Alias was filmed in Los Angeles in the United States of America.
Locations
Canfield-Moreno Estate (The Paramour Mansion)
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380 South San Rafael Avenue
Scene was shot Constructed in 1928, this 16,600 square-foot was designed in the Tudor/Gothic Revival style by famed architect Paul Revere Williams. Read more detail about the house on zillow.
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Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)
Los Angeles Los Angeles Airport
Scene where A pair of SD-6 agents meet with Marcus as he arrives back in town and ask about Sydney in episode 1x01 “Truth Be Told”. Sydney passes the disks to Vaughn to give the CIA a chance to copy their data in episode 1x02 “So It Begins”.
Scene was shot LAX is the fourth busiest airport in the world (2nd in the United States) that covers over 3,500 acres near the beach between Westchester & El Segundo. The airport first opened in 1930 under the name Mines Field and got its current name in 1949. Four parallel runways serve the airport the longest of which is almost 13,000 ft long. LAX has nine passenger terminals with 128 gates as well as a cargo terminal and heliport. The distinctive googie-style Theme Building in the center of the terminal complex was designed in 1961 by architect Paul Williams. The arched structure contains a panoramic retro-futuristic restaurant with views of the airport.
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Los Angeles Center Studios
Scene where Sydney is walking back to her car when she is attacked in episode 1x01 “Truth Be Told”.
Scene was shot The Los Angeles Center Studios began its life in 1958 as the Union Oil Center designed by architect William Pereira & Charlies Luckman in the Miesian style. In 1999, a few years after the Unocal moved their headquarters, the complex was converted into a movie studio with the construction of 6 sound stages. The main office tower and surrounding streets have been repurposed as a permanent filming location with dressed sets including offices, a police station, hospital, morgue, elevators in several different styles, a parking garage, and more.
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Millennium Biltmore Hotel
Los Angeles Millennium Biltmore Hotel
Scene was shot The grand Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel opened in 1923 as the largest hotel west of the Mississippi. The hotel was designed by Schultze & Weaver in a mixture of styles from around the Mediterranean. The lush interior of the hotel includes murals by artist Giovanni Smeraldi who has also painted works for the Vatican and the White House. In addition to being featured in hundreds of films and TV shows over the years, the hotel was also the location where the Academy Awards were planned in 1927 and hosted the ceremony eight times over the years.
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Angel's Knoll
Scene where Sydney calls the CIA to report on the dead drop location in episode 1x02 “So It Begins”.
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The Japanese Garden at Donald C. Tillman Water Plant
Scene where Sydney and Marcus infiltration the plant and after leaving the facility Sydney watches Marcus use a second detonator to destroy the facility in episode 1x05 “Doppelgänger”.
Scene was shot The Japanese Garden was constructed alongside the Donald C. Tillman Water Reclamation Plant in 1984. The 6.5-acre garden in the Chisen-Kaiyushiki style consisting of paths running around the pond, river, and waterfalls which conceptually connect the gardens to the adjacent facility.
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Bronson Canyon (Griffith Park)
Scene where Marcus and Sydney hike to the coordinates they found in the clock to where Rambaldi hid something in episode 1x08 “Time Will Tell”. Sydney finds Marcus seriously injured after escaping the cave and uses her CIA-supplied radio to call for help in episode 1x09 “Mea Culpa”.
Scene was shot Also known as Brush Canyon, this portion of Griffith Park is popular for filming due to its remote and rugged appearance. The distinctive cave is actually a tunnel created when the canyon was used as a quarry in the early 1900s.
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Santa Monica Pier
Scene where Sydney, upset after being stood up by her father, meets with Vaughn to discuss her feelings in episode 1x04 “A Broken Heart”.
Scene was shot The iconic landmark originally began its life as two separate piers with different owners and purposes. The first was the Municipal Pier constructed in 1909 to carry sewer pipes away from the beach. The shorter Pleasure Pier was constructed in 1916 by Charles & Arthur Looff to hold an amusement park. The distinctive entry arch and bridge were constructed to 1938. The pier was acquired by the city in 1974 and saved from demolishment by a community campaign. The pier currently houses the Pacific Park family amusement park with a solar powered Ferris wheel, an arcade, museum, aquarium, merry-go-round, and several restaurants.
