Intercontinental Los Angeles Downtown

Top choice in Downtown Los Angeles & Boyle Heights


The stats alone are impressive for DTLA's newest showplace (opened 2017): tallest building west of Chicago, 889 guest rooms, 38 elevators, 7,000 sq ft fitness center, 3.5 blocks from LA Live, one amazing pool deck. But the views from the 70th-floor lobby, restaurants, bars and spacious, sleek rooms (floors 31 to 65) literally take it over the top.

There's also an impressive array of dining and drinking options: the lobby bar and Spire 73 rooftop bar, la Boucherie steak house, Sora sushi bar and all-day buffet Dekkadance.

It's also the only LEED-certified Gold hotel in DTLA.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Downtown Los Angeles & Boyle Heights attractions

1. Bunker Hill Steps

0.27 MILES

The US Bank Tower abuts the Bunker Hill Steps, a cheesy set-piece staircase (there's an escalator, too) that links 5th St with the Wells Fargo Center and…

2. US Bank Tower

0.28 MILES

Although the spire-topped 73-story Wilshire Grand Tower is technically LA's tallest building by architectural height, the 1018ft US Bank Tower remains the…

3. Wells Fargo Center

0.39 MILES

Featuring two granite polygonal skyscrapers connected by a three-story atrium, this 1983 office complex is the work of renowned Chicago architecture firm…

4. Pershing Square

0.42 MILES

LA’s first public park in 1866, Pershing Sq is now a postmodern concrete patch enlivened by public art, summer concerts and a holiday-season ice rink…

5. California Plaza

0.46 MILES

MOCA Grand is dwarfed by the soaring California Plaza office towers. The outdoor water-court amphitheater is host to Grand Performances, which is one of…

7. Jewelry District

0.49 MILES

South of Pershing Sq is one of the country's largest jewelry districts. Centered on Broadway and Hill St (between 6th and 7th Sts), the main currency here…

8. Los Angeles Theatre

0.5 MILES

Designed by celebrated theater designer S Charles Lee, this 1931 jewel was the last major movie palace to be built in Downtown. A breathtaking swansong,…