The Luxury Hotels Where Marilyn Monroe Checked In (and You Can, Too)

Marilyn Monroe’s presence continues to shape Hollywood mythology, and her former hotels offer a way to experience that legacy firsthand. Several luxury properties still preserve elements of her stays, including suites and recognizable settings tied to her early career and later appearances. At the Hollywood Roosevelt, Monroe lived in a suite for two years, and her first magazine shoot occurred beside the Tropicana Pool; the suite is now named for her and overlooks the same pool, with claims of sightings in mirrors and hallways. At Hotel Bel-Air, Monroe was photographed in 1962 in Dom Pérignon-themed sessions, and her earlier discreet visits during her marriage to Joe DiMaggio are also recalled.

"Long before she became Hollywood's most photographed star, Monroe was living at the Hollywood Roosevelt. She called one of its suites home for two years in the early days of her career, and her first-ever magazine shoot took place beside the hotel's Tropicana Pool. Today, the renamed Marilyn Monroe Suite overlooks that same pool, now marked by David Hockney's instantly recognizable painted design. Naturally, this being old Hollywood, the hotel also has its ghost stories: staff and guests alike have long claimed to spot Monroe lingering in mirrors and wandering the halls of her former suite."

"Photographer Bert Stern captured Monroe in a series of Dom Pérignon-infused photoshoots at the Hotel Bel-Air in 1962. Tragically these pictures would turn out to be the actress's last. The 2,500 photographs - in which she looked at turns playful, mysterious, coquettish, and sad - were commissioned by and published posthumously in The Last Sitting . Yet Monroe's connection to the hotel stretched back years earlier. During her marriage to Joe DiMaggio, she reportedly lived so discreetly at the Bel-Air that she would avoid the front desk entirely, slipping in and out of the"

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