Once upon a time in the 20th century, there were only a few reasons to book a motel room: to pinch pennies and move fast on a road trip, for instance, or to sleep with somebody inappropriate.

This is where a car-loving Pasadena architect ... But when Alex and Phyllis Madonna opened in late 1958, the inn was a 12-room experiment. The timing must have seemed right. Motels had been ...

But none are as quintessentially pink — or recognizable — as the long, hand-peeled ribbons of custom-dyed white chocolate atop the pink Champagne cake at the Madonna Inn. The Central Coast’s ...

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Picture-perfect and pink, Madonna Inn’s signature cocktail matches the famous San Luis Obispo hotel in every regard. The Pink Cloud is the most ordered drink at the inn’s Silver Bar ...

Just beyond the bakery and the Copper Cafe is the inn’s culinary crown jewel: the ornate Alex Madonna’s Gold Rush Steak House, a red-pink-gold dreamscape of a restaurant decorated with a 28-foot-tall ...

You might stay at the legendary pink palace that is the Madonna Inn. Or Surfrider Malibu ... In this guide, we jangle our room keys to explore the greatest motels across the state.

Madonna revealed ... ornate private bar room, there was no footage of the 13 bedrooms, 14 bathrooms, 3K-square-foot garden, elevator, wine cellar with a grotto, and two-car garage.

The Madonna Inn, known for its hot pink and gold decor, themed rooms and waterfall urinal, was built in the late 1950s by Alex and Phyllis Madonna. In 1972, the family took ownership of the lower ...