Los AngelesStay
The room, not the hotel: in each hotel that matters, the suite to ask for.
Five recommendations, each checked every 60 days.
The largest suite at Shutters on the Beach, about 1,300 sq ft on the top floor of the Beach House, the hotel's building on the sand, with two fireplaces and balconies over the Pacific.
Checked 25 September
A top-floor apartment of about 2,000 sq ft in the 1929 Art Deco Sunset Tower, with wraparound planted terraces over the Hollywood Hills and downtown Los Angeles.
Checked 25 September
Three two-level suites of about 1,500 sq ft that take the whole top floor of Hotel Casa del Mar, a 1926 beach club on the sand in Santa Monica, facing the Pacific.
Checked 25 September
The largest suite in the hotel: 3,215 sq ft on the penthouse floor, with a 1,459 sq ft terrace, a dining room, a kitchen, a media room and its own spa treatment room.
Checked 25 September
A rooftop suite of 2,025 sq ft at The Maybourne Beverly Hills, with a terrace the length of the suite, a baby grand piano, a dining room and a study.
Checked 25 September
The room, not the hotel. In each of the few hotels that matter there is one suite to ask for, and a reason to ask for it by name.
