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The Plaza is the only large-scale full-service hotel right on the water in Monterey. The decor of the Mediterranean villastyle buildings is tasteful but...more
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Just down the street from busy Wilshire Boulevard, the 49-room Mosaic is a refreshingly relaxed, low-key oasis in a neighborhood of trendy self-consciousness....more
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Snuck in among the posh apartment buildings on the north end of Santa Monica's beachfront boulevard, the revamped Oceana looks and feels more like a home. This...more
see the Los Angeles guideThe best place to stay in Monterey issurprise!not the Monterey Plaza. In fact, it's this ten-bedroom Scottish Tudor mansion, built in 1929 for...more
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Designed by Herbert Burns in 1947 as an "ultramodern motor court," the Orbit In is really two hotels in onethe Hideaway, a private complex...more
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From an in-room key card system that controls lighting and temperature (reducing energy consumption by 20 percent) to whimsical drapes and carpets fashioned...more
see the San Francisco guideThe Palace is San Francisco's most storied hotel. The original opened in 1875, then burned in the fire following the 1906 earthquake. In 1909, the hotel...more
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California's first Holiday Inn, later owned by Gene Autry (who called it Melody Ranch) and Merv Griffin (Givenchy), the Parker Palm Springs has a new lease on...more
see the Palm Springs guideThis Carlsbad hotel offers all the luxury resort requisites—top-notch food, meticulously maintained grounds (with an 18-hole Arnold Palmer golf course and...more
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Tucked away amid quiet gardens just west of Beverly Hills' main drag, this hotel has the impeccable and invisible service you'd expect from a Peninsula...more
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