Must-see hotels in Santa Monica

  • Palihouse

    Santa Monica

    LA's grooviest hotel brand (not named Ace) occupies the 38 rooms, studios and one-bedroom apartments of the 1927 Spanish Colonial Embassy Hotel, with…

  • Shutters on the Beach

    Santa Monica

    Bringing classic Cape Cod charm to the Pacific coast, the 198 rooms here have a beach-cottage feel with marble baths, wood floors, spectacular ocean views…

  • Viceroy

    Santa Monica

    Starving for some LA glam by the sea? With porcelain hounds guarding the elevators, frosted glass, framed mirrors and white-vinyl lounge chairs in the…

  • HI Los Angeles – Santa Monica

    Santa Monica

    Near the beach and Promenade, this hostel has an enviable location and modernized facilities that rival properties charging much more. Its approximately…

  • Fairmont Miramar

    Santa Monica

    Santa Monica's original grand dame, Fairmont Miramar is a block from the bluffs and the Promenade, shaded by gorgeous palm and fig trees, and home to the…

  • Huntley

    Santa Monica

    This fashion-forward, 18-story boutique nest has just come off a $10-million renovation and now boasts white-on-white-on-silvery rooms with lush linens,…

  • Casa del Mar

    Santa Monica

    This mid-1920s beachfront building has alluring Spanish-Mediterranean style and 129 rooms and suites in whites and pale blues designed by Michael Smith,…

  • Hotel Shangri-La

    Santa Monica

    Stylish enough to be alluring, but not too stuck up or intimidating, this 70-room 1939 art deco classic, across the avenue from the bluffs, sports suites…

  • Hotel Carmel

    Santa Monica

    Behind the charming historic facade, this older boutique hotel around the corner from the Promenade has just redone its rooms with craftsman-style…

  • Sea Shore Motel

    Santa Monica

    The friendly, family-run lodgings at this comfy 25-unit motel put you just a Frisbee toss from the beach on happening Main St (quadruple-pane windows help…

  • Georgian Hotel

    Santa Monica

    Across the street from Palisades Park and the Pacific beyond, this eye-catching, 1933 art deco landmark has a snug ocean-view veranda for breakfast (get…

  • Shore Hotel

    Santa Monica

    Modern with clean lines, lots of woods, whites with pops of orange and aqua, this is Santa Monica's only gold LEED-certified (low carbon footprint) hotel…

  • Channel Road Inn B&B

    Santa Monica

    This frilly home in leafy Santa Monica Canyon mixes Cape Cod colonial with West Coast craftsman and has romantic rooms facing the ocean or the lovely…

  • Hotel California

    Santa Monica

    A converted circa-1940 apartment complex, now covered tastefully in ivy, offers sunny, compact rooms and studios with kitchenette, and vintage surf-rocker…