Esotouric to give away tickets for bus tours

May Mania Promotion: Esotouric Gives Away Four Pairs of Tickets on Offbeat L.A. Bus Tours

WHAT: Esotouric's May Mania Promotion, with four drawings for two free PairPass bus tickets.

WHEN: Drawings held every Friday in May, free tickets may be used any time.

HOW: Purchase any Esotouric bus ticket to be entered in the week's drawing. Season Pass purchase good for four entries.

COST: Tickets are $58 for one tour, gift certificates $58, $207 for a four-tour Season Pass (15% off for KCRW and KPCC members)

MORE INFO: visit http://www.esotouric.com or call 323-223-2767

Each month Esotouric, the offbeat bus adventure company that is transforming the group tour business with its provocative excursions, offers a unique promotion that gives passengers discounts or special treats. This month, it's MAY MANIA, four end-of-the-week drawings in which every ticket sold over the past seven days (including gift certificates and Season Passes) becomes a raffle ticket good for a chance at winning a free PairPass (value $116). Buy one seat and get a single raffle entry, buy a SeasonPass (which never expires) and get four, or buy a Gift Certificate and getas many entries as the Certificate holds.

The Esotouric schedule is online through August, with seats on a lucky 13 regularly scheduled tours available for purchase. Upcoming tours include the WEIRD WEST ADAMS crime tour (5/16), a Father's Day weekend ROUTE 66 architectural jaunt (6/20), the rarely-offered JOHN FANTE'S DREAMS FROM BUNKER HILL literary tour (7/25) and THE REAL BLACK DAHLIA, the tour the L.A. Times calls " an L.A. classic" (6/1).

It's a great time to plan on touring with Esotouric with a chance to win additional tickets, so visit http://www.esotouric.com to learn more about all the tours through August and pick the one that will open your eyes to a different side of Los Angeles history.

Upcoming Esotouric bus tour schedule
Thurs May 14 - The Hippodrome (Downtown Art Walk Shuttle, free)
Sat May 16 - Weird West Adams
Sat May 23 - Pasadena Confidential
Sat May 30 - The Birth of Noir: James M. Cain's SoCal Nightmare
Sun June 7 - South LA architecture tour
Thurs June 11 - The Hippodrome (Downtown Art Walk Shuttle, free)
Sat June 13 - Vroman's edition: Blood & Dumplings
Sat June 20 - Route 66 architecture tour
Sat July 11 - Raymond Chandler's LA
Sat July 18 - Charles Bukowski's LA
Sat July 25 ­ John Fante's Dreams from Bunker Hill
Sat Aug 1 - The Real Black Dahlia Saturday
Sat Aug 8 - Pasadena Confidential
Thurs Aug 13 - The Hippodrome (Downtown Art Walk Shuttle, free)
Sat Aug 15 - Blood & Dumplings
Sat Aug 22 - Hotel Horrors & Main Street Vice
Sat Aug 29 - Reyner Banham Loves Los Angeles: The Lowdown on Downtown-The Secret History of LA

For more info on Esotouric, visit http://www.esotouric.com