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Inside the Portola Hotel & Spa in Monterey

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 2 Portola Plaza [map], Monterey, CA, United States, 93940
July 13, 2011 at 11:36 AM | by | Comments (0)

Yesterday, we showed you what has to be the cutest key card, and today we'll show you what it opens. We recently stayed the night in Monterey and shacked up at the Portola Hotel & Spa.

We took a chance and booked the hotel through Hotwire and scored a night for $151 ($177.58 with taxes and fees). Rooms typically start at $229 a night. Was the hotel as cute as its sea otter keycard mascot? Find out after the jump.

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The Key Card at The Portola Hotel and Spa Will Melt Your Heart

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 2 Portola Plaza [map], Monterey, CA, United States, 93940
July 12, 2011 at 4:00 PM | by | Comments (2)

We got a hotel key card that's so cute, we want to keep it in our wallet and bust it out and show people as if it were a photo of our kid. The Portola Hotel & Spa in Monterey features a cuddly looking sea otter peeking his furry head out of the water on its key card.

You could mistake the front of the plastic card as a ticket to the Monterey Bay Aquarium, but the back of it has the hotel's name and info. Unfortunately, the adorable card doesn't double as a pass to get you into the aquarium, the big thing to see in this coastal city.

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Spindrift Inn No Longer Spendthrift

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 652 Cannery Row [map], Monterey, CA, United States, 93940
February 17, 2009 at 12:49 PM | by | Comments (0)

Monterey is not exactly known for its budget accommodations, however seedy Cannery Row’s past might have been. So it seems that the Spindrift Inn has decided to conform, renovating its rooms in what it calls “European elegance.”

From what we can tell, that means the Inn’s 45 rooms have gotten hardwood floors, over-stuffed feather bedding, little sitting areas, marble bathrooms with nickel fittings, and traditional furnishings (except for the flatscreen TV’s, or course) decorated in green and red tones.

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