Hotel Californian

What the classifiers highlight

Styled after the original Hotel Californian from 1925, three buildings recreate a Spanish Colonial block with Moroccan touches from Martyn Lawrence Bullard, keyhole arches and gold lanterns filling the lobby. Forbes rates it Four Stars, noting 121 rooms in black and white, a fourth-floor pool deck over the coastline, and a daytime library that turns into a lounge by night.