by Telegraph Travel experts, The Telegraph, January 8, 2018
An expert guide to the most romantic hotels in Los Angeles, featuring the best places to stay for California-cool design, secluded suites, glamorous pools and hip bars, in locations including Hollywood, Santa Monica and Bel Air.
Shutters on the Beach Santa Monica, Los Angeles, United States
9Telegraph expert rating
This white and grey shingled hotel, which faces the ocean, is a favourite of locals, tourists and even a few Hollywood celebrities. Of the hotel’s 186 guest rooms and 12 suites, most have balconies as well as whirlpool tubs. Michael Smith’s design aesthetic is high-end American beach house, showcasing romantic four-poster beds, walnut desks and nightstands, louvered white shutters, custom-made bed linens and hand-woven Tibetan rugs. You can watch the sunset over the Pacific at three different venues, including 1 Pico restaurant, which provides romantic dining (with a cosy fireplace) and highly rated, local seasonal fare by chef Vittorio Lucariello. Read expert review. From £448per night. Check availability. Rates provided by Booking.com.
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Chateau Marmont West Hollywood, Los Angeles, United States
8Telegraph expert rating
Ever since Hollywood’s glamorous early days, Chateau Marmont has been the go-to hotel for film stars, who pop in and out largely unseen. Inspired by a historical French chateau, this luxurious hideaway has a warren of secret entrances and exits, along with romantic bungalows and garden cottages. Dotted around the lush grounds are nine Spanish cottages, two poolside bungalows and two hillside bungalows designed by mid-century modern architect Craig Ellwood. The décor spans several design trends of the last century, from Arts and Crafts to minimalist modern. Read expert review. From £366per night. Check availability. Rates provided by Booking.com.
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The Redbury @ Hollywood and Vine Hollywood, Los Angeles, United States
8Telegraph expert rating
The Redbury rests in the heart of newly fashionable Hollywood. The flats are glamorous and roomy with colorful hip décor by photographer-turned-designer Matthew Rolston - paisley wallpaper, rock ‘n’ roll posters, record players and an accompanying vinyl collection. There is also the Glade garden for sunbathing and drinks, the Cleo restaurant and the lounge for drinks and prix-fixe dining. The hotel provides 24 hour ‘hosts’ (the modern equivalent of a butler) to see to guests' every need – you can order up in-flat yoga and Pilates, grocery delivery and even 24-hour in-flat dining from SBE executive chef Daniel Elmaleh (who is also in charge of award winning restaurant Katsuya). Read expert review. From £200per night. Check availability. Rates provided by Booking.com.
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Hotel Bel-Air Bel Air, Los Angeles, United States
9Telegraph expert rating
Hotel Bel-Air looks like Barbara Cartland’s dream hotel with its signature pink stucco front and swans gliding around in Swan Lake, but inside there is a sensuous modern interior by designer Alexandra Champalimaud (of the Pierre and Dorchester fame) and a glamorous restaurant designed by David Rockwell. The hotel imparts an old world grandeur, while its 12-acre gardens offer redwood groves and 200 species of exotic plant and flower. Amenities include a 4,000 sq ft La Prairie beauty spa, a Joseph Martin Hair and Beauty salon and the famous outdoor oval swimming pool. Michelin-stared LA chef Wolfgang Puck has taken over the restaurant, bar and room service. Read expert review. From £427per night. Check availability. Rates provided by Booking.com.
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The Beverly Hills Hotel Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, United States
8Telegraph expert rating
If only the palm-printed walls of The Beverly Hills Hotel could talk. Its history is laced with star-spangled romance: Elizabeth Taylor honeymooned here with six of her seven husbands; Faye Dunaway learnt how to swim in the pool; and a Yoko Ono and John Lennon 'bed-in' was staged in one of the bungalows. Old, classic Hollywood through and through, this hotel feels loved and lived in. The style is modern Californian, with feminine hues of pink, yellow and cream. Materials are luxurious – bronze fixtures, buttery leather sofas and marble bathrooms the colour of Himalayan salt. Read expert review. From £427per night. Check availability. Rates provided by Booking.com.
Casa del Mar Santa Monica, Los Angeles, United States
9Telegraph expert rating
A luxurious hotel with sweeping views of the Pacific, Casa del Mar started as a beach club in the Roaring Twenties for Hollywood A-listers. It is one of only two hotels in the Los Angeles area with direct beach access. The design is a mixture of quintessential coastal California and classic Italian with its ornate Spanish tiled floors and Venetian chandeliers. It manages to be visually striking, while also warm and lively — with four blue and white indoor cabanas where you can relax over a cocktail and listen to the nightly live music. There are two restaurants: Terrazza and Catch, both of which have dramatic floor-to-ceiling windows perfect for watching the sunset. Read expert review. From £363per night. Check availability. Rates provided by Booking.com.
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The Hollywood Roosevelt Hollywood, Los Angeles, United States
9Telegraph expert rating
Where movie stars once frolicked during LA's Golden Age, this landmark hotel is now popular with a young, svelte crowd who lounges poolside on sunny days. Oh so fashionably chic, the hotel is in the heart of Hollywood, near famous landmarks and scores of restaurants, bars, and nightclubs. A plain façade hides an exquisite interior done in Spanish Colonial Revival style, with leather sofas, wrought-iron chandeliers and colourful tiled fountains. But that's only half the story. The glamorous poolside area plays out a mid-20th-century modern theme, apropos to the heady days when Marilyn Monroe slept in a suite here. Read expert review. From £234per night. Check availability. Rates provided by Booking.com.
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Petit Ermitage West Hollywood, Los Angeles, United States
8Telegraph expert rating
Petit Ermitage is a cross between a bohemian hangout and a boutique hotel. A trellised front entrance opens into an intimate lobby space, where a mish mash of antiques, art and shabby-chic furnishings mix. Cosy hallways with colourful carpeting and painted murals and artwork on the walls lead toward the guest suites, or you can step out into the grassy rooftop garden for fresh air and flowers. All of the hotel's 80 suites are comfortable hideaways with a touch of romance. Dine in the rooftop garden, where fresh herbs, vegetables and fruits grow, or order into your private suite at any time of the day or night. Read expert review. From £230per night. Check availability. Rates provided by Booking.com.
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Oceana Beach Club Hotel Santa Monica, Los Angeles, United States
8Telegraph expert rating
The Oceana feels like a classic beachside club from the 1950s, nicely updated to be modern and fresh. Bedrooms are stacked around a butter-yellow courtyard, ringed with balconies and walkways that you half expect a blonde starlet with crimson lips to lean over and croon from. In the centre is a kidney-shaped turquoise pool, ringed with loungers and big, downy cocoon-style chairs. The bright and breezy guest rooms and suites sport fresh pale green, blue, canary yellow and cream décor, with a few floral prints thrown in. Huge windows look out over the ocean and have curtains billowing in fresh sea breezes. Some suites come with balconies affording spectacular sunset views. Read expert review. From £297per night. Check availability. Rates provided by Booking.com.
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Channel Road Inn Santa Monica, Los Angeles, United States
8Telegraph expert rating
A light-filled California craftsman house on a residential street near Rustic Canyon. This capacious inn has warm buttery tones with lots of original wood and tile details. Public rooms include a large living room, library and breakfast room, and guests can use the pretty garden and outdoor hot tub. It's two minutes from Santa Monica beach with its 20-mile long bike path. The 15 rooms are each individually decorated with a luxurious country cottage feel; four posters, sofas, cushy armchairs; three have fire places, four have balconies and one has a kitchenette. Read expert review. From £216per night. Check availability. Rates provided by Booking.com.
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