Olvera Street
Downtown—sample rating
Photo: Visitor7 / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)
About Olvera Street
Olvera Street, commonly known by its Spanish names Placita Olvera and Calle Olvera, is a historic pedestrian street in El Pueblo de Los Ángeles, the historic center of Los Angeles, California, United States. The street is located off of the Plaza de Los Ángeles, the oldest plaza in California, which served as the center of the city life through the Spanish and Mexican eras into the early American era, following the Conquest of California. Restaurants, vendors, and public establishments line the street.
Best time to visit
Weekday mornings are quieter; weekends bring mariachi music and folkloric dancing but bigger crowds.
Recommended duration
Allow about 1.3 hours (75 minutes).
Opening hours
- Every day
- 10:00-19:00
Open 7 days a week including holidays; individual shop hours vary and weekends may run later (up to 8-10pm).
Tickets
Free to enter — no ticket required.
Information may change — verify details before visiting.
Location
Load Google Maps content — this may set cookies.
Nearby attractions
Watts Towers
The Watts Towers, Towers of Simon Rodia, or Nuestro Pueblo are a collection of 17 interconnected sculptural towers, architectural structures, and individual sculptural features and mosaics within…
- The Grove
The Grove
Attraction in West Hollywood, Los Angeles.
- Queen Mary
Queen Mary
Queen Mary, Queen Marie, or Queen Maria may refer to:.
Hollywood Walk of Fame
The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a landmark with more than 2,800 five-pointed terrazzo-and-brass stars embedded in the sidewalks along fifteen blocks of Hollywood Boulevard and three blocks of Vine…
TCL Chinese Theatre
Grauman's Chinese Theatre, known as the Chinese colloquially, and officially branded as the TCL Chinese Theatre for sponsorship reasons, is a movie palace on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the…
Dolby Theatre
The Dolby Theatre is a live-performance auditorium in the Ovation Hollywood shopping mall and entertainment complex, on Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue, in the Hollywood neighborhood of…
Nearby restaurants
Bavel
$$$ · Downtown
Bestia
$$$ · Downtown
Canter's Delicatessen
Jewish · $$ · West Hollywood
Park's BBQ
$$$ · Koreatown
Clifton's Republic
$$ · Downtown
Dan Tana's
Italian · $$$ · Beverly Hills
Flights to New York
Live round-trip fares from Travelpayouts partners.
Partner links — our site's partners are Expedia, GetYourGuide, Go City, Big Bus Tours, Hotellook, Kiwitaxi and Localrent; we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you.
Stay near Downtown
Browse stays in New York by budget and style — prices and availability open on our booking partner's site.
Partner links — we're partnered with Expedia and Hotellook; we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you.