
Join our exclusive Santa Monica community
You’re an original, and so are we. Stay in our Fairmont Miramar luxury accommodations at Santa Monica Beach — an eclectic collection of stylish rooms. Our property includes an immaculately restored 1950s ocean-facing tower, a historic residential Palisades wing and private 1930s garden bungalows.
A LANDMARK HISTORY
British expat John P. Jones co-founded Santa Monica in 1875 after making his fortune in silver mining in 1840s California. Mr. Jones built his family a Victorian-style mansion on the hotel’s current coveted site overlooking the Pacific Ocean in 1889, naming it Miramar, or “ocean view” in Spanish. Mr. Jones’ wife, Georgina, put in the lovely rose garden and planted many trees around the new town, including the property’s signature Moreton Bay fig tree, now nearly 100 feet high with an enchanting 130-foot canopy. Not surprisingly, the graceful fig with its huge trunk and gnarled roots is a favorite spot for engagements, weddings and snapshots. The landmark property became a hotel in 1921. Once dubbed the “Hollywood Hideaway” for the high-profile VIPs, politicians and starlets who flocked to the hotel—John F. Kennedy and Eleanor Roosevelt, Cary Grant, Marilyn Monroe and Greta Garbo (a resident for four years), to name a few. Learn more.
We are proud to have Green Hotel Certification status: all of our 297 comfortable, stylish rooms are environmentally low-impact.
Drink, dine, visit the barber and the beach, workout and work on wellness, celebrate the season or hit the lounge… only at The Miramar.

IT ALL HAPPENS HERE
There’s no need to leave the resort, unless you want to, of course. The Miramar is the hub of Santa Monica. Eat field-to-fork at FIG and sip cocktails Baja-style at The Bungalow. Take a barre class or get a massage at award-winning Exhale spa. Shop, primp, play on the beach or watch movies by the pool.
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Wine & Dine
Treat yourself to a top Southern California dining venue, FIG, celebrated for its deceptively simple bistro fare — fresh, flavorful and market-driven. Nosh on a turkey wrap or acai bowl by the pool, or play billiards and sit by the deck firepit at our lively indoor-outdoor Bungalow lounge. Relax and order in or stage a romantic dinner for two in the privacy of your own guest room.
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