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Calabasas, Los Angeles — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Calabasas is a San Fernando Valley district of Los Angeles, known for the historic Leonis Adobe.
About Calabasas
Where to stay in Calabasas
The right area depends on your trip — here's what each neighbourhood is best for.
Calabasas gives a base beyond the busy centre of Los Angeles for visitors who want a little distance. Staying here keeps you close to the old Leonis Adobe and the low-rise streets around it, set apart from the dense core of the city. The San Fernando Valley stretches away to the north-east, while the foothills of the Santa Monica Mountains close off the southern side.
The pace is gentle.
About Calabasas
What are the main landmarks in Calabasas?
The Leonis Adobe anchors what heritage Calabasas holds, a historic adobe standing within this district of Los Angeles. Beyond it, notable landmarks are few, the ordinary condition of a suburban community at the southwestern corner of the San Fernando Valley in California. The old adobe marks the local past.
What is the history of Calabasas?
Calabasas took its modern civic form in 1991, a comparatively recent founding for a community within greater Los Angeles. Incorporation made it a city of Los Angeles County in its own right, adjacent to the San Fernando Valley neighborhoods that carry the Los Angeles name. Its older story survives at the Leonis Adobe, the district's one clear link to the years before that founding.
History here runs shallow but real.
Where is Calabasas?
Calabasas lies at the southwestern corner of the San Fernando Valley, in the foothills of the Santa Monica Mountains, northwest of downtown Los Angeles.
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Updated September 2026