The Ritz-Carlton, Marina del Rey

What the classifiers highlight

Set on one of the world's largest man-made marinas, five miles from LAX, the hotel counts 304 rooms, including forty-one Club Level rooms and twenty-three suites, each with a water- or city-view balcony. Guests paddleboard from the marina or reach Catalina Island by boat; pets under thirty pounds are welcome on the waterfront trails.