The Mission Inn
Oh Mission Inn… how I love thee, let me count the ways!
No. 1 Historic
You began as a quaint adobe boarding house in 1876, and became a full-service hotel in the early 1900s. Opened by Frank Miller, it expanded in 1903 with over 200 guestrooms and the addition of the Mission Wing, built in Mission-Revival style while incorporating architectural features from more than 20 different California missions.
No. 2 Glamorous
You’ve hosted U.S. Presidents Roosevelt, Taft, Hoover, Nixon, Reagan and Bush Jr, and social leaders such as Booker T. Washington, Susan B. Anthony, Amelia Earhart, Albert Einstein, Helen Keller and John Muir. Seen celebrities including Judy Garland, Bette Davis, Clark Gable, Tom Hanks, Barbra Streisand and James Brolin. And have set the scene for Hollywood productions including 1915ʼs “The Vampire”, 1938ʼs “Idiotʼs Delight” and 1997ʼs “Man in the Iron Mask”. Presidents.
No. 3 Luxurious
Your boutique accommodations are romantically enchanting. Your one-of-a-kind architecture includes awe-inspiring archways and flying buttresses, secluded garden oases, and soaring domes and towers. Your Four Diamond designation and Best Of from Conde Nast confirm what we all already knew… YOU ARE ONE OF A KIND!