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Esotouric

  • Tours
    • True Crime
      • The Real Black Dahlia
      • Pasadena Confidential
      • Blood & Dumplings
      • Echo Park Book Of The Dead
      • Eastside Babylon
      • Hollywood!
      • Hotel Horrors & Main Street Vice
      • Weird West Adams
      • Wild Wild Westside
      • John Buntin’s L.A. Noir
      • James Ellroy Digs L.A.
    • Literary
      • In A Lonely Place: Raymond Chandler’s Los Angeles
      • Haunts of A Dirty Old Man: Charles Bukowski’s Los Angeles
      • The Birth of Noir: James M. Cain’s Southern California Nightmare
      • John Fante’s Dreams from Bunker Hill
    • California Culture
      • The Lowdown on Downtown
      • Boyle Heights & The San Gabriel Valley: The Hidden Histories of L.A.’s Melting Pot
      • South L.A. Road Trip: Hot Rods, Adobes, Googie & Early Modernism
      • Route 66 Road Trip: Roadside Architecture, Citrus, Drive-Ins & Cemeteries
    • Rock & Roll
      • Crawling Down Cahuenga: Tom Waits’ L.A.
      • Where The Action Was rock history tour
  • Contact
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    • Esotouric’s Shop
    • George Mann’s Bunker Hill
  • Historic Preservation
  • About
    • About Us
    • Press Page
    • Gift Certificate
    • Discount Passes
    • Our Tour Guides
  • Explore Our Lost Los Angeles
  • Blog

About Us

We’re not your ordinary tour company.

Our routes 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, rock and roll and architecture, literature and film, fine art and urban studies into a simmering stew of original research and startling observations.

Even our snack stops are unique: a Chinese dumpling picnic in a garden of concrete sea monsters, donuts in the parking lot of Charles Bukowski's favorite liquor store, or Raymond Chandler-inspired gelato at Scoops in East Hollywood.

When you climb aboard for an Esotouric bus adventure, you’re guaranteed an intelligent, unpredictable ride 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. Come ride and see for yourself.

Kim & Richard

Kim & Richard, who run Esotouric

Explore Our Los Angeles

Explore Our Los Angeles

True Crime Tours

The Real Black Dahlia Blood And Dumplings Hotel Horrors and Main Street Vice  

Literary Tours

Birth of Noir: James M. Cain's Los Angeles Literary Tour Thumbnail #1   Raymond Chandler's Los Angeles

California Culture Tours

El Encanto, Monterey Park   California Culture Tour Thumbnail #2   Covina Bowl

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Forensic Science Seminars

  • Sunday, December 11th - The Spider-Man Bandit & The Artificial Human Head: Breakthroughs in Crime Scene Investigation
  • Sunday, January 22nd -- The Hollywood Fire Devil

Upcoming Tours

  • Hollywood! - Saturday, October 1st
  • CANCELED - Wild Wild Westside - Saturday, October 8th
  • Echo Park Book of the Dead - Saturday, October 15th
  • In A Lonely Place: Raymond Chandler's Los Angeles - Saturday, October 22nd
  • The Real Black Dahlia - Saturday, October 29th
  • Weird West Adams - Saturday, November 5th
  • Eastside Babylon – Saturday, November 12th
  • Haunts of a Dirty Old Man: Charles Bukowski's Los Angeles -Saturday November 19th
  • Special Event: Richard’s 48th Birthday Bus Tour of Long Beach & The South Bay – Saturday, November 26th
  • Pasadena Confidential - Saturday, December 3rd
  • Hotel Horrors and Main Street Vice – Saturday, December 10th
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