California

Atop bluffs looking onto the Pacific, this six-story lodge has an "ambience reminiscent of the Scottish moors." Rooms and villas blend into the natural setting...more

Fifteen minutes south of Laguna Beach, this sprawling Mediterranean-inspired resort sits on a 150-foot bluff with panoramic vistas of the Pacific. Rooms have...more

It's a Ritz, so you know the drill: 123 elegant rooms done up in sophisticated neutral palettes, marble bathrooms with rain showers and flat-screen TVs, and a...more

Inside an iconic, 100-year-old columned Nob Hill landmark, the Ritz-Carlton is San Francisco's most formal luxury hotel. Polished marble floors, Oriental...more

This mid-mountain lodge—Lake Tahoe's first new-build hotel in decades—hangs its hat on service, starting the moment you pull into its roundabout....more

Welcoming guests since 1893, San Ysidro Ranch has long been an elite hideaway: John and Jacqueline Kennedy honeymooned here, and it was the wedding site for...more

Though the Sè is very much a visual feast—with a massive bronze front door, a grand staircase framed by faux sand dollars, lamps covered in gray...more

Shade is a sun-drenched blend of by-gone beach scene and daring West Coast design aesthetic in a habitual L.A.-area hot spot. The 38 rooms are both ultracomfy...more

Shutters feels like a rambling seaside villa that's been plucked from Martha's Vineyard and dropped onto the boardwalk below Santa Monica Pier. Though the...more

More than 20 years ago, Linda Sue and Glyn Davies turned their 1870s Italianate Victorian home into a B&B, raising the bar for inns everywhere. While the...more