Day 2
Beverly Hills
• Get off on the right foot with breakfast at the legendary Polo Lounge restaurant in The Beverly Hills Hotel – a celebrity hangout and a hotspot for Hollywood dealmakers. For more local flavor, check out the New York-style deli vibe at Nate ‘n Al’s, or a true Beverly Hills’ original, The Farm of Beverly Hills.
• Just a short drive from The Beverly Hills Hotel, discover some of the most beautiful gardens in the area (and enjoy spectacular vistas of the city and surrounding environs) at historic Greystone Mansion. Once home to the oil-rich Doheny family, the venue has also served as the backdrop for several major motion pictures including Spiderman, There Will Be Blood and Air Force One.
• Head down to the Golden Triangle for a little self-indulgent shopping at our world-class boutiques. Whether you’re after jeans or gems, high fashion or high heels, Beverly Hills offers retail therapy for every spending habit. Whet your shopping appetite on Rodeo Drive, the crossroads of fashion and entertainment, and at Two Rodeo Drive, the charming cobble-stoned complex modeled after quaint passageways in Europe. And beyond this famed thoroughfare, find even more irresistible spending opportunities on Beverly and Canon Drives, Brighton Way and, of course, on Department Store Row (Wilshire Boulevard) where you will find the titans of luxury retailing, Neiman Marcus, Saks Fifth Avenue and Barneys New York.
• If shopping has left you famished, slip into Bouchon, a French-style bistro adjacent to the Montage Beverly Hills hotel, for scrumptious, hearty menu options. Or if you prefer just a quick bite, experience the original California Pizza Kitchen or Cabbage Patch on “SoBev” (South Beverly Drive), where the locals shop and dine.
• Now that the hunger has been assuaged, make The Paley Center for Media your next stop. This sleek Richard-Meier architectural triumph houses more than 140,000 classic and contemporary radio and television programs available for public listening/viewing. The Paley Center also hosts frequent screenings and panel discussions featuring celebrities and production executives turning out today’s hottest television programming.
• It’s time to exhale after all that shopping, eating and exploring, and there’s no better place to decompress than at one of the many exclusive spas in Beverly Hills. From diamonds to pearls, from steam to stones, Beverly Hills sets the standard for pampering. Define your eyes with the ultimate eyebrow shaping experience at the brow studio that’s a celeb favorite – Anastasia Beverly Hills. Recapture youth with a hydrating facial and age-defying results at the The Spa at the Beverly Wilshire, or release the day’s tensions with a Bamboo Lemongrass Body Scrub at The Peninsula Spa at The Peninsula Beverly Hills to name a few.
• Thoroughly rejuvenated, prepare to step out on the town for a culinary feast at one of Beverly Hills’ renowned restaurants – Mr. Chow, Crustacean, or Wolfgang Puck’s flagship eatery, Spago, for example. Top off this perfect day with a trip to the Vodbox at Nic’s Beverly Hills or an extreme cocktail at the sexy bar210/plush lounge next to The Beverly Hilton.