from $220 per night

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Hotel Boheme

Our favorite boutique hotel is a love letter to the Beat era, with moody orange, black and sage-green co...

from $495 per night

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Hotel Del Coronado A Ksl Luxury Resort

San Diego's iconic hotel, the Del provides more than a century of history, tennis courts, spa, shops, sp...

from $309 per night

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Argonaut Hotel, A Kimpton Hotel

The top hotel at Fisherman's Wharf was built as a cannery in 1908, and has century-old wooden beams and ...

from $570 per night

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The Beverly Hills Hotel

The legendary Pink Palace from 1912 oozes opulence...

from $203 per night

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The Standard Downtown La

This 207-room design-savvy hotel in a former office building goes for a young, hip and shag-happy crowd ...

from $149 per night

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The Citizen Hotel, A Joie De Vivre Boutique Hotel

With an elegant, ultrahip upgrade by the Joie de Vivre group, the long-vacant Citizen has suddenly becom...

from $226 per night

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Cartwright Hotel Union Square

Built in 1915 and overhauled in 2008, the understatedly fancy Larkspur has a monochromatic, earth-tone c...

from $143 per night

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Maison 140

This boutique hotel, housed in the former villa of silent movie star Lillian Gish, offers a sleek and so...

from $159 per night

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Hotel Santa Barbara

This smart hotel in the centre of downtown Santa Barbara has a breezy, sophisticated cool that's as char...

from $280 per night

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Desert Palms Hotel & Suites

The indecisive will have trouble picking a room at this maze-like hotel on the border of Disney's Califo...

from $199 per night

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Petite Auberge

Petite Auberge feels like a French country inn, with floral-print fabrics, a sunny yellow color scheme a...

from $189 per night

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Farmer's Daughter

Opposite the Original Farmers Market, Grove and CBS Studios, this perennial pleaser gets high marks for ...

from $108 per night

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The Mammoth Creek Inn

The best rooms at this quaint inn overlook the majestic Sherwin Mountains, but all brim with thoughtful ...

from $169 per night

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The Horizon Hotel

Designed in 1952 by famed local architect William Cody as a getaway for a Hollywood mogul and several do...

from $227 per night

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Carousel Inn And Suites At The Disneyland Resort

Recently revamped, this four-story motel across from Disneyland spiffs up a heavily-traveled neighborhoo...

from $129 per night

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The Mendocino Hotel And Garden Suites

Built in 1878 as the town's first hotel. Many of the Victorian guestrooms share bathrooms...

from $139 per night

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Holiday Inn Express San Luis Obispo

This large 99-room modern motel is good for extended stays as the rooms are spacious and most have kitch...

from $278 per night

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Hotel Kabuki A Joie De Vivre Boutique Hotel

The Kabuki nods to Japan, with shoji (rice paper screens) on the windows and orange-silk dust ruffles be...

from $459 per night

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Hotel Palomar San Francisco, A Kimpton Hotel

The sexy Palomar is decked out with crocodile-print carpets, stripy persimmon-red chairs, chocolate-brow...

from $98 per night

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Hotel Majestic

The 1902 Hotel Majestic holds a torch for traditional elegance – even if its edges are fraying...

from $139 per night

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Sportsmen's Lodge

Too authentically 1962 to be called 'retro', this longstanding favorite sits on a six-acre campus in the...

from $204 per night

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Bayside Hotel

With a price tag this modest you know you're not getting the Ritz, but if you value location over luxury...

from $209 per night

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Elan Hotel Los Angeles

Close to great restaurants and boutiques, the Elan flaunts an uncluttered urban feel and offers reliably...

from $290 per night

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Portofino Hotel & Marina A Noble House Hotel

On a jetty between a marina and a calm channel off the Pacific (rooms face one or the other), awash in w...

from $135 per night

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Pacific Inn

Like a plain Jane living near the docks, the Pacific Inn gets the suitors simply because she's there...

from $159 per night

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Alcazar Palm Springs

Big, modern rooms in Spanish style all have mini-refrigerators; some have Jacuzzis, private patios, fire...

from $142 per night

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Knott's Berry Farm Hotel

Say 'good night,' not 'good grief,' in a Snoopy-themed room at this nine-story hotel bordering Knott's B...

from $89 per night

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Vagabond Inn Executive Old Town

Near Old Sacramento; basic but convenient.