Inside a Canyon View Suite at The Hotel Bel-Air

October 20, 2011 at 2:48 PM | by juliana | Comments (0)

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If you followed our live-blog of the recently reopened Hotel Bel-Air yesterday, you got to see a sneak peek of the new guestrooms and suites inside the hotel. (Missed it? Don't worry, it's still right here.) Today, we can show you a little more, starting off with the drop dead luxurious Canyon View Suite in the hotel's lower canyon--or more explicitly, to the left of the new lobby and restaurant.

These accommodations are the newest ones for the hotel (i.e. never existed before!) yet despite this, the Canyon View rooms and suites look very much a part of the hotel...on the outside that is. The exterior is the same pink as the other buildings and the modern stairways leading up to the rooms are the only real giveaway that this was not here before.

(Still, even if you were a frequent visitor to the Bel-Air before the renovations, you will find yourself second-guessing what was here before and what was not quite a bit. Everything but the pool looks so different.)

Inside the suite, is where you really see the effect of the *New and Improved* Hotel Bel-Air. The space is full of high-end luxury and technology like three Bang & Olufsen HDTVs (including one over the deep-soaking tub), Fili D'oro bed linens, work desks with integrated media hubs, iPads, La Prairie toiletries (the only hotel in the U.S. to carry these), heated limestone floors and custom marble bath vanities. There's also a separate guest bath, a private terrace with incredible canyon views and a fire place as well as a small outdoor jacuzzi.

Of course, this being a glamorous new suite at the legendary Hotel Bel-Air, rates start at $1,900 a night.

All of the hotel's rooms and suites were designed by Alexandra Champalimaud who sought to blend the hotel's existing exteriors with a "modern international flair" on the inside, a task that could have gone terribly wrong yet works very well here, thanks to not just the tech upgrades but the contemporary residential feel, especially down in the standard guestrooms (we'll have those photos tomorrow.)

Previously, the Hotel Bel-Air sported lots of frills, florals and fussiness but now the rooms are, as Christopher Cowdray, CEO of Dorchester Collection Hotels said, "what today's travelers are looking for." You know, provided that today's travelers have two grand to spend on a hotel room. We know we wish we did!

Stay tuned for more inside the Hotel Bel-Air including a look at the new Wolfgang Puck restaurant and bar!

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