Echo Park

Echo Park borders Silver Lake, Chinatown and Downtown L.A. A two-square-mile neighborhood of Los Angeles, with Echo Park Lake sitting in the middle. Echo Park is one of the city's hippest neighborhoods with a new wave of vibrant entertainment mixed with classic Angeleno culture.

In your room, you will find a detailed guidebook on how to be an Echo Park local while staying at the Retreat Center—including food, entertainment and outstanding, can’t miss Los Angeles hot-spot suggestions.

Dodger Stadium

Dodger Stadium—home to L.A.’s first Major League Baseball team—is just a short walk away. Catching a game has never been easier.

Downtown Los Angeles

Downtown Los Angeles isn’t just one neighborhood: it’s a matrix of pedestrian-friendly enclaves. You can sample a mix of foods, wander through world-class museums, and enjoy great live performances or sporting events. Downtown has recently been revitalized with a elegant yet gritty persona—offering a multitude of entertainment, culture and experiences found nowhere else.

Chinatown, Santa Monica & Hollywood

Centrally located, St. Paul’s Commons is just a short ride to destinations like Chinatown; a festive destination for dining and shopping with pagoda-style buildings and red lanterns, Chinese restaurants, dim sum houses and bakeries. Or if the beach is more your thing, the Santa Monica Pier is a brief metro ride or drive from St. Paul’s Commons. With-world class entertainment, beautiful sand and great surf, Santa Monica is the perfect option for a beach day. Or visit the entertainment capital of the world, hike to the Hollywood sign, and explore Griffith Observatory all in an afternoon.

The Roots of Los Angeles

Echo Park Lake has been a destination since 1892. Once known as Reservoir #4, Echo Park Lake was transformed into one of first major park in Los Angeles.  "In the course of a few years," a hopeful Los Angeles Herald wrote of the former reservoir in 1896, "Echo Park will be one of the most beautiful spots in Los Angeles."