Westin Bonaventure Hotel, Los Angeles, California -

A bit of luxury at the end of part one of our trip. We got a great travel agent rate here for $59 US + tax a night (normally around $200 US). However upon check in we discovered it would cost us $25 US per day to park the car! However nothing we can do about that.
We have a nice room on the 20th floor (there are 32 floors) and can just see the famous Hollywood sign from our room. The hotel is a well known L.A landmark and was built in the late 1970's. I stayed here on my own in 1983 at the age of 18 when I did my first stint of international travel. The hotel has been used in many movies and TV shows.
The elevators (you can see one on the right of the photo) ascend up and down the exterior of the building so you get amazing city views as you ride them (which the children have frequently!). There is a 6 acre lake in the lobby and over 30 restaurants and shops.