Blog entries collection for the tag hotels

Perhaps the Los Angeles area’s earliest, best-known hotel was the 243 feet (74 meters) long, 50 feet (15 meters) wide, two stories high  Convento  wing of the San Fernando Mission, used by travelers on El Camino Real during the early 1800s.

 As the city grew, so did the number of hotels. By the late 1800s and early 1900s the Los Angeles area offered visitors a diverse selection of accommodations. Among them were abodes that enticed the rich, the famous and the notorious.

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