We spent 6 months as a family in this really lovely cottage of Gillan. For all of us it was a wonderful time and great experience to stay here. The cottage is well designed and has a nice terrace outside, too. Everything you need is there: comfortable beds, a well equipped kitchen, netflix :O) and three lovely dogs. These guys were the best for our kids. Greg and Gillan are very nice hosts and always extremely helpful. La Cañada is a small town very close to Pasadena and the San Gabriel Mountains. If you like hiking this is a great spot to start. On the other hand it takes you around an hour to get to the beach and half an hour to get downtown LA. We can highly recommend this apartment and would always come again.