La Playa Hotel

Just 5 miles from Monterey Bay Aquarium, this luxury Carmel hotel offers a complimentary champagne brunch each morning. Guests will enjoy the outdoor pool complete with loungers. All spacious rooms include free WiFi.



A flat-screen TV with cable is featured in each amply furnished room at La Playa Carmel. A minibar and coffee-making facilities offer beverage options. Select rooms boast ocean views.



Guests can enjoy a gourmet breakfast in the library lounge showcasing views of the Pacific Ocean. The menu includes fresh pastries, fruit and a variety of hot entrees. All-day dining is available.



Carmel La Playa is 4 minutes’ walk from the beach. Monterey Airport is 5 miles away.



- Restored & Re-storied - $20M Renovation completed Fall 2023

- Tastefully enhanced, all while preserving the quiet eclecticism for which this historic institution is known.

- Once a luxurious mansion built in 1905 by an artist as a gift to his wife, a member of the Ghirardelli family, for over 100 years La Playa Hotel has been known as the “Grande Dame of Carmel.”

- The renovation carefully covered all aspects of the hotel, from the welcoming lobby to the commodious corners of Bud’s bar and the luxuriously appointed guest rooms with sunfilled windows beckoning the ocean breeze.

- HD Design Award Winner

- Featured in Vogue, NY Times "T List," Travel + Leisure, Dezeen & Condé Nast.



Renovation highlights:

- Air Conditioning in all Guest Rooms

- Custom Barmoire in all Guest Rooms — Offering a specially curated cocktail experience.

- Three 1-Bedroom Suites

- King Beds in all Single Bed Rooms

- Updated Guest Bathrooms