Omni Los Angeles Hotel at California Plaza

A two-minute ride on the world's shortest railway, two orange 1901 funicular cars climbing Bunker Hill between Hill Street and Grand Avenue.

Free contemporary art museum with a scavenger hunt for kids (finish it and claim a prize), a quiet room for sensory breaks, and a kids' audio tour narrated by LeVar Burton.

A 1917 food hall with dozens of stalls from tacos to ramen to pupusas, so everyone picks their own lunch and meets back at the long communal tables.

A splash pad with inch-deep water and a playground with a soft, wavy rubber surface and climbing structures, right by City Hall. There's a Starbucks inside the park for the grown-ups.

Kids love the glass elevators riding the outside of the six-story atrium, and there's an outdoor pool deck for downtime between downtown sights.

A family-run mochi and manju shop in Little Tokyo since 1903. Kids get to pick their own rainbow rows of sweets straight from the case.