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Check In/Check Out: Oceana Hotel in Santa Monica

The recently refreshed property marries Hollywood glamour with California coastal cool

Words by KELSEY McKINNON

 

Just north of the hustle and bustle of Downtown Santa Monica are charming, palm-lined residential streets boasting historic Mediterranean Revival dwellings and landmarked Craftsman residences. It’s here that the beachfront, ivy-clad Oceana hotel reopened this fall following a nearly $30 million refresh with almost every conceivable luxury from home.

Centered around a freeform pool complete with oversize daybeds, the 70 suites are outfitted with Frette linens, Loro Piana bedding, hand-tufted rugs from Nepal, original works by local artists and Bottega Veneta bath products. With nods to silver-screen icons peppered throughout, coconut-fig facials on the spa menu and Pelotons in the gym (plus beach cruisers out front), plus customized meals by chef Raphael Lunetta at the guests-only restaurant and thoughtful touches like in-room lavender bundles, it might be even better than home.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

849 Ocean Ave., Santa Monica, 800-777-0758.

 

Feature image: The OCEANA hotel in Santa Monica. All photos by Lisa Romerein.

 

This story originally appeared in the December 2019 issue of C Magazine.

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