Avalon Hotel & Bungalows
Palm Springs, California, USA
The infamous Californian desert oasis and getaway has a long reputation for escapism, especially for the rich and...
California
Kimpton La Peer Hotel
West Hollywood, California, USA
We’ve learned that West Hollywood is the sort of place where both residents and visitors have travelled the...
El Encanto, a Belmond Hotel
Santa Barbara, USA
Belmond is synonymous with taking something from the history of hospitality and injecting luxurious, modern vigour into it...
Villa Royale
Palm Springs, California, USA
We are often accused of harping on about hotels that have a sense of place. And it’s hard...
Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel
Beverly Hills, California, USA
The streets of Beverly Hills have their fair share of rumours floating around them, but if there’s one...
The Guild Hotel
San Diego, California, USA
It’s rare to find history glorified in California, which is why The Guild Hotel in San Diego is...
Palihouse West Hollywood
West Hollywood, California, USA
Our return to the Palihouse West Hollywood – the self-billed ‘new-fashioned’ members-club-esque hotel – was not without some...
The Peninsula
Beverly Hills, California, USA
There’s an old-worldness to Beverly Hill’s luxury establishments that the Hollywood A-list just adores and millions of others...
The Chamberlain
West Hollywood, California, USA
The Chamberlain is one of our go-to landmark hotels whenever we think of Los Angeles. It’s not very...
Andaz West Hollywood
West Hollywood, California, USA
We can’t say that we’ve ever really had the urge to throw a TV out of a hotel...
Solage, an Auberge Resort, Calistoga, USA
Silicon-valley millionaires mix with social-media fashionistas at this country-club style property. A team of cute staff in crisp...
The Scarlet Huntington, San Francisco, USA
On our ascent to the chic and lofty heights of Nob Hill, we were faced with a whimsical...
Post Ranch Inn, Big Sur, USA
This is one of those properties with a reputation that precedes it. Everywhere we went in California, the...
Auberge du Soleil, Rutherford, USA
We knew before we arrived at the Auberge that we were staying at one of Napa’s finest, when...
Ritz Carlton, Half Moon Bay, USA
If you are a golf fan, you’ll absolutely love this property. But even if you’re not, its setting...
Four Seasons L.A, at Beverley, Los Angeles, USA
We’re not great at celebrity spotting, but at the iconic Four Seasons Los Angeles at Beverley Hills, we...
Meadowood, St Helena, USA
As if Meadowood is not a spectacular enough a property, the Meadowood Spa would be reason alone to...
The Palace, San Francisco, USA
If like us, San Francisco was your entry point into Burning Man, a great place to top or...
The London, West Hollywood, USA
It was impossible not to hear a quintessentially La-la-land conversation when soaking up the California sun on the...
The Standard, West Hollywood, USA
On our balcony overlooking the hotel pool, we wake to an up-close-and-personal view, and some of the best...
Mondrian, West Hollywood, Los Angeles, USA
Years in from its last refurb, this place is still fabulous. Despite becoming somewhat of an LA landmark, it retains so...
InterContinental Moscone Center, San Francisco, USA
This is an unconventional choice for us, but there’s something really charming about the suites in this hotel....
