I am staying here in march, in usa for the first time from New zealand. Is this quite close to touristy attractions? I have viewd a map and it looks like it but its quite hard to tell as its a smallish map? Any info would be great. Also wanted to ask if west hollywood was safe to walk around ? We are also s pending 5 days in santa monica, i know alot of ppl,have said we may need to rent a car but we have shuttle transfer, woudl we still need a car to get around the hollywood sites staying at the ramada?