Hotel Bel-Air

Hotel Bel-Air
Matchbook from hotel, circa 1990
The hotel pool.
Location in Bel Air/Western Los Angeles Area
General information
LocationBel-Air, California
Address701 Stone Canyon Road, Los Angeles 90077
Coordinates34°5′11.09″N 118°26′46.63″W / 34.0864139°N 118.4462861°W / 34.0864139; -118.4462861
Opened1946
OwnerBrunei Investment Agency
ManagementDorchester Collection
Awards and prizes
Other information
Number of rooms103
Number of suites45
Number of restaurants1
Website
Official website

The Hotel Bel-Air is a boutique hotel located in Bel-Air, Los Angeles, California. The hotel is one of the nine luxury hotels operated by the Dorchester Collection, which is owned by the Brunei Investment Agency (BIA). The hotel has a total of 103 rooms, 45 of which are suites. The Bel-Air hotel has an overall old Hollywood style and is surrounded by 12 acres (4.9 ha) of gardens in the Bel-Air Estates neighborhood.

Located just outside Beverly Hills and Westwood, Hotel Bel-Air has regularly housed notable guests and celebrities including Elizabeth Taylor, Robert Wagner, Judy Garland, Bette Davis, Lauren Bacall, Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Jimmy Stewart, Audrey Hepburn and Grace Kelly, who frequented the hotel so regularly she had a suite named after her. Hotel Bel-Air was also the setting for Marilyn Monroe's last Vogue magazine shoot, six weeks before her death.