Rise above Halloween Madness & Do Carnaval in a Refined Way, in West Hollywood, California.

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Sep 27, 2017, 05:00 ET

HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Sept. 27, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- A half-million costumed funsters must know something – that West Hollywood's Halloween Carnaval is fabulously fun, free, and a young partier's bucket list experience. What's less known is how to rise above the street party frenzy and actually enjoy a grown-up version of this quintessential rite of passage (turning 30 this year) by booking a visit the weekend before. Maintain one's dignity and still revel in the city's energy while enjoying a dip in hotel rates by heading to WeHo October 27 to 30. To that end, what follows is the Guide for the Refined Halloween Partier in WeHo.

West Hollywood has many rooftop locations; this one is E.P. & L.P's rooftop lounge, known for its Insta-worthy backdrops. This is just one place to rise above it all during the city's popular Halloween Carnaval this year.

Get a Room

For visitors of a certain age and means, there are cultivated options. Book a second-floor room with a pool view; ogle and appreciate the favor returned. Or, book a brand spanking new penthouse suite 10 stories above West Hollywood, where the air is more rarified and the view of the Los Angeles basin is a balcony surprise, and guests instantly morph into a Somebody. Book two or three nights in WeHo to enjoy the rest of the city without the Carnaval craze. Go here and find your hotel: www.visitwesthollywood.com/hotels

Events & Parties – Why You Should Linger Longer

Roll good times through the weekend right into Sunday Funday along Santa Monica Boulevard. Translation: happy hour deals abound, beginning with Bloody Marys or bottomless mimosas before noon and continuing all the live long day, right through a more conventional afternoon happy hour until about 6:30 p.m. It's day drinking at its packed finest, all along and just off Santa Monica Boulevard, including favorites like kitchen24, Revolver and Tortilla Republic.

When drunken munchies are outgrown like a solid gold pair of bell bottoms, head to The Abbey, which holds a see-and-be-seen party on the Saturday night before Carnaval. First timers to WeHo's Halloween are in for a treat, not a trick. It is all the Carnaval craze necessary for most of us.

If You Must

The Halloween Carnaval takes place October 31, officially from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. on Santa Monica Boulevard from Doheny Drive to La Cienega Boulevard, but city bars close at 2:00 a.m. Free bands and DJs and food trucks line the route; bars offer competing drink specials. It holds a special place in the alt universe with its killer drag queens, oh-so-gay-dress-up and general queer, bizarro excess.

As summer unwinds and airfares fall commensurately, WeHo proves that visitors can party like they aren't 21 anymore, and still brag about it. Attendees from around the globe flock to WeHo like birds of a feather, but some do it with panache and advance reservations. Both Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and John Wayne/Burbank Airport (BUR) serve the LA/West Hollywood area.

The Details

For specifics and to plan your stay, visit www.visitwesthollywood.com/halloween-carnaval.

SOURCE Visit West Hollywood