California Home+Design's 50 Best Designed Hotels

From seaside retreats to stylish urban haunts, there's one thing these hotels, inns and resorts have in common: they embrace great design.

Colleen Clark

1. Post Ranch Inn	2. Viceroy Santa Monica	3. Parker Palm Springs
4. Auberge du Soleil	5. Ace Hotel & Swim Club	6. Mojave Sands
7. Hotel Bel-Air	8. SLS Hotel at Beverly Hills	9. Carneros Inn
10. Inn at the Presidio	11. Bardessono	12. Hotel Lautner
13. The Avalon	14. Clift Hotel	15. Viceroy Palm Springs
16. Andaz San Diego	17. Mondrian Los Angeles	18. H2Hotel
19. Hollywood Roosevelt	20. Carmel Valley Ranch	21. Four Seasons Santa Barbara
22. Palihotel Melrose	23. Colony Palms	24. Hotel Healdsburg
25. Hotel Shangri-La	26. Hotel Del Coronado	27. The Standard Downtown
28. The Huntley	29. W San Francisco	30. The Saguaro
31. Mr. C Beverly Hills	32. Treebones	33. Hotel Palomar San Diego
34. Farmer's Daughter	35. Shorebreak Hotel	36. The Redbury Los Angeles
37. Hotel Tomo	38. Thompson Beverly Hills	39. Farmhouse Inn
40. The Standard Hotel Hollywood	41. The Pearl	42. Chateau Marmont
43. Hotel Wilshire	44. The US Grant	45. Andaz West Hollywood
46. Canary	47. W San Diego	48. Hotel Erwin
49. Waterfront Hotel	50. Presidio Motel