Gardens in Beverly Hills, a 19-minute drive from the beach with the roads clear, or the sand at the door. The Beverly Hills Hotel, from about $1,090 with no resort fee, if you want the Polo Lounge, a garden bungalow and three MICHELIN Keys; Shutters on the Beach, from about $740 plus a $60 resort fee, if you would rather wake by the beach path, with the pier nine minutes' walk north.
The Pink Palace on Sunset Boulevard, open since 1912 and pink since 1948, where the Polo Lounge, the garden bungalows and a pool of striped loungers and pink cabanas still set the scene.
$$$$From about $1,090 a night
Choose The Beverly Hills Hotel if
A first Los Angeles trip
Old Hollywood and the Polo Lounge
Garden bungalow stays
Pool days with children
The catch
Extras sit on top of a four-figure rate. Beverly Hills hotel tax is 14 per cent and the hotel's other city and state levies bring the total to roughly 15.5 to 16 per cent, and parking is $70 a day, which you will want because almost everything is a drive.
A beach-house hotel on the sand in Santa Monica, with an ocean-view pool and the pier nine minutes' walk north.
$$$From about $740 a night
Choose Shutters on the Beach if
A beach-first Los Angeles trip
Sunset drinks and live music
Bike rides along the beach path
Romantic weekends on the coast
The catch
A $60 nightly resort fee plus tax is added to every stay, and overnight valet is $90 a night, so a room that starts around $740 comes to about $930 with the 15 per cent hotel tax, the fee and $11.25 in nightly tourism fees, before the car.
Gardens in Beverly Hills, a 19-minute drive from the beach with the roads clear, or the sand at the door. The Beverly Hills Hotel, from about $1,090 with no resort fee, if you want the Polo Lounge, a garden bungalow and three MICHELIN Keys; Shutters on the Beach, from about $740 plus a $60 resort fee, if you would rather wake by the beach path, with the pier nine minutes' walk north.
Good questions about The Beverly Hills Hotel vs Shutters on the Beach
The Beverly Hills Hotel or Shutters on the Beach?
Gardens in Beverly Hills, a 19-minute drive from the beach with the roads clear, or the sand at the door. The Beverly Hills Hotel, from about $1,090 with no resort fee, if you want the Polo Lounge, a garden bungalow and three MICHELIN Keys; Shutters on the Beach, from about $740 plus a $60 resort fee, if you would rather wake by the beach path, with the pier nine minutes' walk north.
Is The Beverly Hills Hotel worth it?
Book The Beverly Hills Hotel for the Polo Lounge, the pool and a building that has set the tone for Beverly Hills since 1912 and been pink since 1948, and choose a garden Bungalow Room over a bigger room in the main house. Budget for tax and $70 parking, and expect to drive to the beach and to Hollywood. A famous, very expensive and unmistakably Los Angeles hotel, where the pink building, the Polo Lounge and the pool are the point and the car is how you reach everything else. Expect company at the pool and in the dining rooms, and quiet on the garden paths.
Does The Beverly Hills Hotel have a pool or a beach?
It has an outdoor pool. There is no beach; the nearest is a drive away.
Is Shutters on the Beach worth it?
Book Shutters on the Beach to sleep a few steps from the sand in Santa Monica, with the pier a short walk north. Pay the step to an Ocean View Room for the Pacific in view from your balcony, and budget for the resort fee and the valet. A polished beach-house hotel on public sand, where the pool, the Living Room and the path to the pier are the point and a sea view costs extra. Expect a busy lobby and a bill with fees on top.
Does Shutters on the Beach have a pool or a beach?
It has an outdoor pool. A public beach is within walking distance.
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