Westin Bonaventure Los Angeles
Spend the Night where the Movie Stars Work
Turn your trip to Los Angeles into a sight seeing adventure with a visit to the Westin Bonaventure.
If you’re headed to Los Angeles, whether for vacation or business, why not stay in a hotel with character, convenience, and one where some of your favorite movies were filmed. The Westin Bonaventure offers all of the above and more.
Centrally located in the heart of L.A.’s financial district, the Bonaventure is the city’s largest hotel. Easily distinguished from its neighbors, this 35-story structure is made up of five cylindrical mirrored glass towers. The famed glass elevators start in the atrium fountain and shoot straight up through the lobby roof along the outside of the building.
The Westin Bonaventure boasts not just great sleeping accommodations, but enough of the extras that you wouldn’t even have to leave the hotel. Immediately, upon entrance the guests are treated to a six story central atrium which houses 42 restaurants and shops, including a state-of-the-art gym and spa. Guests can step outside and soak up the sun at the outdoor pool or mosey over to the only on-premises brewery in downtown L.A. And no visit would be complete without a visit to the revolving rooftop bar.
But the main reason to visit the Bonaventure, the movies. This 1976 space-aged architectural triumph has drawn attention from visitors and locals and the local movie industry was quick to see the value of including the Bonaventure in its productions. From romance, to sci-fi, to action thrillers; it seems that just about everything has been filmed in this hotel. A trip to the valet center in the basement provides an exhibit of movie posters for films shot on the grounds.
The '80s and '90s were a complete heyday for the hotel as they hosted movie notables such as Die Hard, Blue Thunder, This is Spinal Tap, Strange Days, Rainman, Forget Paris, In the Line of Fire, and True Lies. And Johnny Depp fans will not only remember the hotel from the thriller Nick of Time, but will have an eerie sense of deja vu upon entering the Bonaventure, as most of this real-time action movie was shot on grounds.
Small screen aficionados will recognize the revolving restaurant, from the Ann Jillian and Crystal Bernard TV series, It’s a Living. And sci-fi fans are well aware of the Bonaventure as both the inside and out were used for Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.
Even video gamers are getting their share of the Westin Bonaventure as Rockstar Games has decided to include it in the runaway hit game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
Don’t let this notable hotel slip by unnoticed on you next visit to Los Angeles. If an overnight stay isn’t in the cards be sure to stop in and at least take a ride on their world famous elevators.
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