The Chateau Marmont Hotel is located in the West Hollywood neighborhood on Sunset Boulevard and is one of the famous hotels of the world. The hotel building is a solid structure that looks like a Gothic castle with towers and thick walls. It is built in the likeness of the French castle of Amboise. Originally, the building where the Chateau Marmont Hotel is located today, was built as an income house, but this idea failed. In 1931 the empty chateau was bought by the Englishman Albert Smith and turned it into a luxury hotel. Until now, the decoration of the hotel is made in retro style. The unique charm, atmosphere of the past, special chic, loyal attitude to the guests attract a large number of show business stars to the hotel.
The main principles of the hotel’s work are non-interference in the private life of guests and loyal attitude to them. This is the reason why the Chateau Marmont hotel is the most favorite place for stars to stay, where they have the opportunity to hide from prying journalists and relax “to the fullest”. You can leave and enter the hotel not only through the reception, but also through a special elevator from the underground parking lot, as well as an underground tunnel that leads to the adjacent building. Thus, the famous and rich guests of the hotel, if they wish, can disregard the generally accepted rules of behavior, while not being afraid of being noticed. Throughout the history of the hotel there have been many bright events, including tragic ones. So in 1969, after moving from the hotel Chateau Marmont to a nearby house, a pregnant friend of Roman Polanski was murdered by the gang of Charles Manson.
In 1982, popular actor John Belushi died of an overdose at the hotel. The members of Led Zeppelin often stayed at the hotel and did some outrageous things. For example, all four naked sat on motorcycles and rode through the corridors of the hotel. And once at a party near their bungalow, John Bonham dressed up as a waiter, laid naked guitarist Jimmy Page on a serving table, covered him with a fig leaf of lettuce and drove to the main building. He miraculously made it through the reception and into the restaurant where the hotel guests were dining, Page threw the leaf off of himself and jumped up on the nearest table. Jim Morrison, in an attempt to walk along a ledge in order to get to his room, fell onto a shed in the courtyard and broke his back.
After the dazzling success of “Titanic” Leonardo DiCaprio appeared in the hotel Chateau Marmont, where he threw such parties that the staff was horrified by what was happening. Thus, DiCaprio was asked several times to leave the hotel, but he always returned. In the same situation was Britney Spears, staying at the hotel. She too was asked to leave the hotel because there was too loud screaming in her room at night, she took offense and never came back. Lindsay Lohan was blacklisted as an unwanted guest because she owed a million dollars when she stayed at the Chateau Marmont and was in no hurry to pay her bills. And this is not the whole list of celebrities who stayed in this hotel and both romantic and tragic events that took place here.