The Beverly Hills Hotel

The Pink Palace is Los Angeles mythology made physical — banana-leaf wallpaper, the Polo Lounge, decades of Hollywood lore — and tucked within it is a genuinely lovely spa run with La Prairie. The dry sauna and steam room are part of a calm, considered thermal suite that feels like a secret garden after the glamour of the lobby. You come here for the legend first and the sweat second, but the heat is well kept and the whole experience is soaked in old-Hollywood romance. The bungalows and rooms are unapologetically iconic; the gardens are a destination in themselves. It's not cheap and it's not trying to be cutting-edge — it's trying to be timeless, and it succeeds. Spa access typically requires a treatment or day-spa booking, so arrange that when you reserve and make an afternoon of it.