HotelBel-Air

Located in "a storybook setting", between "almost 12 acres of lush garden" the author has found this hotel to be amazingly "isolated" for a "urban hotel". Gayot have awarded it with 5 of their prestigious golden keys, their highest rating, indicating, that it is among the very best hotels of the world. Guests include "celebrities, dignitaries, an [more]

Praised for its "faultless service, luxurious accommodations, and magical ambience" the Bel-Air is one of the "most impressive" hotels in California. The author notes this "opulent castle" set in twelve acres as being both "beautiful" and "exclusive". He found the public rooms "welcoming" and was "stunned" by the guest accommodations, which were " [more]

The Bel-Air in Los Angeles "recently celebrated" its sixtieth anniversary with a "revamp", but its ambience is "still old Hollywood". The author is reminded that Marilyn Monroe, her photograh adorning "the wall of the fitness room", lived in a cottage here. She concludes that, behind its "faux-English country house" facade, this is a "charming" pla [more]