Welcome to beautiful Los Santos in the great state of San Andreas, where heaven really is a place on earth. From skyscrapers to trailer parks, mansions to ghettos, oceans to deserts, golf clubs to strip clubs, Los Santos and the surrounding areas truly offer something for everyone.
Transportation options abound: ride a bike, take a train, hail a cab, or borrow a vehicle from an unsuspecting local. For the more adventurous visitor, pick up a dune buggy, speedboat, or visit one of several airports for a chance to take to the skies.
This is a place where you can do anything, and anything goes. Get a tattoo in Vinewood, get a hole in one in Richman, get a rocket launcher in Sandy Shores, get a diamond earring in Rockford Hills, get a mullet in Mirror Park. This is Los Santos… it’s all there for the taking. Go out and get it.
GTA V: Guide to Los Santos & Blaine County
Shopping
Clothing
With arguably more fashion victims per square mile than even Liberty City, Los Santos is packed full of clothes stores to suit all tastes.
- For the poser with more money than sense, stop by Ponsonbys for top designer brands at extortionate prices.
- For the label whore trying to cling to their lost youth, pick up some mass-produced, modern-vintage, smart-casual threads at Suburban, and then pretend to know what any of that means.
- For the shopper on a smaller budget – or the hipster who wants to dress like one – check out one of the many Bincos stores around town.
Tattoo
Show how unique you are by getting a tattoo just like everybody else, because nothing says individuality like a tribal band or Chinese symbol you don’t understand picked out of a catalogue at random.
Haircut
San Andreans take their hair very seriously and, like everything else in Los Santos, half of it isn’t real. For a classic fade, rails, tramlines, siderows, shutters and more, visit the original Herr Kutz in South Los Santos or, if you willing to spend a little more (i.e. add a zero), Bob Mulet in Rockford Hills can craft you a prize coif in minutes.
Weapons
Weapons can be purchased at any Ammu-Nation stores and customized with a wide range of accessories and enhancements. The attachments available are dependent on the type of weapon.
Add a flashlight or a noise suppressor to a shotgun, or upgrade your assault rifle with an extended clip, a grip to reduce recoil, and a scope for improved aim.
Vehicles
If you are ready to hit the highway in a sleek sports car or go off-roading in Blaine County in an SUV, avoid pushy salesmen and select from a stunning array of vehicles on the in-game internet.
Legendary Motorsport is the internet's premier destination for luxury brand auto shopping. Interested in armored or military vehicles? Warstock Cache & Carry has got you covered. Are you a high-maintenance luxury traveler? Elitas Travel is the online leader in executive aviation sales.
Car Customization
Everyone’s had work done in Los Santos, so don’t let your vehicle be the exception to the rule. Stop by one of the many Los Santos Customs locations around the city to upgrade your ride with customized wheels, paint jobs, body kits and much more.
Convenience Stores
If you’re flagging and need a quick energy boost, you can stock up on candy at many convenience stores, liquor stores and gas stations around the city.
Mistakes happen, if you pull out your gun instead of your wallet you might just walk out of there richer than you went in.
Activities
Parachuting
If throwing yourself from stupid heights with nothing but a piece of material attached to your back with string for protection is your idea of fun, the greater Los Santos area has no shortage of Parachuting spots to do it.
Darts
You don’t have to be drunk and obese to play Darts, but you can be, and that’s what makes it the sport of kings.
Flight School
To learn highly technical aerial maneuvers – or just how to land without killing yourself in a ball of fire – visit the Flight School at Los Santos International Airport.
Golf
The Los Santos Golf Club is the one place wealthy men know they can get away from their wives, because they're not allowed to play. Women might have won the vote in 1920, but they’re still not allowed on the course in Richman.
Shooting Range
It’s always a good idea to practice shooting on targets that can’t shoot back. Hone your trigger finger and familiarize yourself with the different firearms available at an Ammu-Nation shooting range.
Races
After all those hours wasted in Los Santos traffic, you need an outlet for your pent-up road rage. Join the other macho adrenaline junkies over-compensating for something at one of the many street, off-road, and sea races around Los Santos and Blaine County.
Tennis
Tennis is a great way to work off last night’s bad decisions and dwell on just how middle-class you’ve become.
Triathlons
Tests of endurance for people with too much time on their hands that require a ton of expensive specialized equipment. Triathlons are so inclusive! Check www.egochaserenergybar.com on the in-game Internet for upcoming races.
Yoga
Placing your head flat in your crotch really unblocks your chakras and inspires ideas for creative ways to enjoy your alone time. Unwind at the end of a hard day by practicing Yoga and winding your spine into a knot.
