The Top 95 Hotels Near PUBLIC West Hollywood


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    8300 Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood, CA · Los Angeles
  2. Chateau Marmont is a hotel with a reputation that arrives before you do, perched above the Sunset Strip like it knows exactly what you got up to last night. The clientele tends toward sunglasses-indoors types and people who definitely aren't here on business. The rooms are gothic and gorgeous, the bar draws a crowd that's too cool to look around, and the history is genuinely scandalous in the best possible way.


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    8221 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA · West Hollywood
  3. Sitting right on the Sunset Strip, this eco-conscious luxury hotel leans hard into greenery and natural materials, which somehow feels more aspirational than preachy in this neighborhood. The rooftop is the main event: a pool scene by day and a cocktail bar at night where people are definitely aware of how good they look. The views of the city and the Hills are genuinely hard to beat, and the rooms are calm and stylish without trying too hard.


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    8490 Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood, CA · West Hollywood
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  4. This Art Deco hotel on the Sunset Strip has been around forever, and somehow it still feels like the real thing rather than a theme park version of old Hollywood. The rooms and interiors are freshly done in warm, earthy tones, so you're getting the bones of the golden age without the mustiness. The crowd leans toward actual industry people, which in this town is its own kind of sight-seeing.


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    8358 Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood, CA · Los Angeles
  5. This hotel on the Sunset Strip has a genuinely great backstory: it used to be the "Riot Hyatt," where rock legends checked in and chaos reliably followed. These days it's a sleek, well-designed boutique hotel where the old balconies have been glassed in to create View Rooms with killer Strip sightlines. The crowd runs more influencer than rock god now, but the address still carries serious weight.


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    8401 Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood, CA · West Hollywood

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    8430 Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood, CA · West Hollywood
  7. Perched on Sunset Boulevard, The Valorian is a twelve-story hotel that earns its address with floor-to-ceiling views of the kind of LA skyline people move here chasing. Rooms run large even at the entry level, dressed in white and blue that match the sky outside, which feels a little on-the-nose but honestly works. The rooftop pool and poolside lounge are where guests remember why they booked a hotel with a rooftop pool.


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    8440 Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood, CA · West Hollywood

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    8465 Holloway Dr, West Hollywood, CA · West Hollywood
  9. Hotel Ziggy is a rock-and-roll hotel on the Sunset Strip that actually commits to the bit. The rooms have record players, concert posters, and murals that lean hard into the Sixties without feeling like a theme park. It's the kind of place where guests show up in band tees they paid too much for, and nobody judges them. Named for Bowie's glam alter ego, which sets the bar high, and the vibe mostly clears it.


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    8462 Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood, CA · West Hollywood
  10. A luxury hotel on the Sunset Strip that somehow manages to feel both effortlessly cool and genuinely grown-up. The rooms are beautiful and spare, with views of the city or the Hills, and the building itself has a real architectural seriousness to it. Then there's a rooftop bar, a lobby bar, a restaurant, a spa, and a nightclub downstairs, because "mellow" is relative on this stretch of Sunset. The crowd dresses like they have somewhere to be next.


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    9040 Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood, CA · West Hollywood
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    1000 Westmount Dr, West Hollywood, CA · West Hollywood

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    819 N Sweetzer Ave, West Hollywood, CA · West Hollywood
  13. Jeff Klein, the guy behind the Sunset Tower, has done it again with this residential-style luxury boutique hotel sitting right on the border of West Hollywood and Beverly Hills. It has the feel of staying in a very glamorous friend's home, which is exactly the kind of thing that appeals to people who find regular hotels a bit too, well, hotel-y. Michelin gave it a Key, so the cool crowd has already figured this one out.


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    850 N San Vicente Blvd, West Hollywood, CA · West Hollywood

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    733 N W Knoll Dr, West Hollywood, CA · West Hollywood

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    1020 N San Vicente Blvd, West Hollywood, CA · West Hollywood

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    8822 Cynthia St, West Hollywood, CA · West Hollywood
  17. A boutique hotel on Melrose that actually has a soul, thanks largely to The Hart and the Hunter, its Southern-style restaurant keeping guests and locals alike well-fed and lingering. The rooms are fine, but the common spaces are where the action is, and the smell of warm biscuits drifting out front has probably lured in more than a few people who just walked past minding their own business.


