The Fairmont Miramar Hotel Santa Monica is our top pick in Santa Monica: 0.5 miles from the center, holds an AAA Four Diamond designation (2026), hotel class luxury, self parking $79 per night, check-in after 4:00 PM and 26 facts verified on its own website. The Huntley Hotel and Oceana Santa Monica come next among the 16 hotels that can be ranked, out of 65 within 2 miles of the center of Santa Monica.
65 hotels within 2 miles of the center of Santa Monica were considered and 16 can be ranked. Checked October 4, 2026.
0.5 mi from the center of Santa Monica, straight lineOverture Maps Places · checked
Best-of 81.8Score 79.7 · Detailed profile
Backed by 26 facts from the hotel's own website (checked October 3, 2026), 2 contact details from open place records, 1 recognized award and distances from open map data.
0.6 mi from the center of Santa Monica, straight lineOverture Maps Places · checked
Best-of 67.5Score 69.8 · Detailed profile
Backed by 29 facts from the hotel's own website (checked October 3, 2026), 2 contact details from open place records, 1 recognized award and distances from open map data.
0.9 mi from the center of Santa Monica, straight lineOverture Maps Places · checked
Best-of 55.9Score 54.7 · Growing profile
Backed by 10 facts from the hotel's own website (checked October 3, 2026), 2 contact details from open place records, 2 recognized awards and distances from open map data.
0.2 mi from the center of Santa Monica, straight lineOverture Maps Places · checked
Best-of 52.5Score 75.2 · Detailed profile
Backed by 34 facts from the hotel's own website (checked October 3, 2026), 3 contact details from open place records, 1 recognized award and distances from open map data.
0.9 mi from the center of Santa Monica, straight lineOverture Maps Places · checked
Best-of 52.1Score 74.9 · Detailed profile
Backed by 14 facts from the hotel's own website (checked October 3, 2026), 2 contact details from open place records, 1 recognized award and distances from open map data.
0.7 mi from the center of Santa Monica, straight lineOverture Maps Places · checked
Best-of 47.7Score 70.2 · Detailed profile
Backed by 20 facts from the hotel's own website (checked October 3, 2026), 2 contact details from open place records, 1 recognized award and distances from open map data.
65 hotels were considered and 16 can be ranked. The other 49 are not ranked yet: our profile of each is not yet a Detailed or Full profile (a Journeyed Score of 65 or more) and no recognized award is on record for it. That describes how much we have verified so far, never the hotel itself.
"Best" on this page means first by one published formula, not by anyone's opinion: recognized awards count 30 points, hotel class 30, verified facts (parking, parking fee, check-in time and more) 15, reader votes 10 and distance to Santa Monica 15, out of 100.
Only hotels with a Detailed or Full profile (a Journeyed Score of 65 or more) or a recognized award can be ranked, and no hotel can pay for a place on this list.
Formula best-1.1.
Recognized awards, 30 points: the highest level a hotel holds on the awarding body's own current list. MICHELIN Guide: Three MICHELIN Keys 100%, Two MICHELIN Keys 90%, One MICHELIN Key 80%. Forbes Travel Guide: Five-Star 100%, Four-Star 85%, Recommended 70%. AAA: Five Diamond 100%, Four Diamond 75%.
Hotel class, 30 points: luxury 100%, upper upscale 80%, upscale 60%, upper midscale 40%, midscale 20%, economy 0%, from the published chain scale of the hotel's brand, or from the awarding body's own definition of a level the hotel holds. A hotel with no class on record gets 0 here.
Verified facts, 15 points: the share of these facts on record with a source: parking, parking fee, check-in time, checkout time, pet policy, pool, fitness room and Wi-Fi.
Reader votes, 10 points: the share of reader Yes or No votes that confirm what the hotel states about its details, starting from a neutral 5 votes at 50%. A hotel with no votes yet gets half.
Distance, 15 points: full points at 0 miles and none at 2 miles from Santa Monica, in a straight line.
Ties go to the higher Journeyed Score, then the shorter distance.
This list uses no guest reviews and no review-site ratings. Reader opinion enters only as Yes or No votes on specific details of a hotel, cast on its page. No votes have been counted for the hotels considered here yet, so every hotel carries the same neutral value for that part of the formula.
No reviews, by design. This ranking is built only from things you can check: facts each hotel states on its own website (each linked and dated), recognized awards read from the awarding body's own list, the hotel class of its brand, distances computed from open map data, and reader Yes or No votes on specific details once enough people have voted.
On record for Los Angeles: 13,199 sourced facts on 2,610 hotels, 471 hotel websites read and 84 recognized awards on 60 hotels from Forbes Travel Guide and AAA. Reader voting is open on every hotel page.
One published formula for every hotel. No hotel can pay to change a score or a rank, and a fact loses credit when it is not re-checked within 180 days.
The Fairmont Miramar Hotel Santa Monica is our top pick in Santa Monica: 0.5 miles from the center, holds an AAA Four Diamond designation (2026), hotel class luxury, self parking $79 per night, check-in after 4:00 PM and 26 facts verified on its own website. Best here means first by our published formula of recognized awards, hotel class, verified facts, reader votes and distance.
Which hotels in Santa Monica have free parking?
Santa Monica Hotel states free self parking on its own website, among the hotels ranked here.
How are the hotels on this list ranked?
"Best" on this page means first by one published formula, not by anyone's opinion: recognized awards count 30 points, hotel class 30, verified facts (parking, parking fee, check-in time and more) 15, reader votes 10 and distance to Santa Monica 15, out of 100. Only hotels with a Detailed or Full profile (a Journeyed Score of 65 or more) or a recognized award can be ranked, and no hotel can pay for a place on this list.
Is this list based on guest reviews?
No. This list uses no guest reviews and no review-site ratings. Reader opinion enters only as Yes or No votes on specific details of a hotel, cast on its page. No votes have been counted for the hotels considered here yet, so every hotel carries the same neutral value for that part of the formula.
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