Must-see hotels in Los Angeles

This 1929 art-deco marvel evokes the romance of Hollywood's Golden Age, when Errol Flynn, Truman Capote and Marilyn Monroe resided here. Recently…

This 31-room beachfront property feels like home away from home. A cool wooden elevator takes you up to stylish studios and suites boasting wood floors,…

This '60s property on its own peninsula north of the Redondo Pier blends urban sophistication with nautical lightheartedness. Get an ocean-side room with…

Now part of Four Seasons, the Beverly Wilshire has corked Rodeo Dr since 1928. Home to 395 elegantly appointed rooms and suites, it exudes a formal…

Gingham bedspreads, country-style throw pillows and down-home art lend this flirty motel a farmhouse vibe, mixed with big-city sophistication such as…

This recently modernized, 18-room motel offers a minimalist cool vibe with comfy beds draped in crisp linen, slate floors in the bathrooms, plus coffee…

This popular, well-run hostel occupies a converted nursing home. Translation: the Fairfax bubbies are gone and the global backpackers have moved in to…

Steps from the sand, the halls of this convivial hostel with a newly renovated kitchen offer mostly co-ed four- and six-person dorms. Even the private…

The W's soaring, sparkly atrium makes quite an impression, as does the sceney, palm-fringed rooftop pool deck. In shades of grey, silver and white, rooms…

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…

What was originally a 1920s hostel for women is now one of Downtown's coolest slumber pads, recently revamped and adorned with specially commissioned…

This valley classic (Clark Gable, Katharine Hepburn and other Hollywood stars once stayed here) had fallen on hard times but is back and swinging after a…

Old Venice funky and old-sandal comfy, this place right on the Boardwalk scores big for bend-over-backwards staff. Take Betsy, the creaky 1913 elevator,…

This independently owned, 95-room hotel is smack-dab in the W 3rd St shopping district and just a five-minute walk from the Beverly Center mall. Natural…

Breathtaking city views, a curvaceous pool guarded by a 17th-century pagoda, and roomy digs with balcony and kitchen are among the assets at this older…

Graced with chandeliers, Renaissance-inspired ceilings and legend (the Academy Awards were founded in the Crystal Ballroom in 1927), this grand dame has…

Don't let the Best Western brand deceive you – this hotel packs plenty of charm in its Mediterranean-inspired shell. Around a pool deck strewn with palms,…

Despite a $25-million renovation, wear and tear is evident in the W's lobby, an aquatically themed space with wave-shaped wooden panels, digital art and…

A sleek, fashionable, six-story hotel in the heart of the mid-Wilshire district, ideally located near some of LA's best museums and blessed with a…

Recently renovated, the Palomar mixes elegance and playfulness in the lounge, where handsome wooden panels, modernist-style furniture and sculptural…