For the next two days of our trip, we booked a car from Alamo. So we packed our bags, left hotel around 8am and took FlyAway shuttle bus to LAX to pick up our car around 930am.
FlyAway shuttle bus to LAX
We paid US$ 8.00 per pax for one way ticket but its US$ 9.00 now.
We then drove back to hotel, checked out, loaded our bags onto the car, bought breakfast and were on way to Griffith Observatory, for a closer view of Hollywood sign. There is free parking available at the observatory parking lot but we had to wait a few minutes for the lot. Even then, we visited on a weekday!
If you are interested in hiking, you can try the 3 miles trail from the parking lot towards the sign.
http://hollywoodsign.org/hiking-to-the-sign/
