ULTIMATE TOUR of the SANTA MONICA PIER | LA's Best Pier

At Santa Monica’s westernmost point, the Santa Monica Pier is home to the iconic Ferris Wheel jutting into the inviting waters of the Pacific Ocean. Packed with family-friendly activities, vibrant street performers, restaurants and shops, the Pier also offers stunning views and over a century of history. Constructed in 1909, the storied Santa Monica Pier was the first concrete pier on the West Coast.
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[@YellowProductions]

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[@FaisalAhmadNoori]

Best detailed and entertaining tour video on the entire internet.👍

[@NostalgiaMan]

This is my youngest kids favorite place in California. My oldest kids favorite is Laguna beach and I still love Balboa Island as well. Cali is calling.

[@BreadLobby]

Iove the addition of zooming in to the level of the binoculars saving us 25 cents

[@hanleslie5495]

It's awesome that you always visit and introduce those spots personally.

[@alisterfolson]

Thanks for posting! We're taking the fam to the Kia Forum for a concert and might stop by and check this out!

[@YellowProductions]

Awesome!

[@manwithumbrella]

That Hot Dog on a Stick was there when I was 4 years old in 1958. We lived in Santa Monica for a year when we first came to California from New Jersey. We were living in a small apt on PCH and my mother would take us kids down to beach just about every day. That was my first experience of a corn dog and it blew my little mind that such a thing existed. Loved watching the guy make the dogs thru the window, I think there was a platform at the order window that you could watch from. I still love corn dogs and wish there was a Hot Dog ona Stick in my city. Great memories.

[@busylifechilllife4026]

It looks like such a beautiful day. Thanks for the great video.

[@johndornoff]

Brings back memories, used to spend a lot of time growing up playing in the arcade on the pier plus time on the beach.

[@mariannabarbowski121]

Love this! my daughter and I did the walk from Venice beach to Santa Monica pier and back - saw the muscle beach you showcased but I don’t recall seeing the newer one you mentioned - guess we just have to go back 😊

[@lakermark2006]

This is an awesome tour, thank you so very much!

[@pdxaviation]

One of my favorite California memories is sitting in that bubba Gump and watching the sunset.

[@YellowProductions]

Mmmm

[@yangiemouie]

Planning a trip this summer. This video was so helpful. Thank you!!

[@YellowProductions]

Glad it was helpful!

[@matty6878]

one of my favorite places in the world. nice camera work, Chris!

[@tayvonlewis3102]

Whenever I go to Santa Monica I go there all the time and this is the best pier I ever been too in L.A. and Orange County ❤

[@DisneyMarkUK]

We love visiting the pier from the UK, thanks for the tour

[@j_korea]

Your video is fun and not boring. You are a great creator. 👍

[@urfriendlyneighborHoodCNYgeek1]

Southern California is a gem. And California in general.

[@246810frizzy]

Santa Monica is NOT Safe! City of the walking Dead. Junkies shoot up in broad daylight.littered with used needles,broken glass crack pipes,urine and feces. Appalling and disgusting place.

[@kevintripodi936]

So wonderful video ! Truthfully did what you said. Great job ! Enjoyed it ! Thanks

[@YellowProductions]

Thanks Kevin!

[@sweeney0558]

WONDERFUL VIDEO THANKS

[@interstateruler]

Thank you for the tour. I wish I can take more trips but it was a nice tour of the Santa Monica Pier

[@dougb737]

Thank you for the video!!! I’m taking a solo trip there and this was more than enough info 😊

[@YellowProductions]

Awesome Doug!

[@AntonioPerez18]

Very cool video! I’ve always wanted to go to California, specifically LA. This video was very informative and enjoyable. It made me feel like I was walking alongside you on the pier.

[@YellowProductions]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@GibsonsVapeShop]

I really appreciate that you show the prices of things. Thank you for your Sacrifice.

[@sunnybeachwalks4k2022]

Love it !

[@rainbowboa100]

wow, just like G.t.a. even down to the hot dog stand!

[@jameshiga8077]

Hi Chris. Santa Monica Pier is a great place to visit. Thanks for sharing and take care.

[@YellowProductions]

Thanks James!

