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
- 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