Hotels in Sherman Oaks

Between the Santa Monica Mountains and the buzz of Los Angeles, this Valley neighborhood offers surprising contrasts. The Sherman Oaks Galleria provides retail therapy where locals pretend not to notice celebrities examining the same shoes. Fryman Canyon Park rewards hikers with sweeping Valley panoramas without the crowds of more famous trails. Castle Park delivers mini-golf and arcade nostalgia that somehow never gets old. Van Nuys Sherman Oaks War Memorial Park offers tennis courts and picnic spots beneath sprawling trees. After dark, Ventura Boulevard transforms into a restaurant row where sushi chefs compete for the freshest fish and mixologists craft cocktails that rival anything over the hill in Hollywood.