To the people who know it, the Hotel del Coronado in San Diego is not a page of history — it’s a chapter. Opened in 1888 by Elisha Babcock and Hampton Story, it was then the largest hotel in ...

Charlie Chaplin played polo for the Coronado team, Frank Sinatra was an avid regular, and the hotel’s old-world aesthetic provided the backdrop for shooting Marilyn Monroe’s Some Like It Hot.

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This spring the iconic San Diego resort, which has hosted 11 presidents and been designated a National Historic Landmark, unveils a head-to-toe restoration that breathes new life into its 137-year ...

Hotel Del Coronado shut down 367 guestrooms over a year ago. ... wall coverings and plywood veneers. ... and then you can introduce it as new, fully renovated, and restored to its former glory, ...

The Hotel Del Coronado's historic Victorian building, dating back to 1888, gets a major overhaul that cost its owner, Blackstone, $160 million. Skip to content All Sections ...

The Del Coronado’s ultimate claim to Hollywood fame, however, remains its role in Some Like It Hot, in which the hotel’s old-world aesthetic provided Wilder with a cost-efficient time warp to ...

A photo of the Fresco-Secco as as it nears completion of its restoration. The Hotel del Coronado discovered an original ceiling fresco-secco from 1888 in the ballroom located within the Victorian ...

A $550 million makeover preserves Hotel Del Coronado's storied history — while taking the historic 135-year-old San Diego resort into the future.