The Four Seasons Los Angeles at Beverly Hills rests serenely on a palm-tree lined avenue near Rodeo Drive, and maintains a reputation for glamourous guests and inviting Southern California style. Now, a complete renovation has delivered modern Italian dining and an updated Windows Lounge as well as a new pool, terrace and whirlpool to the luxury hotel.

The facilities

The hotel features a famously glamorous pool set on a beautifully landscaped terrace. Recently refurbished, the pool deck features an elevated whirlpool, six poolside cabanas for spa treatments or shaded seclusion, and the water is kept at a sultry 26 degrees.  Next door is the hotel’s exclusive spa, offering exquisite treatments, massages and rituals.

The Four Seasons Los Angeles features modern Italian dining at Culina. With an emphasis on simple but elegant dishes and exceptional ingredients, the restaurant offers superior indoor or outdoor dining. The garden patio is a real draw, featuring a ”living wall” of cacti and a fire-and-water fountain that provide a theatrical flair for al fresco meals. Outdoor spaces at Windows Lounge also play a prominent role, with newly planted orange trees, bougainvillea and greenery outside countering the chic wooden wine cabinets and moody green onyx fireplace inside. The bar itself is known as a gathering place for the Hollywood crowd, so come here to see and be seen.

To balance out the decadent food, the luxury hotel offers a fitness centre which includes top-of-the-line cardio-equipment with individual flat-screen televisions. The Four Seasons also has a wide range of services for families, including babysitting services, child-size bathrobes, complimentary baby bath products and children’s menus in the restaurant and on the room service menu. The hotel can also add cribs or rollaway beds to rooms along with complimentary colouring books with crayons.

The rooms

The 285 guest rooms at the Four Seasons Los Angeles are decked out in the warm tones of Southern California. Each room features French doors that open onto reveal a private balcony and panoramic views of the rolling landscape. Modern amenities like flat-screen TVs, DVD players, iPod docks and WiFi come standard, and the renovation has added design details that pay homage to the timeless glamour of 1940s Hollywood, with mirrored wall panels and white gold chinoiserie headboards. The bathrooms were recently updated with new fixtures, glass enclosures for the bathing area and new flat-screen televisions.