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    7950 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles

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    1200 Alta Loma Rd, West Hollywood, CA · West Hollywood
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  19. The pale-pink palace on Sunset that's been around forever and somehow still earns its stripes as a Forbes Five Star. Celebrities hide in the private bungalows while everyone else orbits the retro pool feeling extremely movie-star about it. The Polo Lounge still hums with the kind of handshakes that close deals, and the rooms are genuinely lovely. Expect a crowd that either is famous or is trying very hard to look like they could be.


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    9641 Sunset Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA · Beverly Hills
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  20. A Forbes Five Star hotel sitting in the heart of Beverly Hills' Golden Triangle, The Maybourne is the kind of place where the lobby already makes you feel like you've been upgraded. Rooms are spacious and contemporary with floor-to-ceiling windows, the rooftop pool overlooks the Hollywood Hills, and there's a Macallan whisky bar with a collection serious enough to make a Scotsman weep. The Terrace restaurant spills onto a fountain courtyard that feels genuinely European.


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    225 N Canon Dr, Beverly Hills, CA · Beverly Hills
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  21. The kind of boutique luxury hotel where the staff knows your name before you've finished checking in. L'Ermitage has been around forever as the go-to hideout for people who'd rather not be spotted, and the whole place is built around that idea: intimate scale, serious discretion, and suites spacious enough that you'll forget you're not home. The rooftop pool stays strictly for guests, which in Los Angeles is practically a radical act.


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    9291 Burton Wy, Beverly Hills, CA · Beverly Hills
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  22. Tucked into a canyon above the city, Hotel Bel-Air is the kind of Forbes Four-Star resort where you half-expect to spot someone famous pretending not to be famous. The 12 acres of tropical gardens make it feel less like L.A. and more like a daydream, with spa treatments, a solid restaurant, and rooms that look out onto greenery so lush you'll forget the freeway exists.


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    701 Stone Canyon Rd, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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  23. The Peninsula Beverly Hills is the kind of luxury hotel where they monogram your pillow and somehow make it feel charming rather than extra. The rooftop pool has skyline views and cabanas that double as offices, which says everything about the guests. The Living Room just off the lobby is where Hollywood's power crowd takes their afternoon tea and acts casual about it. Dress like you belong, because everyone here does.


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    9882 S Santa Monica Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA · Beverly Hills
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  24. A Forbes Five Star hotel that sits right next to The Beverly Hilton, so awards season turns the lobby into a very well-dressed circus. The rooftop restaurant is a Jean-Georges joint, the spa is La Prairie, and the art deco interiors were designed by a celebrated French hand. Views stretch across the city from every room, and Rodeo Drive is a short walk away for anyone who needs to do damage.


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    9850 Wilshire Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA · Beverly Hills
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  25. The Four Seasons Beverly Hills pulls off a neat trick: it feels like a garden retreat while sitting minutes from Rodeo Drive. The fourth-floor pool draws a mix of well-heeled locals and visitors who've discovered that a cabana day here beats most actual vacations. Inside, the lobby is drowning in flowers in the best possible way. It's a full-service luxury hotel, so bring a card you're not emotionally attached to.


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    300 S Doheny Dr, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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  26. The hotel at the foot of Rodeo Drive that has hosted enough celebrities to fill a season of reality TV. Rooms come in cool whites and pastel blues, the pool feels like a Mediterranean vacation in miniature, and the spa will sort you out after a morning of very serious shopping at Chanel and Prada next door. Wolfgang Puck's steakhouse CUT is right there when you need a proper dinner to cap it all off.


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    9500 Wilshire Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA · Beverly Hills
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    8384 W 3rd St, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
  28. A Parisian hotel dropped into the middle of Beverly Hills, which sounds gimmicky until you actually walk into the lobby and feel immediately underdressed. The mansard roofs and Art Deco interiors are genuinely chic, not theme-park France, and the whole place carries itself with that particular French confidence that makes everyone else look like they're trying too hard. Across from the Beverly Center, so the location is pure LA.


