The Peninsula Beverly Hills is located in one of the most prestigious areas of Los Angeles, at the intersection of Wilshire and Santa Monica Boulevards. Designed to resemble a gracious private residence, the hotel features 194 newly enhanced guestrooms including 38 suites and 16 private villas which are nestled amid lush, tropical gardens. There are four restaurants and bars, a Spa and fitness centre and a large outdoor pool bordered by private cabanas.

If you?re cruising down Rodeo Drive, swing a left on Carmelita Avenue and toward the intersection of Santa Monica and Wilshire Boulevard to end up at The Peninsula Beverly Hills. This classic French château-style hotel in one of America?s most desirable zip codes is like a Stepford wife?s dream, in a good way: If you?re a regular at this palatial pad, you?ll be treated to monogrammed pillows, and the same goes for your pet pooch. Rooms are warm and bright, with honey-toned wood furnishings and garden-print fabrics, giving everything a prim and proper vibe?sophisticated, not stuffy. If you?re lucky enough to book a suite, you?ll be treated to a fragrant garden villa, hand-painted finishes, and a full kitchen?although we doubt you?ll be making your own meals. Head down to The Belvedere, where you can talk business over a quintessentially American power lunch of juicy, grilled rib-eye and fingerling potatoes, and then take a quick walk over to LACMA, one of the city?s most renowned spaces for art. Or, if you?re about the...