San Luis Obispo, Calif.--The pink hotel named Madonna, along the highway built by Catholic padres, now features its very own spa treatments and alas, a pool!

Madonna Inn has always made a splash with its garish decor and pink color scheme. Yet, in all its years and hot summer days that San Luis Obispo enjoys, it has never owned a swimming pool for guests.  Alex Madonna, who was both a builder and rancher, created one of the best-known roadside institutions and most famous waterfalls in the lobby of the men's room.

Swiss mix meets Old West in a chalet themed hotel, complete with farm animals that roam on property.

Despite a 1966 fire that destroyed the original guest rooms, the inn caught on, thanks to its location as a midway point between Los Angeles and San Francisco, and it grew to 109 rooms. From the much-requested Caveman Room to Love Nest to Oriental Fantasy, no two are alike, though many feature bold hues, carved wood and water features.

Besides the guest rooms, the 2,200-acre inn property includes two restaurants (one with a 28-foot golden tree made of copper tubing, a pastry shop, cocktail lounge, a convention facility that holds 2,600 people, and the 1,292-foot Cerro San Luis, a mountain whose trails have long been popular with local hikers.
 

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