There’s no more romantic road in Los Angeles than Mulholland Drive, with scenic turnouts that have lured forbidden lovers and Hollywood bad boys burning rubber for decades.
In a city obsessed with cars, there’s arguably no more romantic road in Los Angeles than Mulholland Drive. Winding along the craggy ridge of the Santa Monica Mountains for 34 kilometres, it’s the ultimate stretch of tar for a joyride, with scenic turnouts that have lured forbidden lovers and Hollywood bad boys burning rubber for decades.
The young stars of Hollywood were also drawn to the parkway’s infamous curves. James Dean used to practise his car-racing skills on its hairpin bends; while the script for Dean’s opus magnumwas inspired by “chicken runs” – where two cars drive towards each other at speed, with the loser first to swerve out of the way – through a tunnel on Mulholland.
After battling my way through horrendous LA traffic, I eventually negotiate the tricky on-ramp, via a bridge off Cahuenga Boulevard East; but just as I settle into the uphill climb, I overshoot the first overlook, forcing me to double-back. But it’s worth the frustration – the view from the Jerome C Daniel Overlook is sensational, with views of the Hollywood Bowl, the Hollywood Sign, the skyscrapers of Downtown and beyond to the Pacific – an incomparable make-out spot.
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