Beverly Wilshire Hotel, Los Angeles

Housed within the Wilshire Wing and the Beverly Wing, the hotel's 395 guest rooms and suites are spacious and stylish, with luxurious Italian marble bathrooms and many with spectacular views across Rodeo Drive, the city skyline and the residential streets of Beverly Hills. The two wings are connected by a covered porch boasting a Buckingham Palace-inspired gate, gas lamps from Edinburgh and a cobbled driveway created using Italian stone.

The place ‘to see and be seen’, THE Blvd restaurant overlooks Rodeo Drive and offers wonderful California cuisine with a Mediterranean twist and a fabulous lounge with over 1,000 wine bottles on display and a vast onyx bar at its heart. The bar and outdoor patio are ideal spots for people-watching! Come the evening, the hotel’s sleek restaurant, CUT by Wolfgang Puck, showcases an open kitchen where classic steaks are given a contemporary twist.

Comfortable day beds surround the elegant Mediterranean-style pool – a welcoming sight after a hard day’s shopping and sightseeing! For that little extra indulgence, you can even rent your own private poolside cabana – complete with television! Feeling peckish? The Pool Bar & Cafe creates mouth-watering light bites along with cold beers and refreshing cocktails. Feeling active? There is also a fitness centre which overlooks the pool area. In need of pampering? Head straight for the award-winning Spa for some serious relaxation. If exploration beckons, getting out and about is made even easier with the hotel's house-car, on hand to deliver you anywhere you like within a 2.5 mile radius.