MalibuMalibu is famous for its warm, sandy beaches, and for being the home of countless movie stars and celebrities.
Hollywood Wax MuseumThe only was museum dedicated entirely to celebrities and famous movie characters, making it one of the premiere attractions in Hollywood.
Viceroy Santa MonicaThe green glow through translucent glass is the only clue that there’s anything out of the ordinary going on behind the discreet (and unsigned) facade (...)
Thompson Beverly HillsThe Thompson group continues its westward expansion with this Beverly Hills outpost, built from the bones of a Sixties-era chain motel on Wilshire (...)
The Standard Hotel Downtown LAIt wasn't so long ago that downtown Los Angeles after six P.M. was a ghost town. This is the case no longer, and it's thanks in no small part to the (...)
The Standard HollywoodAbout the Standard Hotel Hollywood:The first of the cheap chic Standard Hotels from Andre Balazs, the Standard Hotel Hollywood is an affordable boutique (...)
The Peninsula Beverly HillsThe Peninsula Beverly Hills is almost impossibly opulent, even by Hollywood standards, a dressed-up Renaissance mansion in a deeply casual town. This (...)
The Mosaic Hotel Beverly HillsLos Angeles seems, at first glance, uninterested in subtlety. Here what gets noticed is the biggest, the boldest, the most ostentatious—and getting (...)
The London West HollywoodThink of big-time luxury these days and you’ll probably find you’re thinking of New York and London — so it’s only fitting that some of the best (...)
The Huntley HotelIn years past this glorious location, a block from Santa Monica’s Third Street Promenade and two blocks from the beach, was wasted on one of those (...)
The Hollywood RooseveltAbout the Hollywood Roosevelt hotel:The Hollywood Roosevelt hotel is a luxury boutique hotel in legendary Hollywood, California. It is located on (...)
The CrescentBeverly Hills, minus the luxurious excess, at bargain prices — that’s the appeal of the Crescent. Built in the early days of Hollywood as a dormitory (...)
The ChamberlainDeep in the heart of West Hollywood, on a quiet residential street between Sunset and Santa Monica, the Chamberlain is actually quite a bit cooler than it (...)
The Beverly Hills Hotel - Dorchester CollectionThe Pink Palace has, in true Hollywood fashion, had some work done; nothing shocking, just a hundred-million-dollar renovation in an effort to stay (...)
The AmbroseAdjust your mental picture of Santa Monica: the Ambrose is more than a mile inland, leaving the beach to the high rollers, who inflate their prices (...)
Sunset Tower HotelIn Hollywood the line between history and kitsch is so fine as to be practically non-existent. But one way or another the Sunset Tower manages to land on (...)
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