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    8555 Beverly Blvd #90048, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
  29. A sleek luxury hotel in the heart of Century City that's been around forever and looks better than ever after a serious renovation. Presidents and royalty used to crash here, and the place still carries that energy, just with better design and a rooftop pool. The spa is genuinely the main character, with red light therapy and anti-gravity nap beds, which sounds made up but isn't. Everyone in the lobby looks like they have a meeting with someone important.


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    2025 Ave of the Stars, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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    465 La Cienega Blvd, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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  31. A boutique hotel on Fairfax that actually looks like someone gave it real thought, with checkered marble floors, Venetian plaster, and a pool courtyard wrapped in living greenery. Rooms come stocked with Taschen books and original paintings, so you're not just sleeping next to bland art-fair prints. The Farmer's Market is right across the street, LACMA is minutes away, and the whole mid-city sprawl is yours.


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    115 S Fairfax Ave, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles

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    1850 N Cherokee Ave, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles

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    7000 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
  34. Right at Hollywood and Vine, the W Hollywood is a high-rise hotel that recently got a full top-to-bottom redesign, trading the old hot-pink flash for something moodier and more grown-up, think goldenrod, emerald, and a rooftop pool that's the biggest in Hollywood. It still pulls a lively crowd for DJ nights and lobby cocktails, so it's less "business hotel" and more "business hotel that remembers how to have fun."


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    6250 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, CA · Los Angeles
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    7023 Sunset Blvd, Hollywood, CA · Sunset Beach

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    1717 Vine St, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
  37. A retrofitted motor lodge in North Hollywood that somehow became one of the cooler places to sleep in LA. The Garland leans hard into its mid-century bones, with wood paneling, grasscloth walls, and not one but two stone fireplaces (one by the pool, because why not). Everything is warm and a little retro-orange in the best way. Dogs are genuinely welcome, not just tolerated, which says a lot about the vibe here.


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    4222 Vineland Ave, North Hollywood, CA · North Hollywood
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  38. A more wallet-friendly landing spot in the heart of Hollywood, tucked between Sunset and Hollywood Boulevard where the neighborhood keeps reinventing itself. It pitches itself somewhere between luxury and minimalism, which is a fancy way of saying the rooms are cool but you're not paying for a chandelier. The crowd skews younger, the vibe is low-key, and its sibling property Thompson is right around the corner if you need to feel fancy for a night.


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    6516 Selma Ave, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles

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    1541 Wilcox Ave, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles

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    9360 Wilshire Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA · Beverly Hills

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    1800 Argyle Ave, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
  42. A boutique hotel in Beverly Hills that leans hard into its mid-century bones, with Eames chairs, a Noguchi table, and an hourglass pool that feels like it belongs on a film set. The rates are genuinely reasonable for this zip code, and it's quieter than you'd expect. The crowd tends toward design-conscious travelers who did their homework. It's not on the flashiest block, but everything you came to LA for is close enough.


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    9400 W Olympic Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA · Beverly Hills
  43. Most Beverly Hills hotels compete on spectacle, but Hôtel Lili skips the palatial lobby and goes straight to the good part. Palisociety converted a late-1930s residential building into a boutique hotel with genuinely stylish rooms, which puts you a block from the Peninsula at a fraction of the posturing. It's the kind of place where guests actually look like they live somewhere interesting, not just somewhere expensive.


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    140 S Lasky Dr, Beverly Hills, CA · Beverly Hills
  44. A design-forward hotel in Koreatown that draws the kind of guests who consider the minibar a personality test. The building is a big brutalist block from the '60s, but the Sydell Group gave it a serious glow-up, and the result feels genuinely cool without trying too hard. Rooms face either Wilshire or the Hollywood Hills, and waking up to the Griffith Observatory through a concrete-framed window is a solid way to start a morning in LA.


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    3515 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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  45. Cameo is a boutique hotel that makes a quiet case for the idea that Beverly Hills still knows how to look good. The vibe is Parisian luxury filtered through old Hollywood, all crisp black and white with enough contemporary polish to feel fresh rather than fusty. It's the kind of place where the lobby alone makes you stand a little straighter, and the crowd dresses accordingly.


