Luxury Travel Advisor - April 2008 - (Page 36) HOTELS Marmont Chateau CHATEAU MARMONT‘s exclusive Two-Bedroom Penthouse Suite has housed A-list celebs for months, even years, at a time. Help clients nest like a superstar at Hollywood’s original A-list hideaway. Atmosphere, atmosphere, atmosphere (to give a new twist to the familiar real estate mantra) is what makes the Chateau Marmont (www.chateaumarmont. com) so special. Plus, no other hotel we’ve visited comes close to its star-studded guest list (it would be much easier to list the celebrities who have not stayed here) or its retro-chic charm and unostentatious luxury. Everything about this sevenstory hotel, which is nestled on a hilltop overlooking Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood, is quirky, from its faux-Frenchcastle architecture and its underground entrance to its dark Gothic lounge, dimly lit halls, small pool and even smaller dining room. Built in 1920 as Los Angeles’s first earthquake-proof residential building, Chateau Marmont was taken over in the ’90s by New York hotelier André Balazs, who went for an extensive redesign. Balazs removed the shabby old trappings, replacing them with carefully selected look-alikes. He did it so successfully that the renovation was barely noticeable; of course, the quality soared. Upon arriving, guests leave their cars with a valet in the underground garage and take the elevator (which also goes straight to the bedrooms) or stairs to the lobby and lounge area, a cozy space with Gothic arches, lofty wood-beamed ceilings, strategically placed sofas, armchairs and low tables and moody lighting. The restaurant, next to the oak-paneled reception desk, has just eight tables—its size leaving little doubt that there is a huge 36 LUXURY TRAVEL ADVISOR | April 2008 http://www.chateaumarmont.com http://www.chateaumarmont.com
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