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Le Merigot- Jw Marriott Beach Hotel & Spa
1740 Ocean Avenue
Santa Monica, CA 90401
 

If you ask Britney Spears or other celebrities why they've stayed at this hotel, the resounding answer would be location, location and spa vacation. Le Merigot hotel overlooks Santa Monica Pier and beach, offering the amenities you expect in a 4 Diamond beach hotel or resort. Restaurants on site, cocktail bars, meeting space and great patios where guests can sit and socialize, enjoying the fresh beach air and open skies, minus the wind are a few of the plus points. The spa services will blow you away, however. The variety of treatments and quality of service are outstanding. 

Available in full and half sessions, some of the options include Swedish or Aromatherapy, Deep Tissue, Shiatsu or Pregnancy, Hot Stone, Reiki or Cranial Sacral, Reflexology, Duet Massage, Scalp Treatment, Body Polish, Anti-Stress Aromatherapy Body Wrap, Moor Mud Body Wrap, Green Coffee Contour Slimming Wrap, Kneipp Herbal Baths, Classic European Facial, Caviar & Pearl Lifting Facial, Purifying Back Treatment, Eye Treatment, Youthful Lip Smoothing Treatment, Waxing Services, Micro Dermabrasion facial and many more. Add to the treatments and massages the finest products such as luxurious coconut milk moisturizer, jojoba bead gommage, Neroli or orange blossom, lavender, eucalyptus, spruce, pine and calming rose. It's no mystery why celebrity guests, locals and tourists love this spa.  The options are incredible. Within a year, you may have experienced the many offerings on the menu that also include manicures and pedicures. If you like being pampered, you better stay at Le Merigot. Prices begin at $30.

Location is still a top selling point for a stay at this destination resort where the staff is incredibly nice.  There wasn't a negative or unpleasant person we dealt with on a recent stay. From the moment you drive up to the valet you are greeted in a friendly, helpful manner. Check-in is equally pleasing and any room requests are handled with amazing ease.

The hotel lobbies and spaces contain lots of marble and granite accents with tan treatments. The rooms contain fine down duvets dressed in Frette linen, nice bathrooms with marble baths, great soap, shampoo and decent shower heads. The terrycloth robes and slippers, plus evening turn-down service are really enjoyable.

Cezanne restaurant serves breakfast, lunch and dinner with foods artfully prepared in a menu that's a standout.  Sunday brunches are a real treat and recommended for weekend visits. If you prefer to venture out, a few blocks away is the restaurant where smooth jazz is served up in live broadcasts from KTWV, 94.7 Wave. i. Cugini,1501 Ocean Avenue, Santa Monica, CA 90401 Reservations: (310) 451-4595. Champagne Brunch, $49.95 per person +tax & tip, subject to change.

With a room card key you can workout in the hotel gym, access the door that leads to the beach, use the swimming pool and get out and walk to most everything. Amusements and shops are all within a few blocks. The valet will tell you to leave the car and walk. 3rd Street Promenade, great restaurants and many attractions, fun and beaches are at your beckoning call when you stay at Le Merigot.

This JW Marriott hotel is a boutique style property that's well insulated for quiet accommodations so close to the beach and Ocean Avenue. Leave your cares behind when you stay at this great find. 

When we first entered the travel biz, we used to get calls from tourists wanting to visit Santa Monica. They would most often ask which hotels were at the beach. From our studies of maps, there was no way to determine if a hotel would fit a specific need. Now the picture has become clearer.  Great hotels in the several hundred dollar range include Le Merigot, Loews and Shutters at the Beach.  Less expensive options might include a near neighbor to Le Merigot, Hotel California.

Budget hotels surround the boutique hotels but most are not so close to the beach as is Le Merigot and its oceanside hotel neighbors. We recommend this great hotel for those who don't have to cut corners. Pay a little extra for amenities, location and the great lifestyle you enjoy at your very own home. If your philosophy is to go budget because you won't be in the room much, there are other hotels not so close to the beach that don't cost as much. But for us, Le Merigot is just our speed.

Le Merigot- Jw Marriott Beach Hotel & Spa Reservations