Tourists pathways in Los Angeles. Between Movement Optimization and Spatial Skills. This paper offers a reflection to explain and understand the path of tourists in Los Angeles. The path is here understood as one of the spatial stakes that individuals need to deal with when they inhabit a place. The fact that we find a logic of movement optimization within some practices and discourses is one illustration of this issue. Using maps, we draw the itinerary of some tourists in Los Angeles; we can thus observe big differences in the length of their respective itineraries. The article argues that these differences are not just a question of taste but also depend on tourists’ skills in coping with space.