[@awesomeadamfrom2099]

Awesome job chris

[@Eduardo-us2zm]

I like the video opens with the view by the harbor office on the end

[@TheLastGen]

Thanks for such a pleasant lil walk through of my front yard. ☀️🎡🌊

[@YellowProductions]

Any time!

[@michaelhare3615]

Your videos helped us so much as we planned our trip to LA. We stayed at the Shore hotel and it was amazing. Planning to go back as soon as we can!

[@YellowProductions]

Awesome!

[@almaflores7708]

Staying at the shore hotel next week and our first time in Santa Monica. 😊 Any tips?

[@crazybellagirl1779]

❤ nice pick and nice video thank you

[@BrianKitching-wv5nh]

Love this video,i was there in 1996 to see Will Rogers state beach and the lifeguard headquarters where they filmed Baywatch. I thought it was beautiful. Thankyou for another interesting video.

[@buhwheat1000]

Thanks!

[@MarVAllen]

Great job we loved the pier when we were there

[@angelachanelhuang1651]

Italian cuisine in so cal. you pay what you want for italian cuisine

[@desireeaustin9117]

been watching your videos for a month planning our LA trip thanks for NOLA

[@YellowProductions]

Sweet!

[@NothingMaster]

Thanks to you, Chris, the local secret is out. 😀

[@hectorrojas2845]

Love your videos man. I live in Tijuana and I´d been into visiting different places in California. Your videos have been so helpful. Thank you so much!

[@YellowProductions]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@mikewest2428]

Great video I've visited santa Monica many times I have family and friends who live close to the beach I was last here in 2019 I need to make a return trip maybe early next year Mike uk.

[@michaelc8651]

I did this exact walk back in April all the way from the end of the pier to Venice Beach...and back. Our feet were really sore by the end of it. The highlight was watching a Quincinera and. Bah Mitzvah being celebrated at the same time opposite each other in the middle of the pier.

[@YellowProductions]

Neat!

[@daniii7263]

great video! thanks

[@YellowProductions]

Thanks Daniii

[@debbiegilbert4575]

Great to see how they cleaned out all the vendors it made the pier too crowded just hard to walk around

[@manwithumbrella]

Santa Monica Pier may be the best pier today, but back when my family live there, the best was P.O.P. Pacific Ocean PArk. I can't fathom why it failed, for a few years it drew more poeple than Disneyland and was called by some the Disneyland of the Pacific. No doubt before your time.

[@carmenporras4640]

what month did you do this video planning on going on July 2023 Thanks for the tour

[@avsrule247]

If anyone is familiar with the mobile game Pokemon Go, the Pier is one of the best places in the world to catch Pokemon

[@YellowProductions]

Thanks for the tip Matt!

[@NostalgiaMan]

Welcome to GTA 5 Oh Wait lol

[@danielleporter1829]

Fun fact, Hot Dog on Stick started on Santa Monica Beach, I saw that on and episode of either "California's Gold" With Huell Howser or "Visiting with Huell Howser" I have a Rte 66 story, when I was about 8 0r 9, my dad and I went out to see my grandparents (his parents) in Perris, Ca/ My grandmother asked my grandfather to go to Stater Bros for her , so my dad drove and when he parked across the street from the grocery store (for non so. Californians who may not know what Stater Bros is) and left me in the car. I saw all of these hot rods(classic rebuilt cars that are "souped" up) coming pass me. It was some kind of car show on Route 66 on its way to San Bernadino . I didn't know it then but as I got older and listened to Nat King Cole"s classic song "Route 66" where he mentions SB , I put two and two together. Back when I was going to community college, I applied for a job assisting in supervising, setting up/ cleaning up after children's birthday parties. I ended up not taking that job because it conflicted with my school schedule at the time . Casa Del Mar, Shutters on the Beach and Lowes Santa Monica are some of the most well known hotels on the beach, and have the prices /night to prove it.

[@YellowProductions]

Neat! Makes sense why that Hot Dog on a Stick looks so classic. And thanks for sharing your Rte 66 story 😉

[@markcummings3146]

It looks so much nicer when the sun is shining unlikely when I visited in teh morning and it was cloudy back in June.

[@markcummings3146]

THis is the same parking lot we used too!

[@YellowProductions]

Nice!

