Must-see hotels in Los Angeles

This hostel in a refurbished 1904 building has spectacular rooftop views of Venice Beach, bright, beachy swatches of color and four- to eight-person dorms…

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

This 878-room behemoth flanks the massive LA Live entertainment complex. Chef Ben Ford (son of Harrison) heads the Californian restaurant in the lofty,…

A mile from Manhattan Beach and 10 minutes' drive from the airport, the 127-room Belamar is a bit off the beaten track on busy Sepulveda Blvd, so it’s…

Location, location, location! This tower hotel soars beside the Hollywood & Highland shopping center, right in the heart of Hollywood. Rooms are clean,…

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…

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…

Get rocked to sleep by the waves aboard your choice of five yachts sleeping three to five people. Each yacht is different, but all have galley kitchens…

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…

Mid-century modern gets a 21st-century spin at this fashion-crowd fave, which was Marilyn Monroe’s old pad in its days as an apartment building. Funky…

Ignore the oh-so-corporate moniker. This tower hotel with a frosted-glass facade has class and value around a soaring atrium lobby. All rooms are suites,…

Set in a string of boho studio and apartment hotels overlooking the Boardwalk, rooms here are fairly large with new wood floors, wall-mounted flat-screen…

This sociable hostel puts you within steps of the Hollywood party circuit. Private rooms are a bit cramped, but making new friends is easy during staff…

With a prime Boys Town location, this large hotel has simple, clean, three-star rooms, guest laundry room and a palm-lined pool deck, plus lots of…

A rambling cottage turned impeccably run inn overlooks the state-protected Ballona Wetlands. It has 23 individually decorated rooms with a contemporary…

Close to Warner Bros, the 100 rooms at this boutique business hotel are inspired by Hollywood movie sets, from doors like those on actors' dressing rooms…

It might be on the older side, but this Euro-style property offers good value. Rooms aren't huge but please with their mid-Century Modern accents, and the…

Perched above the highway and overlooking Westward Beach is this humble shingled inn with 16 fairly large rooms that are clean and white with subdued…

Walls at this perennial pleaser are a bit thin, but otherwise it’s a charming base of operation with large, modern rooms, exceptional staff and a petite…

Downtown Pasadena’s slickest sleep is a 350-room, modern, Spanish-style complex with comfortable, newly renovated rooms, large, well-equipped gym with…