Some vacationers like to remain in five-star resorts. Others desire some grit with their lodging – motels with enjoyable historical past, quirky attraction and loads of “character”(that’s what they name these mysterious carpet stains).
With a automotive tradition and pure magnificence that encourages roamin’ round, California is stuffed with such unpolished gems. The Los Angeles Occasions lately rounded up a bunch of them for its “34 coolest, kitschiest, most fascinating motels in California.” These are motel-style lodging between San Francisco and San Diego, constructed between the Thirties and ’70s, many with current renovations.
The hospitality business “might tiptoe around the m-word, but they’re bringing those properties back,” writes the paper’s Christopher Reynolds. “Every week, it seems, another revived California roadside lodging reopens, many of them festooned with the bold, space-age shapes and signage that mid-century design geeks know as Googie.”
Need a motel with a narrative to inform? Listed here are 10 listed so as of driving distance from the Bay:
The Los Angeles Occasions’ coolest and kitschiest motels in California (Bay Space version)
1 Motel Capri – San Francisco (Marina District)
2 Lodge Del Sol – San Francisco (Marina District)
3 Phoenix Lodge – San Francisco (Tenderloin)
4 Beck’s Motor Lodge – San Francisco (the Castro)
5 Sea & Sand Inn – Santa Cruz
6 Le Petit Pali Ocean Avenue – Carmel
7 Glen Oaks Resort Adobe Motor Lodge – Large Sur
8 Cambria Seashore Lodge – Cambria
9 Melody Ranch Motel – Paso Robles
10 Pacific Motel – San Luis Obispo
Supply: https://www.latimes.com/journey/checklist/best-motels-california-guide
