Sheraton Pasadena Hotel

The Sheraton Pasadena Hotel sits adjacent to the city's Convention Center and close to the famous Rose Bowl. Guests also are four and 15 miles from museums and arboretums, Dodger Stadium, Santa Anita Racetrack, Sunset Strip's celebrity attracting nightclubs, and Rodeo Drive's swanky shops. The beach awaits 22 miles down the road, and kids won't mind the 26 mile junket to Disneyland and Six Flags. Close to the hotel, the Norton Simon Museum highlights works by Rembrandt, Picasso and Goya; Western and Asian art from the 14th through the 20th centuries; and film screenings and lectures. Outdoor lovers will find hiking, horseback riding and trail biking about three miles away in the Arroyo Seco recreation area, site of the Rose Bowl Aquatic Center and Brookside Golf Center. The Pasadena hotel also is 16 miles from Burbank's Bob Hope Airport and about 28 miles from Los Angeles International Airport.

Guests can find plenty to do at the Sheraton, which provides a 24 hour business center, 12, 000 square feet of meeting and banquet space, high speed Internet access, a 24 hour fitness facility and heated outdoor pool. Guests can dine on California and Mediterranean cuisine, including seafood, steaks and house made pasta, in the hotel's Soleil Restaurant and then nosh hors d'oeuvres and other meals at Charlie's Bar. In addition, the Sheraton's complimentary shuttle ferries guests to popular restaurants within five miles.

The Southern California's hotel's 317 guestrooms feature creams and earth tones, high speed Internet access, coffeemakers, the ubiquitous Starbucks coffee, and first and second floor balconies overlooking a tree lined courtyard. Guests can fall fast asleep on Sheraton's Sweet Sleeper Beds, the custom designed, extra thick plush top mattresses with three sheets, fleece blankets, richly colored duvets and goose down pillows.

Set on a quiet residential street, the Sheraton Pasadena reels in conventioneers, wedding guests, tourists and parents of college students who make the place their favorite Southern California haunt.