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Conde Nast Traveler

Top 20 US Small Hotels - 2001
The World’s Best Places To Stay
& Gold List 2002, 2004, 2008

"Consistently great in service"

Robb Report, August 2005.

Parisi Pied-á-Terre
For those not fortunate enough to call La Jolla, Calif., home, the beachside community's Hotel Parisi has added extended-stay apartments to its collection of elegant guest rooms. Just steps away from the beach, the Parisi Apart units feature full-size granite kitchens and baths, and range in size from 420 to more than 2,000 sq. ft.

The privacy and amenities afforded by the apartment make the option of staying a week, several months, or even a year, a comfortable possibility. Hotel Parisi will customize the extended-stay experience and space-including the furnishings and bathroom fixtures – to fit the guest's specific needs. For a family who resided at Parisi Apart for several months recently, the hotel connected a number of adjacent units to create a homelike space with private bedroom areas and multiple kitchens.

Top 20 US Small Hotels Best In The World

Hotel Parisi, La Jolla
Ranking #13
Greatness is found in endless variety of small sizes, from castles to lodges to farms.
$$$; 20 suites; 858-454-1511; hotelparisi.com

Gold List

Hotel Parisi, La Jolla
Overall rating: 82.1
"A short stroll from the beach – could not be in a better location…The serene lobby has a waterfall and a fireplace…Accommodations are absolutely quiet."
$$$; 20 suites; 858-454-1511; hotelparisi.com

In Style Magazine, November 2000.

Unexpected Tranquility on the Pacific Shore
La Jolla, California. Finally, this popular village near San Diego has luxurious lodgings in the town center that are as hypnotic as the nearby Pacific. Loaded with works by West Coast artists, the year-old hotel is designed to celebrate the elements of earth, wind, fire, water and metal, adding balance to busy lives.

Tell me more: Situated above La Jolla's colorful storefronts, this unusual space, built as corporate suites in 1998, was transformed last year into a modern, Mediterranean-style retreat with fresco-like wall treatments, a lobby waterfall and fireplace, and 20 smart, sunny guest suites with lofty 10-foot ceilings, granite bathrooms, potted orchids and bedside CD's to fit your mood.

Who Goes?: Goldie Hawn, Madonna, Rob Thomas, Raquel Welch, Joey Lauren Adams

What to Do: Stroll to the beach and explore the tide pools along the La Jolla Cove; rent bikes or kayaks; take surfing lessons; enjoy theatre at La Jolla Playhouse. Or unwind in your room: an on-call acupuncturist, yoga instructor, massage therapist and aromatherapist are available to help you tune in - or out.

Travel and Leisure, June 2000.

Wired Wellness at the Hotel Parisi in La Jolla, California
...We arrive at the Hotel Parisi, a small, Zen-elegant spot in La Jolla, to hear new age music playing in the feng shui-attuned lobby. With an in-room yoga teacher and a psychologist on call, this discreet high end urban property is selling inner peace as entertainment.

Here it is all about the ride inward. After having a yoga instructor named Tah give me a private lesson that's so coddling it's embarrassing ("Perfect" and "Good job" she keeps telling me, even though I'm being appallingly lazy), I have the pleasure of speaking to a licensed psychologist with a local practice on my terrace.

Decor & Style, December 2000

What fun – a shrink you can order in. And she's good too; articulate and professional. She tells me that hotels distance you from daily routines, so they're good places to reflect on the meaning of life. She adds that many of the guests she counsels are suffering from the stress of success. This isn't my case, I tell her. My problem is that I'm having too much fun.

Luxurious Holidays
Hotel Parisi is a small hotel (only 20 rooms) situated on Prospect Avenue, the prime walking street in La Jolla. Yes, Hotel Parisi has the perfect location for those who want to enjoy this southern California village-cum-haven, but it isn't just the site that makes this hotel special.

It is the philosophy behind the place that makes it unique. Inner peace. Calm. Harmony. In a nutshell, that is what guests are offered in this Zen-like, feng shui-oriented sanctuary. Hotel Parisi was featured on the Travel Channel series, "Great Hotels" with host Samantha Brown. La Jolla hosts numerous first-class inns, and this boutique hotel is among the best.

The accommodation combines the elegance of Provence and the class of Tuscany to create a Mediterranean-style getaway of intimate seclusion, located in the heart of La Jolla. You will be literally above some of her finest shops and galleries, and within a short walk of the beach. There is convenient luxury VIP seating offered in local restaurants with a charge to room option.