Hotel Chateau Marmont

Chateau Marmont is something of a legend. Think of any famous name, past or present, and there’s sure to be a Chateau Marmont anecdote, scandal or connection.

This is the esteemed hotel where Paul Newman met his wife Joanne Woodward, Jean Harlow carried on a scandalous affair with Clark Gable while on her honeymoon, Jim Morrison jumped off the roof of a poolside cabana and John Belushi tragically died of a cocaine and heroine overdose.

Chateau Marmont on Sunset Boulevard has been an enduring feature of the Hollywood scene since the early thirties. Unlike the Garden of Allah, Mocambo and Schwab’s drugstore, renowned institutions that sadly no longer exist, Chateau Marmont is still a prominent fixture.

Ask a member of the old Hollywood set about the Marmont and their eyes will twinkle as if talking about a naughty but likeable uncle who once scandalized and secretly delighted the family with his outrageous exploits.

The risk of being such a legendary hotel is not getting stuck in a time warp. Thanks to the preservation and restoration by New-York-based nightclub, hotel and restaurant impresario André Balazs, Chateau Marmont is still an alluring legend today.