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Former Ambassador Hotel
Scene where Jack is kidnapped from his hotel in Cuba during his mission to eliminate Ineni Hassan in episode 1x10 “Spirit”. Jack gets a message to Sydney by blinking morse code and they help each other escape with Ineni Hassan in episode 1x11 “The Confession”.
Scene was shot The Ambassador Hotel was constructed in 1921 by architect Myron Hunt in the Mediterranean Revival style. Over the years the hotel and Cocoanut Grove nightclub inside were very popular spots for celebrities. In 1968 Senator Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated in the hotel's main kitchen and marked the beginning of a rapid decline of the hotel. The hotel was closed to guest in 1989, though it remained open for filming and special events. The hotel was finally demolished in 2005 with only a few small portions retained to be integrated into the new Los Angeles High School of the Arts.
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Paradise Cove
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The L.A. Hotel
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Mesquit Street & South Santa Fe Avenue
Scene where Sydney swerves around a roadblock while Marcus continues the operation on Dhiren Patel in episode 1x05 “Doppelgänger”.
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Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Exposition Park)
Scene where Anna Espinosa and Sydney meet in a stadium to examine the manuscript in episode 1x03 “Parity”. Sydney and Anna find themselves having to quickly memorize the code as the briefcase begins to destroy the manuscript in episode 1x04 “A Broken Heart”.
Scene was shot The Coliseum was constructed in 1923 as a memorial to the veterans of WWI for just under $1-million with a capacity of over 75,000 people. In 1930 the stadium was expanded upwards to add an additional 25,000 seats for the 1932 Olympics. The stadium is home to the USC Trojans football team and the temporary home of the Los Angeles Rams until their new stadium is complete.
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The Majestic Halls
Scene where Sydney and Anthony Russek infiltrate a bank in Geneva to recover the account numbers stored in a safe deposit box in episode 1x09 “Mea Culpa”.
Scene was shot This former Bank of America building was constructed in 1921 and used as the bank’s headquarters until 1972. Designed by the firm Schultze & Weaver, the classic venue is now used for weddings, galas, and filming.
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Los Angeles City Hall
Scene was shot The Los Angeles City Hall is a 32-story office building constructed in 192 and was the first dedicated city hall for Los Angeles. The building was designed in an amalgam of styles and kept from deliberately invoking any one in particular. Due to the city charter limiting building heights the tower was the tallest building in Los Angeles until 1964.
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Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suites
Scene was shot A 33-story hotel in downtown Los Angeles which opened in 1976. The hotel was designed by architect John C. Portman Jr. in a postmodern design consisting of five glass cylinders. When the hotel opened it was the largest in the city and contained a revolving restaurant on the top floor.
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Vasquez Rocks
Scene was shot A nearly 1000-acre park located north of Los Angeles with distinctive uplifted rock formations. The distinctive look and location within the Thirty-mile zone have made the rocks an extremely popular filming location since it first appeared in Werewolf in London back in 1935.
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Griffith Observatory (Griffith Park)
Scene was shot Griffith observatory was constructed in 1935 on land donated by Griffith J. Griffith specifically for the creation of the observatory and museum for the public. The building was designed by architect John C. Austin in Greek & Beaux-Arts styles and contains only the third planetarium to open in the country. The observatory's iconic status and great views of the city have made it a very popular filming location.
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Los Angeles Union Station
Scene was shot Constructed in the 1930s to consolidate several different rail services, this grand terminal was constructed on the ruins of the city's original Chinatown at a cost of $11 million. The station was designed primarily by John & Donald Parkinson in a mishmash of different styles. Across the tracks and connected by an underground tunnel is the Patsaouras Transit Plaza designed by Ehrenkrantz & Eckstut which hosts a number of bus lines as well as the Metro's offices.
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Merry-Go-Round (Griffith Park)
Scene was shot The Merry-Go-Round was constructed in 1926 in San Diego and was moved into Griffith Park in 1937 by the Davis Family. The carousel contains 68 lavishly decorated horses and is the only remaining four-abreast carousel from the Spillman Engineering Company in the world. At the center of the merry-go-round is a Stinson 165 Military Band Organ with a repertoire of over 1500 songs. It was at this carousel where Walt Disney first thought up the idea of Disneyland while watching his daughters ride.
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The Orpheum Theatre
Scene was shot Constructed in 1926 as part of the Orpheum vaudeville circuit, the Orpheum is an ornate Beaux Arts-style structure designed by G. Albert Lansburgh. The theatre can seat around 2,000 people and contains a Wurlitzer organ.
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