California Travel Tips
California’s Historic Hotels
Published on: February 09, 2017
The Golden State has many historic hotels with a fascinating past.
By C. MacDonald
Here are a few of my favorites
- I’ve always loved the ambiance of Hotel Del Coronado. And what a past it has.
- The Mission Inn in Riverside was a vacation destination for Europeans in the early 20th Century.
- La Valencia Hotel in La Jolla has been a favorite Hollywood celebrity hangout going back to the days of Clark Gable.
- Historic Murphys Hotel started out as the Sperry and Perry Hotel during the Gold Rush in 1856.
- Claremont Resort and Spa in the Berkeley Hills was built on land purchased during Gold Rush Days.
- Hotel Whitcomb served as San Francisco City Hall from 1912-15.
- President Ulysses S. Grant stayed at The Palace Hotel for a week in 1879.
- The U.S. Grant Hotel in San Diego was built by the General’s son, U.S. Grant, Jr.
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