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Off N Running Tours - Marvelous Mansion Running Tour through Beverly Hills

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If you love a challenge while you take in fantastic scenery, you'll enjoy this 4.3-mile running tour. Highlighted by colorful flowers, leafy trees and spectacular homes, this tour offers a midway stop at The Greystone Mansion, completed in 1929 for $3.1 million.

On September 16, 2008, Barack Obama’s campaign held a fundraising event at Greystone Mansion. Greystone, a 55-room, Tudor-style mansion famous for the 1929 murder of oil heir Edward Lawrence "Ned" Doheny Jr.

Our tour walks you through the beautiful courtyard, gardens, and Koi pond. Being Hollywood, many films shot here including “Ghostbusters,” “Batman and Robin," "What Women Want," "The Bodyguard," "Spiderman III” and, most recently, the 2007 film “There Will Be Blood” with Daniel Day Lewis.

On TV's "Gilmore Girls," Greystone Mansion is seen as the exterior of the Chilton Preparatory Academy.

Each participant of our tour will receive a T-Shirt, bottled water, fruit and, best of all, a frosted cupcake.

The Marvelous Mansion tour is offered daily between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Each tour runs about 90 minutes. This tour is also available for walkers.

Visit our website at http://www.offnrunningtours.com

 Printable Version  | published Oct 19, 2008