On the cutting edge of Beverly Hills and West Hollywood, the Elan Hotel is nestled among the area's finest high end shopping, dining and entertainment venues, including the Beverly Center and The Grove, with swanky Rodeo Drive and Melrose Avenue just beyond. The ultra modern hotel lies two blocks from Restaurant Row, a mile from Museum Row and close to the Hollywood Highland complex, home to the Kodak Theater where the Oscars ceremonies are held. Guests can stumble upon the Sunset Strip's more than 100 restaurants and nightclubs five minutes away and all things Hollywood.

Back at the Elan, travelers can graze on complimentary continental breakfasts of coffee, fruit, pastries and bagels. At nights, they can mingle at the manager's reception, sip complimentary wine and munch on cheese. To keep in shape while in the City of Angels, guests can patronize the hotel's fitness center and another center three blocks away. In something that's so California, they can nosh fresh fruits and muffins while surfing the Internet in the hotel's sleek Cyber Lounge.

The Toronto newspaper described the Elan as a gem of a place with mod furnishings in muted tones of blue, papaya and celery green. With a dash of panache, the 50 guest rooms come equipped with down comforters, high speed Internet connections, 25 inch TVs with VCRs and pay movies, coffee makers, Wolfgang Puck's gourmet coffee, laptop safes, irons and ironing boards, hair dryers, luxurious Irish cotton bath towels, skin and bath care products from the Lather company, and refrigerators stuffed with snacks and beverages.

Guests looking for style and intimacy won't believe the fun and funky Elan Hotel was fashioned out of an old retirement home. So California!