Best Neighborhoods for Amenities in Redondo Beach, CA

Alta Vista climbs the high ground east of the pier in Redondo Beach, and its best-known corner is a former Cold War missile site that the city turned into woods and ponds. Hopkins Wilderness Park is the thing people from other neighborhoods know about Alta Vista. ... See Full Page

Riviera Village is the six-block shopping district at the south end of Redondo Beach, and it runs more like a small beach downtown than a mall. More than 300 shops, restaurants, galleries and salons fill the grid between Pacific Coast Highway and the bluff, with the Palos Verdes cliffs rising just to the south. ... See Full Page

The Esplanade runs along the top of the bluff in Redondo Beach, south from the pier, and almost every home on it looks straight out at the Pacific. Sunsets here come with Catalina Island on the horizon on clear evenings. ... See Full Page

King Harbor is the working waterfront of Redondo Beach, with four marinas, three yacht clubs and the horseshoe-shaped pier all packed along Harbor Drive. Living here means boats in the view and restaurant lights on the water at night. ... See Full Page

The Avenues run in lettered rows from the bluff toward Pacific Coast Highway in South Redondo, and in Redondo Beach that alphabet is how people give directions. Tell someone you live on Avenue D and they know you are a few minutes' walk from the Esplanade and the ocean. ... See Full Page

El Nido takes in a wide stretch of inland Redondo Beach, from the blocks around Dominguez Park out to the South Bay Galleria on Hawthorne Boulevard. Its quieter streets feel tucked away from the beach traffic that fills the western half of the city. ... See Full Page

Golden Hills rises in the northwest corner of Redondo Beach, where North Redondo's streets start to roll toward the Hermosa Beach line. The grades give the upper blocks a look west, and much of the building here has been about reaching that view. ... See Full Page

Villas North covers the inland corner of North Redondo between Aviation Boulevard and Inglewood Avenue, and it is the part of Redondo Beach that runs on playing fields and shopping strips. Aviation Park anchors it, with gyms, a dance room, a lighted track and a football and soccer field that stay busy into the evening. ... See Full Page

Villas South fills the rolling blocks where North Redondo meets South Redondo, with Artesia Boulevard running through its upper edge. In Redondo Beach terms it sits between Golden Hills and El Nido, and the hills give some streets a longer look than you would expect this far from the sand. ... See Full Page