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    1224 Beverwil Dr, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
  46. A rock-and-roll hotel on Santa Monica Blvd that used to be a bikini bar, and they've kept the sign up to prove it. The building has serious bones: there's a bar, a recording studio, and enough history baked into the walls that the whole place feels like a band's second act. The crowd runs toward leather jackets and people who name-drop venues you've never heard of. Cool in the best, least try-hard way.


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    5632 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles

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    1730 N Western Ave, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles

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    1044 Tiverton Ave, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles

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    1717 Wilcox Ave, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
  50. Nine rooms on a Silver Lake hillside that feel less like a hotel and more like someone's extremely well-decorated fever dream. The Paramour Estate is a boutique property where the owner clearly kept the best stuff for the guests, and every room is doing something dramatically different, decor-wise. The crowd here tends toward creative types who appreciate a place with actual character rather than a lobby full of identical armchairs.


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    1923 Micheltorena St, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles

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    4141 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles

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    3927 Van Buren Pl, Culver City, CA · Culver City

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    11461 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles

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    4626 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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  55. A Forbes Four Star luxury hotel in Downtown L.A. that doubles as a legitimate resort, the Conrad sits directly across from the Walt Disney Concert Hall and was designed by the same architect, which tells you everything about the vibe. The rooftop pool, José Andrés restaurants, and art collection make it easy to never leave. Guests here are the kind who came for a conference and quietly decided to extend their stay.


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    100 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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  56. Brentwood is one of those LA neighborhoods that looks amazing but has nowhere to stay, so this 25-room boutique hotel fills a genuinely useful gap. A converted motor lodge on Sunset, it has bungalow buildings wrapped around leafy patios with string lights and Adirondack chairs, which sounds corny until you're actually sitting in one. The crowd leans toward people who have very good reasons to be in Brentwood and prefer not to explain them.


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    12200 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
  57. This maximalist boutique hotel in a landmarked old building is basically a design object you sleep in, courtesy of Kelly Wearstler, who hid little secrets throughout if you're paying attention. Two restaurants, three bars, and a rooftop pool mean you could spend a whole weekend here without leaving, and the crowd absolutely tries to. Rooms are moody and no two are the same, which beats staring at another beige Marriott wall.


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    1100 S Broadway, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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  58. Shutters on the Beach is the hotel that makes you wonder why you ever stay anywhere inland. It's a Forbes Four Star, Michelin Key resort right on the Santa Monica sand, styled with the kind of effortless beach-house elegance that feels expensive without trying too hard. Fireplaces, Hockney on the walls, a spa that'll talk you into a CBD massage, and a pool full of people who definitely have representation.


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    1 Pico Blvd, Santa Monica, CA · Santa Monica
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  59. Perched on floors 22 through 26 of a sleek tower above L.A. Live, this Ritz-Carlton is the kind of luxury hotel that makes downtown feel like a genuinely good idea. Rooms are quiet and bright despite the arena-crowd chaos below, and the spa is serious about making you forget you're in a city. The crowd is a mix of business travelers pretending to relax and couples doing a proper staycation with room service and no apologies.


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    900 W Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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    649 S Olive St, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
  61. This red-brick Forbes Four Star hotel sits directly on the Santa Monica sand, which means you wake up and the Pacific is just there, doing its thing. The vibe is old Hollywood beach glamour, all mosaic tile and wrought-iron balconies, and the crowd skews wealthy Angelenos who'd rather not drive home. There's a pool, a spa, and a beach concierge who can sort you out with a surfboard if you're feeling ambitious.


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    1910 Ocean Way, Santa Monica, CA · Santa Monica
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  62. Regent Santa Monica Beach is a sleek luxury hotel right on Ocean Avenue, where floor-to-ceiling windows frame the Pacific and the pool deck feels like it was designed for people who want everyone to know they chose well. Rooms come with marble soaking tubs and yoga mats, the Guerlain spa is genuinely excellent, and the beach path and pier are basically your front yard. Bring your good sunglasses.


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    1700 Ocean Ave, Santa Monica, CA · Santa Monica
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  63. Kelly Wearstler designed this boutique hotel a few blocks from the beach, and it shows in the best way: all sandy tones, warm wood, and vintage furniture that somehow feels completely of the moment. The rooftop bistro draws a crowd every night, and the spa has a loyal following. It sits just far enough from the pier chaos to feel like a retreat, which is exactly what you want.


