The Charming Madonna Inn

My sister, Ali and daughter, Lacey in Sept 2014 when we first saw the Madonna Inn

Located right off on the 101 halfway between Los Angeles and San Fransisco, the Madonna Inn is my new favorite place. Two years ago on a quick trip to California to pick up my daughter, my sister and I were compelled to stop in at the Inn for a drink one night intrigued by the lights and the layout of the place. We were utterly charmed. The ballroom off the "Silver Lounge" where we had a drink was filled with swing dancing seniors. The decor was opulent and exaggerated. The major color scheme was pink and gold. Perusing one of the gift shops we discovered that all 110 rooms had different themes. We vowed to come back and stay in one of them. Last week we did. Here's that story in pictures.

Also, Click to check out the pictures of all the rooms.  

The first glimpse of the Inn as you drive in from the 101

The main building where registration happens

The infamous sign

Ali and my daughters on the stairs

Ariel snapping on the stairs - it's hard to stop taking pictures

It's in the middle of wine country - bonus!

The carpet, the rock fireplace, it's so awesome

There are stained glass windows all over the Inn

More stairs, flanked by cherubs, with more of that carpet

Entering the Silver Lounge

Main lobby hallway

The Gold Rush Steakhouse

The Copper cafe Pastry & Coffee House

The Silver Lounge

Silver Lounge Bar

Silver Lounge another view

Stairs

Stone fireplace in the lobby

This might be the owners...

Wine tasting everyday

Me and the girls

Ali on the stairs

The Steakhouse

The Gold Rush Steakhouse is really striking

The Copper Cafe where we had breakfast

The Cafe counter

The Cafe booths and wall murals

Exterior walls

One of the buildings

The Secret Garden - lots of weddings here

The building where our room was and the spa/pool area above

Our suite

The Imperial Family Suite

Green and gold

Ali in our suite

Our suite

The dressing table

Suite view

The Secret Garden

Going up towards the spa

Charming Architecture

View from the pool

Another hill view from the pool/spa area

The pool; colorful

Poolside

The gazebo by the waterfall at the pool

Ali with her umbrella drink form the pool bar

View of the pool area from below

In the gazebo

One of the gilt mirrors in the Imperial Family suite

Me in the Secret Garden

Ali's birthday dinner in the Gold Rush Steakhouse on the 4th of July

The kids call these chalice-goblets (choblets)

Dressing for dinner in the suite

The famous pink champagne cake

Off to the spa for massages

The Inn at night

Copper Cafe

Wine bar in one of the gift shops

Ariel in the spa relaxation room

Ali relaxing

Me poolside, post massage

The pool rock waterfall

Charming

The dance floor

The Madonna Inn is in San Luis Obispo but our trip took us from Paso Robles in the north to Solvang south

The big picture

There were flowers everywhere - and 60-80 temps

Pool bar drinks

The hot tub on the 4th

The pool bar

Ali with a post card of the famous men's bathroom

 
The preceding are pics from 2016, the following are from the 2014 visit.

The Inn at dusk

the dance floor and band

Silver Lounge bar

Event space

Wine for sale and tasting

Gift shop

Post  cards of the 110 guest rooms