Hunting
If you’re looking for a change from two-legged prey, and don’t mind the occasional dreadlocked vegan throwing paint all over you, Blaine County has some of the best hunting on the West Coast, especially in and around Raton Canyon and Paleto Forest.
Boating & Deep Sea Exploration
Los Santos and Blaine County are known for their watersports, some of which don’t even happen at sea. Yachts, speed boats, seasharks… the options for ravaging the delicate coastal ecosystem in the pursuit of mindless pleasure are endless.
If you want to see how much damage you’ve really done, take out a dinghy and go scuba diving. You never know what you could find on the seabed. Just watch out for sharks! Keep your ear to the ground and you might even get your hands on a submarine.
Entertainment
Internet
Catch up on your social networking, treat yourself to a new vehicle, trade some shares, join a cult. The Internet isn’t just for hooking up with strangers or looking at photos of cats anymore. The Internet can be accessed through any laptop or smartphone.
Press UP to access the character’s smartphone, then select the Internet icon on the home screen. Use the left analog stick L to navigate around the page and press X / A to select a button. Press TRIANGLE / Y to exit the Internet.
Radio
From rock to country, to pop, punk, dance, reggae and hip-hop radio stations – all battling for survival on a dying medium – you’ll never be without the perfect soundtrack to a high-speed chase on the Del Perro freeway.
Television
With classic and future classics like Moorehead Rides Again, Impotent Rage, Republican Space Rangers, Kung Fu Rainbow Lazer Force and great reality shows Fame or Shame or the Underbelly of Paradise, who says TV is just dumbed-down repetitive drivel these days? For the man on the go, some shows can even be watched online.
Cinema
If everyone in Los Santos would stop trying to write screenplays and get auditions for a minute, and actually pay to go to the cinema instead of stealing movies online, maybe the film industry wouldn’t be on the brink of extinction.
Catch a morning, matinee or evening showing at the historic Doppler Cinema on Vinewood Boulevard, Tivoli Cinema in Morningwood or Ten Cent Theater in Textile City. Do it for Vinewood.
Strip Club
Strip clubs are where men with mommy issues meet girls with daddy issues. Nothing is more self-affirming than a dry-hump from a stranger who understands just how special you really are. Unload your stress at the Vanilla Unicorn tonight.
Local Service
Police Stations
The LSPD don’t mess around. There are no three strikes in Los Santos; one strike and you’re on your way to either jail or the morgue. If you are arrested, you’ll have your ammunition and body armor confiscated, be taken to the nearest police station, and will have to post bail on release.
Hospitals
Los Santos is a dangerous place and hospitals are expensive. President Lawton’s healthcare policy is “pay or die” so try to stay out of trouble or the medical bills will soon pile up.
Public Transportation
Los Santos isn’t famed for its public transportation but, since all the locals refuse to use the Arrow subway system, at least it’s quiet! If all else fails, jump in a cab or use your initiative to commandeer a vehicle by other means.
Car Wash
It’s no fun cleaning blood off a fender. Wash away the evidence at a drive-thru Car Wash.
Landmarks
Del Perro Pier
Fight your way through crowds of tourists at the world-famous Del Perro Pier fairground to ride the Leviathan rollercoaster or the Ferris Whale..
Galileo Observatory
Set up high in the Vinewood Hills with stunning views of the city, the Galileo Observatory was constructed at the end of the 19th century to make astronomy more accessible to the general public, but mostly now serves as a reminder of what little progress has been made in space exploration in the past 40 years.
Kortz Center
Perched on an idyllic location in the Pacific Bluffs, the Kortz Center is the most visited cultural institution in America; testament to the theory that, if you put a museum in paradise, you can get any old buffoon to come and look at art.
Maze Bank Arena
Home to the Los Santos Panic basketball team, auditions for the hit reality talent show Fame or Shame - hosted by the celebrity who just won’t go away, Lazlow - are also being filmed at the Maze Bank Arena.
Mountain Peaks
From Mount Chiliad to Mount Josiah to Mount Gordo, Blaine County and Los Santos County both have some stunning mountain peaks for those times when you just want to get away from it all and have a good long think about the direction your life has taken.
Mount Chiliad Gondola
A reminder that some forms of transport used to actually be pleasurable, the Pala Springs Aerial Tramway goes from Paleto Forest all the way to the peak of Mount Chiliad.
Telescopes
Los Santos is all about looking down on the little people and there are lots of telescopes and lookout points dotted around for tourists and perverts to enjoy the sights of the city.
Vinewood Sign
A beacon of false hope for impressionable young hopefuls the world over, no visit to Los Santos is complete without a selfie at the Vinewood Sign.