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The city is celebrated for its affluent residential character, featuring elegant neighborhoods, top-rated public schools, and recreational amenities like the historic Palos Verdes Golf Club, which dates back to 1924. Residents enjoy access to coastal trails, serene beaches, and a strong sense of community, making it one of Southern California’s most desirable places to live.

Redondo Beach State Park, located along Pacific Coast Highway 1, offers a vibrant mix of attractions. Once a commercial port, the area now features the Redondo Pier with shops, restaurants, marinas, live music, a skate park, and a sport fishing fleet. The oceanfront esplanade is a walkway known for its stunning sunsets and scenic ocean views. King Harbor has great seafood swimming beaches, surfing, boating, and fishing. More attractions like Veterans Park, Czuleger Park, and the famous “Whaling Wall” by artist Wyland on the old power plant are just as popular as the Redondo beach.

Torrance Beach lies between Redondo Beach and Malaga Cove. The region shared by Torrance and Redondo Beaches is often called “RAT Beach” (short for “Right After Torrance” Beach or “Redondo and Torrance Beach”). This beautiful, soft sand beach has 40 acres of beach and is at the foot of cliffs which extend to the Palos Verdes Peninsula. There restrooms, a concession stand, showers, bike path, beach wheelchairs, and volleyball nets. Torrance Beach is great for swimming, fishing, scuba and skin diving, and surfing.

Good views and smooth concrete boulevard

The Queensway Bridge spans 1,200 feet across the Los Angeles River, connecting Long Beach and the Queen Mary, with traffic lanes and a dedicated pedestrian sidewalk. This iconic structure has also been a popular filming location for numerous television shows and movies, including “CSI: Miami” and “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.” At night, the bridge is beautifully illuminated with 1,000 feet of lights in vibrant colors like purple, green, turquoise, and gold. It’s an ideal spot for stunning photographs, especially at sunrise and sunset.

Torrance Beach sometimes goes by another name: locals call the last sandy stretch before the Palos Verdes cliffs "RAT" Beach, meaning "Right After Torrance." Torrance Beach, nestled between Redondo Beach and Malaga Cove, features 40 acres of soft sand at the base of cliffs extending to the Palos Verdes Peninsula. With over 300 parking spaces, many at the end of the Esplinade, the beach offers restrooms, showers, a concession stand, bike paths, and volleyball nets. It's a popular spot for swimming, fishing, scuba diving, and surfing.

Miramar Park, located on 1.6 acres above Torrance Beach, offers pristine ocean views and easy access to the shoreline via a ramp or staircase. Owned and maintained by the City of Torrance, the park was dedicated in 1984 after a collaborative effort with Los Angeles County to secure beach access. It features benches, security lighting, whimsical animal statues, and a plaque marking the historic site of the Hollywood Riviera Beach Club, which existed from 1931 to 1958. The park also includes a “Fido Fountain” for dogs and marks the end of the upper Esplanade.

Follow the bike path all the way over.