Go California dreaming with Small Luxury Hotels of the World at a luxury boutique hotel in Santa Monica. You’ll soon be mingling with the stars in elegant Montana Avenue boutiques and being chauffeured to drive-in movies on the city’s old pier.
Luxury things to do in Santa Monica
Stock up on LA-chic at 7 For All Mankind in Santa Monica Place. On Santa Monica Beach, your personal ‘beach butler’ will deliver chilled cocktails and adjust your parasol while you bask on its 6km of white sands. Follow in the footsteps of A-listers as you tread the boards of 100 year-old Santa Monica Pier. It was a backdrop for movie classics like Paul Newman’s The Sting.
Santa Monica’s luxury art scene
In Bergamot Station art complex, you’ll be charmed by the sugar cube shaped Santa Monica Museum of Art. It’s a former rail freight warehouse turned contemporary gallery. For a different take on the scene, visit the stylish Main Street. This open-air gallery is full of oceanic sculptures and murals depicting sea creatures. A spree at the ultra-hip Design District Showrooms may see you shipping home one-off pieces like lamps by Philippe Starck.
Gourmet Santa Monica
Hollywood stars choose luxury eateries on sea-view Ocean Avenue to be photographed by the paparazzi over plates of Pacific-fresh lobster. On bohemian Pico Boulevard, organic cafés offer an international fusion of French patisserie and Austrian schnitzel. For Southern Californian haute cuisine, restaurants on Downtown Santa Monica Boulevard serve succulent peppered rib eye steaks.
Choose a luxury boutique hotel in Santa Monica with Small Luxury Hotels of the World and mingle with the LA jet set on palm-lined Ocean Avenue. You can even see the iconic white Hollywood sign from the window of your suite.