With its warm lighting and soft yellow walls, the Graciela manages to remain a serene reserve in the center of Burbank’s bustling neighborhood of studios.

The Graciela’s bar and restaurant is called the Library Lounge, underscoring a main attraction of the boutique hotel: the quiet. While it largely hosts business travelers during the week, the 101-room property is also the kind of place that attracts celebs wanting to lay low or regular folks who are trying to get away from it all for a weekend. In addition to guest rooms, of course, the top floor of the hotel boasts a fitness room, a sauna, and the piece de resistance, the garden terrace. Balconies on some of the rooms are completely enclosed with high walls, but a view of the hills can be had from the terrace’s rooftop Jacuzzi. —Tara Tyson