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    700 Wilshire Blvd, Santa Monica, CA · Santa Monica
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    1819 Ocean Ave, Santa Monica, CA · Santa Monica
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  65. A Forbes Four Star resort sitting right on one of the world's largest man-made marinas, this Ritz-Carlton trades city grit for yacht views and salt air, and it's only a few miles from LAX. The pool crowd leans aspirational, the spa crowd leans blissed-out, and someone is always renting a paddleboard with more confidence than ability. When you want to feel like you escaped L.A. without actually leaving it, this place delivers.


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    4375 Admiralty Way, Marina Del Rey, CA · Marina Del Rey
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    416 W 8th St, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles

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    1060 S Broadway, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
  68. An all-suite luxury boutique hotel a block from the Santa Monica beach, where the ivy-covered exterior gives way to a courtyard pool scene that draws the kind of guests who pack light but travel with very good luggage. Rooms lean into ocean blues and come stocked with Frette linens and fancy bathroom amenities. The open-air restaurant pulls produce from the Santa Monica farmers market, which is exactly how close it is.


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    849 Ocean Ave, Santa Monica, CA · Santa Monica
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    1415 Ocean Ave, Santa Monica, CA · Santa Monica

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    101 Wilshire Blvd, Santa Monica, CA · Santa Monica
  71. A boutique hotel a short walk from the water, Hotel Erwin sits right in the middle of Venice's ongoing identity crisis, where bodybuilders and wine bars somehow coexist. Rooms are stylish without trying too hard, the minibar is vegan, and the rooftop catches the sunset in a way that will make you feel like you're living in a real estate ad. It draws the kind of guests who packed lightly but packed well.


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    1697 Pacific Ave, Venice, CA · Venice
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  72. A grand old Pasadena resort that's been hosting the well-heeled since forever, the Langham Huntington sits on 17 acres of manicured gardens and feels like the kind of place where you could easily lose an afternoon without noticing. The rooms are polished, the spa is serious, and the pool bar in summer draws a crowd that has clearly figured out how to enjoy a Tuesday. Bring nicer luggage than usual.


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    1401 S Oak Knoll Ave, Pasadena, CA · Pasadena
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    1001 3rd St, Santa Monica, CA · Santa Monica

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    120 Colorado Ave, Santa Monica, CA · Santa Monica

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    710 S Santa Fe Ave, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles

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    1111 2nd St, Santa Monica, CA · Santa Monica

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    1000 S Santa Fe Ave, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles

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    849 Ocean Ave, Santa Monica, CA · Santa Monica

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    5 Westminster Ave, Venice, CA · Venice

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    8639 Lincoln Blvd, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
  81. Sixteen rooms on Carbon Beach, all teak and Japanese-California calm, and zero interest in being seen. Nobu Ryokan is the rare celebrity-adjacent property that exists to make you disappear rather than perform. The crowd is the kind that doesn't need to tell you they're here. If you can get a room, the Pacific is basically your backyard and the Nobu kitchen is steps away. It's a flex, but a very quiet one.


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    22752 Pacific Coast Hwy, Malibu, CA · Malibu
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    1221 N Valley Dr, Manhattan Beach, CA · Manhattan Beach
  83. A boutique hotel that brought genuine style to Redondo Beach before anyone else thought to bother. The rooms are steps from the water, the vibe is relaxed without being shabby, and the crowd tends to be people who wanted the South Bay beach experience without staying somewhere that smells like sunscreen and regret. It's the kind of place where a weekend feels like a real escape rather than just a change of zip code.


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    655 N Harbor Dr, Redondo Beach, CA · Redondo Beach
  84. A boutique oceanfront hotel where every room faces the water and the back door opens onto Billionaire's Beach, which tells you everything about the vibe. Rooms have fireplaces, pale wood, and balconies over the Pacific, and the bathrooms come with remote-controlled toilets that feel oddly satisfying. Staff bring drinks to your beach chair while everyone pretends this is just a normal Tuesday.


