Getting Around Long Beach City Centre from the Motel Area

Long Beach city centre is about 1.8 miles from the motel area, with a travel time of about 42 minutes on foot or 7 minutes by car. Use that as a starting point when deciding whether to walk, take transit or drive for a downtown outing.

The Museum of Latin American Art is about 25 minutes on foot or 4 minutes by car from the motel, while the Long Beach Museum of Art is about 31 minutes on foot or 5 minutes by car.

If an aquarium visit is part of your plans, the Aquarium of the Pacific is about 54 minutes on foot or 8 minutes by car; the Aquarium of the Pacific visitor guide covers the attraction itself.

Metro’s A Line serves six Long Beach stations: Pacific Coast Highway, Anaheim Street, 5th Street, 1st Street, Pacific Avenue and Downtown Long Beach.

The nearest stations are about 26 minutes on foot or 5 minutes by car from the motel for Anaheim Street, and about 34 minutes on foot or 5 minutes by car for Pacific Coast Highway. 5th Street is about 34 minutes on foot or 6 minutes by car.

Metro identifies Long Beach Transit connections at Pacific Coast Highway, Anaheim Street and the Downtown Long Beach loop stations, including 5th Street. Routes 51, 171, 172, 173, 174 and 176 connect at Pacific Coast Highway; routes 41, 45, 46, 51 and 52 connect at Anaheim Street.

Downtown loop connections include routes 21, 22, 46, 51, 61, 71, 72, 81, 91, 92, 93, 94, 96, 111, 112, 121, 151, 172, 173, 174, 181, 182, 191 and 192, plus Passport.

Long Beach Transit and Metro buses connect with A Line stations, giving you options beyond the rail route. Metro Local 60 Owl serves Pacific Coast Highway station; it also serves Anaheim Street and the Downtown Long Beach loop stations, along with Metro bus 232.

Line 232 connects Downtown Long Beach with LAX/Metro Transit Center via Sepulveda Boulevard and Pacific Coast Highway. If you are planning an airport trip, compare that transit connection with how to get from LAX to Long Beach.

The Insurance Exchange Building is about 40 minutes on foot or 7 minutes by car from the motel.

Long Beach Airport (Daugherty Field) is about 61 minutes on foot or 9 minutes by car from the motel. The guide to how to get from Long Beach Airport to Royal Inn Motel Long Beach covers that airport trip. Los Angeles International Airport is about 31 minutes by car from the motel.

Choose the downtown destination first, then check which A Line station or bus connection fits the outing. The Aquarium of the Pacific and the downtown loop are separate stops to factor into your plans; the station connections can help you combine rail and bus travel.

Metro publishes separate A Line timetables for weekdays and for Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. The timetable PDF gives approximate train times. Metro also publishes bus and rail timetables on its Line Schedules and Maps page.

For fares, riders can tap a credit or debit card or TAP card at a validator, or insert cash in a bus fare box. Check the official site before you go.