[@scottman895]

The Santa Monica Pier looks much better than it did when you did the walking tour a couple years ago when everything was mostly closed due to the pandemic! It's great to see things back up and running again. I'm surprised not many people go all the way to the end of the pier. That's one of the things I always like to do on a pier - I always have to go to the end!

[@YellowProductions]

Yup! Great to see life back here again!

[@angelachanelhuang1651]

French and italian cuisine

[@jmiller967]

Tag the locale of the $1 parking lot. Thanks for the good tips! Im onto the downtown video now lol

[@Jackson-Grover]

I love starting huge fights here (In GTA)

[@emmitbrown5631]

I've never been there in person. But I have played GTA!

[@YellowProductions]

Love GTA 😉

[@chelseametzinger6476]

Where do you like to stay in or near Santa Monica when you have OC Girl and The Traveling Princess with you?

[@YellowProductions]

I like the Marriott Marina Del Rey: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l6HRnGxrabt2Zqc

[@bruiselee28]

What time do the rides open?

[@YellowProductions]

11am

[@richardmccarley281]

"Come and knock on our door!"

[@crobb]

I was there today, and there was a young man sitting on a bench with some books. He repeated “I wrote this” over and over, and it appeared he may have had cerebral palsy, or similar. (Apologies if my diagnosis is way off). If anyone knows his name, or knows if his book is available anywhere else, I’d love to know. I was caught without any cash, and didn’t want to waste his time, but I’d still like to know what he wrote. Thanks.

[@BrianKitching-wv5nh]

Can you please do a new video on Santa Monica Pier

[@timsok3358]

Will a weekday visit worth it too?

[@YellowProductions]

For sure

[@user-gw1kc9wp9r]

I saw saten walking the side walk next to Pacific heights park, and he had his pathetic parade going on about 3am. I laughed and went back to sleep.

[@gmk293]

Maybe do the video when the park is open.

[@YellowProductions]

I have a 2nd video coming soon that is JUST a walkthrough of Pacific Park

[@gmk293]

@@YellowProductions Awesome. Thanks.

[@Gdafu866jds]

Soo, sewage still goes in ocean from the pier or no??

[@YellowProductions]

I don't think so 😉

[@Gdafu866jds]

@@YellowProductions well I wish I didn't know that 🤣🤣 now don't think I'll ever go swim there again 💩💩🤢🤮🤣🤣

[@ikmarchini]

Funny, I found your secret parking lot by examining Google maps carefully. I saw it was municipal and not on the main drag and thought 'bet this place is cheap'

[@YellowProductions]

Nice!

[@ladan11]

reminds me of GTA

[@rubystaging237]

can you rent a wheelchair ? were going in a once in a lifetime trip and the pier is one of our stops

[@YellowProductions]

Hmm. Not sure where the nearest wheelchair rental is

[@BrianKitching-wv5nh]

If your in the UK, rent one from one of the mobility shops,that sell disability scooters ect.That's what we did.They will put it on the plane for you along with your luggage.

[@jaggerwilliams6326]

You forgot to show us the parking lot😂

[@gumerzambrano]

If you like weed you'll definitely love the boardwalk!

[@YellowProductions]

Hah. For sure

[@Wolverine-ky9gk]

Came here after playing Dead Island 2

[@stargazer5073]

Wow, first thing I missed leaving Japan, CLEAN restrooms and HEATED toilet seats!!!! Japanese Airports are sparkling clean, LAX looks and smells like the inside of a garbage can!!!!

[@YellowProductions]

LAX is definitely gross compared to any Japanese airport

[@deadfoxsden1114]

Gta?

[@ikmarchini]

Juan 14:16 “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me” (John 14:6). Hope nobody thought that was the vendor's name.

[@marckemp9955]

Haven't been there in forever. I'm not that big of a fan of beaches. Whitefish Montana looks better.

[@someoneavation]

4 dollars for a bottle of water is obsured

[@MrDavidsuits]

My family have been walking on that pier from it's beginning in 1909. when my family first moved to Santa Monica the population was around 400 people in 1870. It'd so sad that Santa Monica is full of Liberals any more

[@gonefishing4204]

Are homeless people still an issue there?

[@YellowProductions]

Yes

[@gonefishing4204]

@@YellowProductions thank you for letting me know.

[@thepeterchannel3230]

Hire a professional narrator and a Fact checker.. Lots of false and erroneous information given. and bad narration.