Five Star Hotels

The 2011 Forbes Travel Guide is now here, offering a comprehensive guide to the hospitality industry's top five star hotels, restaurants and spas.

Today's announcement includes a list for Forbes best travel destinations around the world, but we are focusing exclusively on Forbes five star resorts and five star luxury spas in California. For a list of five star restaurant picks in California, click here.

Picks this year include Montage Beverly Hills, a five star hotel in California, and Spa at Pelican Hill in Newport Coast, a Forbes five star spa.

Formerly Mobil Travel Guide, Forbes Travel Guide has taken over the prestigious Mobil Star ratings and certifications. The Mobil Five Star awards will now be given a Forbes star.

Following is a list of Forbes luxury travel destinations and Forbes best travel sites in California. For the complete guide of award winners, go to www.forbestravelguide.com

Five-Star Hotels

• Beverly Hills Hotel
• Montage Beverly Hills
• Peninsula Beverly Hills
• Viceroy L'Ermitage Beverly Hills
  
• St. Regis Resort, Monarch Beach
• Chateau du Sureau, Oakhurst
• Four Seasons Hotel, San Francisco
• Ritz-Carlton, San Francisco
• St. Regis Hotel, San Francisco

Four-Star Hotels:

• Inn on Mount Ada (Catalina Island)
• Beverly Wilshire, Beverly Hills
  
• Beverly Hilton, Beverly Hills
  
• Post Ranch Inn, Big Sur
• Calistoga Ranch, Calistoga
  
• Bernardus Lodge, Carmel Valley
• Ritz-Carlton Laguna Niguel, Dana Point
  
• Ritz-Carlton, Half Moon Bay
• Le Mars Hotel, Healdsburg
• Lodge at Torrey Pines, La Jolla
• Montage Laguna Beach
• Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles, Beverly Hills
• Rosewood Sand Hill, Menlo Park
• Monterey Plaza Hotel & Spa, Monterey
• The Island Hotel, Newport Beach
• Four Seasons Silicon Valley, Palo Alto
  
• Resort at Pelican Hill, Newport Beach
• Casa Palmero at Pebble Beach
• Inn at Spanish Bay, Pebble Beach
• Lodge at Pebble Beach
• Rancho Valencia Resort, Rancho Santa Fe
• US Grant Hotel, San Diego
• Grand Del Mar, San Diego
• Mandarin Oriental, San Francisco
• CordeValle, San Martin
• Bacara Resort and Spa, Santa Barbara
• Four Seasons Biltmore, Santa Barbara
• San Ysidro Ranch, Santa Barbara
  
• Meadowood Napa Valley
• Four Seasons, Westlake Village