The Godfrey Hotel Hollywood

The pool

• 7th-floor rooftop pool
• 360° Sign-to-ocean views
• Big deck

Why it's on the list

A 7th-floor pool with a genuine 360 — Hollywood Sign to Downtown to the ocean — and one of the biggest rooftop pool decks in Hollywood. More swimmable and less precious than its neighbors.

The stay

The Godfrey is the practical Hollywood pick — one of the biggest pool decks in the neighborhood and the most genuinely swimmable of the Hollywood rooftops, without the velvet-rope energy of its neighbors. Same Hollywood base as the Hollywood Grande and the Everly, so you're central to the boulevard and the studio side of town. At $$$ it's solid value for that 360 view — the pick if you want a big deck and a real swim rather than a scene.