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Bargain Travel West guide to unique destinations, sight-seeing, history and culture,
budget travel vacation ideas for the independent traveler in the western
U.S., Canada and Caribbean.
Travel destination in Los Angeles
THE GEORGIAN HOTEL
Art Deco Ocean Views in Santa Monica
Santa
Monica is often called California’s “left coast” for
its politics, but since the Red Cars carried Southern California’s
dry land bound citizenry to the beaches in the 1930’s, Santa Monica
has been the symbol of the casual sunshine lifestyle. Art Deco design
was all the rage in oh so moderne Los Angeles in the 30’s. Many
examples are gone, or remain only as a few vestiges of lost landmarks.
The Georgian Hotel, built in 1933 at the height of the era, rose 8 stories
on Santa Monica’s Ocean 
Boulevard,
with views and classic comfortable veranda overlooking the washed sandy
beaches below
the cliff. Hollywood
came to call, escaping the valley to beat the heat when the “June
gloom” and Pacific breeze would shade the coast. A “speakeasy” restaurant
in the Georgian Hotel’s basement served bootleg liquor to the likes
of Clarke Gable, “Fatty” Arbuckle and Carole Lombard. In
the 1960’s the Georgian Hotel was turned into an apartment residence
where Rose Kennedy would entertain political dignitaries and movie stars.
The 70’s saw the decline, but old has seen a revival in California.
The
historic Georgian Hotel has been renovated to its earlier glory as
one of the Historic
Hotels of America. With
its location
across from
Santa Monica’s State Beach, views of the Santa Monica Pier’s
new Ferris wheel (see Santa
Monica Pier),
a short walk to the restaurants, clubs and movie theaters of the
Third Street Promenade, the Georgian Hotel
offers
a unique
city
hotel experience. Pacific sunsets from front facing rooms 
or
dining at the Veranda Restaurant compliment the feeling of the LA of
days
gone by with
the modern ameneties of LCD flatscreens and goose down comforters.
For those visitors to California unfamiliar to the LA area landscape,
from
its location on Ocean Boulevard just off the corner of Santa Monica
Boulevard, Beverly Hills shopping and Hollywood are a straight drive
away. The Georgian
Hotel, managed by the Broughton Hospitality Group as a luxury style
hotel is pricier than a motel, but offers bed & breakfast
packages and suites in an historic unique setting. © Bargain
Travel West
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