Tours, tickets and day trips in Long Beach, CA
The best-reviewed tours and tickets with live prices, the sights with published visitor numbers, and the towns close enough for a day out.
Top-rated experiences in Long Beach
The best-reviewed experiences in Long Beach from Viator, our tours partner: 102 to choose from, with the “from” price of each. You book on Viator, which takes payment and handles changes; free cancellation is marked where it applies.
Guided Whale Watching Tour from Long Beach (opens viator.com in a new tab)
from $38 Free cancellation
Skip the Ticketing Line: Aquarium of the Pacific General Admission Ticket (opens viator.com in a new tab)
from $49.95 Free cancellation
Swan Boat Rental at Rainbow Lagoon in Long Beach (opens viator.com in a new tab)
from $13 Free cancellation
Shared 8-Hour Los Angeles City Sightseeing Tour from Long Beach (opens viator.com in a new tab)
from $129 Free cancellation
Long Beach Harbor 45-Minute Boat Tour (opens viator.com in a new tab)
from $15 Free cancellation
Queen Mary Glory Days Historical Tour (opens viator.com in a new tab)
from $45 Free cancellation
Private Helicopter Tour over Long Beach: See Catalina, Queen Mary (opens viator.com in a new tab)
from $214 Free cancellation
City Tour of Los Angeles from Long Beach and San Pedro Cruise Terminals (opens viator.com in a new tab)
from $159 Free cancellation
Los Angeles Highlights Tour from Long Beach (opens viator.com in a new tab)
from $129 Free cancellation
Downtown LA Lights: Your Private Sunset and Night Helicopter Tour (opens viator.com in a new tab)
from $285 Free cancellation
Private Helicopter Tour of Rancho Palos Verdes, Los Angeles, and Long Beach (opens viator.com in a new tab)
from $264 Free cancellation
LA: Birthday Special Private Yacht (1 ticket covers 1-6 people) (opens viator.com in a new tab)
from $349 Likely to sell out
All 102 experiences in Long Beach on Viator (opens viator.com in a new tab)
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Tours, tickets and day trips across United States
What people come to see
| Sight | Visitors a year | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Long Beach Public Library | 1,262,490 | 2016 |
The busiest is Long Beach Public Library at 1,262,490 visitors in 2016. Figures are the latest each site has published, so they are not all for the same year.
Day trips from Long Beach
| Route | Country | Distance | Estimated time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long Beach to Torrance | United States | 16 km (10 mi) | about 16 min |
| Long Beach to Norwalk | United States | 18 km (11 mi) | about 18 min |
| Long Beach to Downey | United States | 20 km (12 mi) | about 19 min |
| Long Beach to Huntington Beach | United States | 21 km (13 mi) | about 21 min |
| Long Beach to Garden Grove | United States | 23 km (14 mi) | about 22 min |
| Long Beach to Inglewood | United States | 26 km (16 mi) | about 26 min |
| Long Beach to Anaheim | United States | 26 km (16 mi) | about 26 min |
| Long Beach to Fullerton | United States | 27 km (17 mi) | about 26 min |
| Long Beach to Los Angeles | United States | 32 km (20 mi) | about 31 min |
| Long Beach to Tijuana | Mexico | 179 km (111 mi) | about 2 h 54 min |
| Long Beach to San Diego | United States | 151 km (94 mi) | about 2 h 27 min |
| Long Beach to Mexicali | Mexico | 284 km (177 mi) | about 4 h 37 min |
Distances are straight-line; road and rail routes run about 15–25% longer. Times are estimates from distance and typical speeds, not timetables.
Find things to do
Tours, tickets and day trips anywhere Viator sells them: pick a place, compare prices and reviews here, book on Viator.
Common questions
How do I book tours and tickets in Long Beach?
Through Viator, our tours partner. The experiences on this page are live from Viator with their “from” prices; you book on Viator, which takes payment and handles changes and refunds.
What is the most visited attraction in Long Beach?
Long Beach Public Library, with 1,262,490 visitors in 2016 (Wikidata).
How are the journey times on this page worked out?
From straight-line distance and typical speeds for each mode, so they are estimates for planning, not timetables. Road and rail routes run 15–25% longer than the straight line.
Where these facts come from
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, elevation, time zone, postal codes
- Wikidata (CC0): area, sister cities, visitor numbers, heritage listings, stations and ports
- OurAirports (public domain): airports, runways
- Natural Earth (public domain): map outlines
Data compiled 14 September 2026. Hotel and hostel figures are from our booking partner’s catalogue on that date. Journey times on this page are estimates from distance, not timetables; check the operator before you rely on one.











