Location.The Hotel Shangri La Santa Monica is located on a bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean in Santa Monica, Calif. Third Street Promenade is one block from the hotel. Santa Monica Beach is down the bluff, approximately four blocks away. Santa Monica Pier is one-half mile away. The hotel is three-and-one-half miles from Venice Beach. Hotel Features. Built in 1939, the Hotel Shangri La Santa Monica's recent redesign invigorates its aesthetics of the past. In keeping with the Art Deco style, the hotel's all-white façade is complemented by floor-to-ceiling windows, curved corners and metal linings. The Shangri La Santa Monica restaurant serves gourmet cuisine while overlooking the pool and courtyard. The hotel includes a rooftop bar and lounge and a sidewalk café. The outdoor, rooftop pool is joined by lounge chairs, umbrellas and cabanas, and an exercise and yoga deck. Spa services are offered in the courtyard.

Guestrooms. The Hotel Shangri La Santa Monica offers 71 smoke-free, hypoallergenic guestrooms that overlook the Pacific Ocean. Flat-panel televisions, wireless Internet access and iPod docking stations are provided. Bathrooms feature Natura Green toiletries and Frette bathrobes. Select rooms include verandas and fireplaces.

Expert Tip. Check out the view from the window-encased bathroom. Guestrooms at the Hotel Shangri La Santa Monica feature bathrooms with windows that, when open, look through the bedded sleeping area and out toward floor-to-ceiling ocean views. When closed, the bathroom windows' exterior act as a mirrored wall.

Room Types:

One Bedroom Ocean View Suite:   One king bed with 400-thread-count linens. 600 square feet. Floors 1-5. Ocean view. Kitchenette. Sitting area with sofa. Desk. 50-inch flat-panel TV with premium cable channels and DVD player. Multi-line phone with voice mail. Complimentary wireless Internet access. Complimentary weekday newspapers. Clock radio. In-room safe. Hair dryer. Bathrobes. Bathroom with Carrara-marble and telephone. Wood floors and mahogany furniture.

Deluxe Ocean View :   One king bed with 400-thread-count Italian Frette linens. 300 square feet. Floors 2-5. Ocean view. Hardwood flooring. Sofa. Coffee table. Desk. 60-inch flat-panel TV with premium cable channels and DVD player. Multi-line phone with voice mail. Complimentary wireless Internet access. Clock radio with iPod dock. Complimentary weekday newspapers. Kitchenette. Hair dryer. Bathrobes. Bathroom with telephone. In-room safe.