Shade Hotel

Welcome to Shade, Manhattan Beach's only luxury boutique hotel, located 15 minutes from LAX and two blocks from the beach. It's the perfect destination to enjoy a sunny beachside vacation, treat your hardworking staff to a functional business meeting, throw the wedding or event of your dreams, and experience the thriving South Bay surf cities.Cond Nast Traveler listed Shade as the #6 reason to...

The Extras: The bar often overflows to a rooftop terrace, ideal for summer months, offering vast ocean views, comfortable loungers and a very small pool for dipping your feet.

Parking: Valet parking is available for $15 per night.

The area between Los Angeles and Newport Beach has long been a kind of traveler's no man's land, but the addition of a few chic hotels is changing that. Shade Hotel has a sharp urban vibe, beginning with its style, which is contemporary,… Read More

Shade is a sun-drenched blend of by-gone beach scene and daring West Coast design aesthetic in a habitual L.A.-area hot spot. The 38 rooms are both ultracomfy and intriguing, with goose-down duvets, two-person hydrotherapy bathtubs, and state-of-the-art margarita blenders; some have tubular fireplaces for those chilly winter nights at the beach. The lobby and Zinc Lounge offer a modern take on...

Super-contemporary design makes this place feel like an adults-only playground. Rooms come with a sunken whirlpool tub surrounded by a movable shojilike screen, a sculptural fireplace, a martini shaker, and overhead "chromatherapy" lighting that changes color via digital touch plates. Up on the roof is a sundeck, pool, and workout area; stand on tiptoe to see the ocean. The hotel is just a...

With a lodge, a huge campground, miles of coastline, and easy access from the highway, this is another popular spot. Keen-eyed beachcombers may spot sea otters just offshore; they were reintroduced here in 1970.

This is one of the very few boutique hotels that cater to both leisure and business clients. After a long day of sight-seeing, or a busy meeting, what better way to relax than to visit a spa? Trilogy, Shade's spa partner, provides guests with every treatment imaginable. The in-house bar, Zinc, is ideal for a cool drink and some tapas. The hotel also has adequate business facilities, and private...