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    22878 Pacific Coast Hwy, Malibu, CA · Malibu
  85. Malibu has always been more myth than destination, mostly because there was nowhere decent to actually stay. The Surfrider fixes that. This boutique hotel sits right on Pacific Coast Highway, directly across from the beach, and it carries a certain effortless cool that feels genuinely earned rather than designed by committee. The crowd is sun-kissed and self-assured, the kind of people who pack light and always look like they just got back from somewhere good.


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    23033 Pacific Coast Hwy, Malibu, CA · Malibu
  86. A sprawling coastal resort perched on the Palos Verdes cliffs, just far enough from LA to feel like you actually escaped. The ocean views are genuinely ridiculous, Catalina floats on the horizon, and the whole property has that Mediterranean estate energy that makes you forget the 405 exists. Eight places to eat and drink, a massive spa, plus kayaking and falconry if you're feeling ambitious.


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    100 Terranea Way, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA · Rancho Palos Verdes
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  87. If you need to decompress without actually leaving the LA bubble, this Four Seasons resort in Westlake Village earns its keep. The main draw is the massive spa, the largest in the whole Four Seasons collection, set across sprawling gardens and waterfalls that make you forget the 101 exists. The crowd skews wellness-retreat and corporate offsite, with the occasional wedding party. Malibu and Santa Barbara are both a reasonable drive away.


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    2 Dole Dr, Westlake Village, CA · Westlake Village
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    28920 Pacific Coast Hwy, Malibu, CA · Malibu
  89. This Craftsman-style resort sits inside the Disneyland resort, which means you can stumble back to your room after the fireworks without fighting the parking lot. The lobby alone is worth the splurge, all soaring timber beams and a fireplace big enough to roast a parade float. The crowd is families in matching ears who've fully committed, and honestly, the energy is contagious. The spa is your escape hatch when the pixie dust gets to be a bit much.


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    1600 Disneyland Dr, Anaheim, CA · Anaheim
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  90. A beachy resort right next to the Huntington Beach Pier, Paséa earns its keep with genuinely good ocean views, two pools, a rooftop bar for sunset drinks, and a spa doing Balinese treatments, which you don't come across much on the California coast. Rooms lean into the nautical palette without feeling cheesy. The crowd is SoCal weekend energy, flip-flops encouraged, and the vintage VW van out front basically sets the tone for all of it.


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    21080 CA-1, Huntington Beach, CA · Huntington Beach
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  91. A boutique hotel that actually did its homework, The Richland is tucked into Old Towne Orange inside a lovingly restored historic house, with a freestanding cottage, a bar and lounge, and olive trees tying it all together. The interiors lean California cool with a vintage twist, think craftsman furniture, exposed beams, and wallpaper that quietly references the citrus-farming past. Feels like staying with a friend who has really good taste.


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    137 E Maple Ave, Orange, CA · Orange

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    500 Pacific Coast Hwy, Huntington Beach, CA · Huntington Beach
  93. A Forbes four-star waterfront resort in Newport Beach that actually earns the postcard version of Southern California you had in your head. The concierge can set you up with a vintage Mustang, a picnic basket, and a route down PCH toward Laguna, which is either the most fun you'll have or the best Instagram you'll never post. Summer brings concerts and outdoor movies, and yes, you might spot dolphins.


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    1221 West Coast Hwy, Newport Beach, CA · Newport Beach
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  94. Pendry Newport Beach is a luxury hotel sitting right inside Fashion Island, and it leans hard into the whole Southern California fantasy, ocean-view rooms, a pool bar with Baja bites, and art deco interiors that somehow don't feel stuffy. The local crowd has already claimed it as their spot, which tells you something. It's polished without being uptight, the kind of place where everyone looks like they just got back from a boat.


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    690 Newport Center Dr, Newport Beach, CA · Newport Beach
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  95. A Forbes Five Star resort perched on the Newport Coast that's done up like a Tuscan hill town, which sounds like it shouldn't work but absolutely does. The circular Coliseum pool is genuinely one of the biggest you'll ever swim in, with Pacific views that make you feel you've earned something. Golf, a five-star spa, and two restaurants round things out. The crowd is anniversary couples and people who expensed the flight.


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    22701 S Pelican Hill Rd South, Newport Coast, CA · Newport Coast
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