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Los Angeles Hotels

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From hip Hollwood hideaways to Beverly Hills boutique hotels, we round up the coolest places to stay in LA.


Viceroy Santa Monica

Los Angeles, United States

Style
Elegant urban beach retreat

Setting
Sunny Ocean Avenue

This Viceroy Santa Monica boutique hotel takes its looks – and its vocation – seriously: parakeet-green Chesterfields partner dazzling white modernist tables; deco-style gazebos are decked out with French dining furniture, and fresh-as-a-daisy decor lights up guest rooms.

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Oceana Santa Monica

Los Angeles, United States

Style
All things bright and beautiful

Setting
Parkside Ocean Avenue

This bright and breezy retro beachside hangout is perfect for exploring quirky Santa Monica and is within easy reach of all LA’s weird and wonderful sights…

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Palihouse Holloway

Los Angeles, United States

Style
NY-style apartment block

Setting
Way-cool West Hollywood

It may be all slick designer touches and effortless French-tinged cool, but West Hollywood boutique hotel Palihouse Holloway still has an authentically stay-at-home feel, like the NY apartment you wish you had. Only it’s in LA. How cool is that?

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Avalon Hotel

Los Angeles, United States

Style
Postmodern Jetsons lounge

Setting
Beverly Hills boutique land

This Los Angeles boutique hotel – just 45 minutes from the airport – sports retro-fabulous '50s furniture (think Charles Eames and Isamu Noguchi), a sexy hourglass-shaped pool and a very cool poolside restaurant. If it was good enough for Marilyn Monroe…

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Chateau Marmont

Los Angeles, United States

Style
Louche, luxe and legendary

Setting
High on Sunset

The ultimate hedonist’s hangout, Chateau Marmont is where the stars go to party in private. This Arts and Crafts ‘castle on the hill’ is the epitome of all that’s great and good about tinseltown: glamorous, cool and utterly captivating.

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Maison 140

Los Angeles, United States

Style
Left Bank LA luxe

Setting
Beverly Hills film set

With its quirky Parisian overtones, this luxe Los Angeles boutique hotel in the heart of Beverly Hills is the perfect petite pied à terre. Inside Maison 140, Far East meets West Coast as bold Oriental prints preside over vintage French furniture and deco pieces.

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The Crescent

Los Angeles, United States

Style
Upscale monochrome villa

Setting
Rarified Rodeo Drive environs

This elegant LA boutique hotel combines refined American gloss with laid-back California sunshine. Minimal-chic interiors by design impresario Dodd Mitchell nestle modestly behind The Crescent's stucco facade, and the restaurant is a star attraction – literally.

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The Standard Downtown LA

Los Angeles, United States

Style
Groovy retro spy HQ

Setting
High-rise downtown playground

Fun 'n' funky The Standard Downtown LA bears all the hallmarks of dynamic hotelier André Balazs: one of the coolest bars in LA, baths big enough for basketball players and on-the-money decor that cries out to be a Sixties-era film set.

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The Standard Hollywood

Los Angeles, United States

Style
Serenely hip hangout

Setting
Sassy Sunset Strip

Unconventional, sexy, and groomed to perfection, The Standard Hollywood has all the makings of a Hollywood starlet. You'll love everything you lay eyes on at this incredibly hip hideaway – including the performance art and retro-fabulous diner…

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Thompson Beverly Hills

Los Angeles, United States

Style
Big Apple in LA

Setting
Upmarket design district

A dash of East Coast sophistication in the heart of Los Angeles, the Thompson Beverly Hills offers a prime location close to Rodeo Drive, as well as one of the city’s coolest rooftop bars.

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