Luxury Hotels in Santa Monica, California

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Santa Monica, California is a 20-minute drive from Los Angeles and lies along the Pacific Coast. Many hotels in Santa Monica are within walking distance of the beach and offer scenic ocean views. Visitors to Santa Monica can choose from various activities. At the Santa Monica Pier, travelers can enjoy the carousel, arcade, amusement park or trapeze school. The muscle beach, a fitness facility located outside along the shore, offers exercise classes. And at Santa Monica's parks--with more than 420 acres--visitors hike, swim, play tennis, and lawn bowl.

Shutters on the Beach

Shutters on the Beach, which was redesigned in 2009 by Obama White House designer Michael Smith, has luxury rooms and suites with "all the comfort" of your own home. Visitors to Shutters on the Beach can indulge at the hotel's spa, which offers personal trainers, skin treatments and massages. Hotel activities include surfing lessons, bicycle rentals, yoga on the beach and a fitness center.

Shutters on the Beach
1 Pico Blvd.
Santa Monica, CA 90405
310-458-0030‎
shuttersonthebeach.com/

Hotel Casa del Mar

Located across the street from Shutters on the Beach, Hotel Casa del Mar offers 129 guestrooms and suites with up to four bedrooms. Each room includes custom-designed beds with Egyptian cotton sheets, and bathrooms featuring hydrotherapy tubs. The Sea Wellness Spa within the hotel offers hot stone massages, full body massages and facial and body treatments, among other services.

Hotel Casa del Mar
1910 Ocean Way
Santa Monica, CA 90405
310-581-5533
hotelcasadelmar.com

Le Merigot

Le Merigot, a JW Marriott Beach Hotel & Spa, overlooks the Pacific and is designed with a style reminiscent of hotels on France's Cote d'Azur. Visitors to the guestrooms can relax on down duvets and feather beds, as well as enjoy the hotel's private balconies and marble-tile baths. Le Merigot offers a European-style spa and award-winning restaurant featuring French and California cuisine. The hotel is a convenient 10 miles from LAX Airport and 14 miles from downtown Los Angeles.

Le Merigot
1740 Ocean Ave.
Santa Monica, CA 90401
(310) 395-9700
marriott.com/hotels/travel/laxlm-le-merigot-a-jw-marriott-beach-hotel-and-spa-santa-monica/

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Visitors to Santa Monica, California can choose from a variety of high-end hotels.

Article Written By Charity Corkey

Charity Corkey has a B.A. in print journalism and more than four years of writing and journalism experience - including her work as a former writer and online producer for The Washington Post and The Washington Times. She is now a media coordinator for a Virginia nonprofit that provides assistance to injured troops.

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