your spots of the three tours you want to ride. You'll save between $39 and $44 when you do.

Sat Nov 1: The Real Black Dahlia
Sat Nov 8: The Birth of Noir
Sat Nov 15: Wild Wild West Side
Sat Nov 22: Hotel Horrors & Main Street Vice
Sat Nov 29: Blood & Dumplings

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refund policy

Your ticket can be refunded up to 72 hours prior to departure if you contact Esotouric by phone or email. We regret that there are no refunds for people who miss the bus.

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Richard has been at various times an art historian, a mason, an independent film producer, and a computer programmer. On his tours, Richard fuses these otherwise exclusive experiences into a very special view of the city. Richard's tours include two different Raymond Chandler tours, John Fante’s Dreams from Bunker Hill, The Birth of Noir and the Reyner Banham Loves Los Angeles series of architecture and urbanism tours. Richard created and maintains this website, and produces the audio-visual presentations for all Esotouric bus adventures under the LaTeX document preparation system.

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upcoming tours

Raymond Chandler's Los Angeles (Vroman's Edition) Saturday, Oct 11th(event)(5 days)
Raymond Chandler's Bay City - Saturday, Oct. 18th(event)(12 days)
Halloween Horrors with Crimebo the Clown- Sat, Oct. 25th(event)(19 days)
The Real Black Dahlia Saturday, November 1st(event)(26 days)
The Birth of Noir: James M. Cain's Southern California Nightmare - Saturday, November 8th(event)(33 days)
Wild Wild Westside - Saturday, November 15th(event)(40 days)
Main Street Vice & Hotel Horrors Saturday, November 22nd(event)(47 days)
Blood & Dumplings Saturday, Nov. 29th(event)(54 days)
Haunts of a Dirty Old Man: Charles Bukowski's Los Angeles Saturday, December 6th(event)(61 days)
Pasadena Confidential with Crimebo the Clown - Saturday, Dec. 13th(event)(68 days)

Raymond Chandler Mystery Map Returns!

Back from the out-of-print grave and ready to be used, it's the classic Chandler crime scene map of Los Angeles. Why pay $100+ for a dog eared copy when a crisp new one can be yours for $15?

recommended viewing

now you can purchase the the film the L.A. Times called "irreverent, insightful, surely one of the most ambitious documentaries on Los Angeles ever."