Media & Accolades
The Avalon Hotel on Catalina Island
The Avalon Hotel is a boutique hotel at 124 Whittley Avenue in Avalon, on California's Santa Catalina Island. Travel writers, magazines, and industry groups have recognized the hotel for its harbor-view balconies, rooftop deck, Craftsman-style design, and personal service. Below is a collection of press features and accolades about our hotel. Each link opens the original article.
Awards & Accolades
Yelp
Yelp ranked The Avalon Hotel #13 among its Top 100 US Hotels for 2022, based on Yelpers' ratings and reviews. Editors highlighted our harbor-view rooms, 360-degree rooftop deck, and flower-filled koi garden.
Travel + Leisure
Travel + Leisure names The Avalon Hotel among the best hotels on Catalina Island, praising its coastal-chic rooms, rooftop terrace, and courtyard garden with koi pond.
Fodor's Travel
Fodor's Travel recommends The Avalon Hotel among the best hotels in Avalon on Catalina Island. Its editors highlight our showstopper rooftop lounge with Avalon Bay views and breakfast beside the koi pond.
Tripadvisor Travelers' Choice
The Avalon Hotel earned a 2013 Tripadvisor Travelers' Choice Award, ranking #20 in the Top 25 Hotels for Service in the United States.
Time Out Los Angeles
Time Out describes The Avalon Hotel as an elegant, unpretentious Craftsman-style boutique hotel with a B&B feel, steps from the beach. Editors recommend a sunset glass of wine on the rooftop patio.
Select Registry
The Avalon Hotel is a member of Select Registry, a curated collection of independent inns and boutique hotels across North America chosen for quality and character.
Boutique Hotels of California (CABBI)
The Avalon Hotel is a member of the California Association of Boutique & Breakfast Inns, which features inspected, independently owned lodging throughout California.
Unique Inns
Unique Inns calls The Avalon Hotel Avalon's premier boutique inn, noting its hand-crafted mahogany, stained glass, handmade tile, and Craftsman-era furnishings.
Kind Traveler
Through Kind Traveler's Every Stay Gives Back program, The Avalon Hotel donates $1 per guest night to Catalina Island's Marine Mammal Care Center for marine animal rescue and research.
Tripadvisor
Guests rate The Avalon Hotel 4.8 out of 5 on Tripadvisor across more than 800 reviews, praising the rooftop deck, quiet location, and friendly innkeepers.
Press & Media Features
Yelp
Yelp ranked The Avalon Hotel #13 among its Top 100 US Hotels for 2022, based on Yelpers' ratings and reviews. Editors highlighted our harbor-view rooms, 360-degree rooftop deck, and flower-filled koi garden.
Travel + Leisure
Travel + Leisure names The Avalon Hotel among the best hotels on Catalina Island, praising its coastal-chic rooms, rooftop terrace, and courtyard garden with koi pond.
Fodor's Travel
Fodor's Travel recommends The Avalon Hotel among the best hotels in Avalon on Catalina Island. Its editors highlight our showstopper rooftop lounge with Avalon Bay views and breakfast beside the koi pond.
Tripadvisor Travelers' Choice
The Avalon Hotel earned a 2013 Tripadvisor Travelers' Choice Award, ranking #20 in the Top 25 Hotels for Service in the United States.
Time Out Los Angeles
Time Out describes The Avalon Hotel as an elegant, unpretentious Craftsman-style boutique hotel with a B&B feel, steps from the beach. Editors recommend a sunset glass of wine on the rooftop patio.
Select Registry
The Avalon Hotel is a member of Select Registry, a curated collection of independent inns and boutique hotels across North America chosen for quality and character.
Boutique Hotels of California (CABBI)
The Avalon Hotel is a member of the California Association of Boutique & Breakfast Inns, which features inspected, independently owned lodging throughout California.
Unique Inns
Unique Inns calls The Avalon Hotel Avalon's premier boutique inn, noting its hand-crafted mahogany, stained glass, handmade tile, and Craftsman-era furnishings.
Kind Traveler
Through Kind Traveler's Every Stay Gives Back program, The Avalon Hotel donates $1 per guest night to Catalina Island's Marine Mammal Care Center for marine animal rescue and research.
Tripadvisor
Guests rate The Avalon Hotel 4.8 out of 5 on Tripadvisor across more than 800 reviews, praising the rooftop deck, quiet location, and friendly innkeepers.