Hotels in Pasadena, California

A little about Pasadena...

Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 133,936 and the 160th largest city in the United States. The California Finance Department estimates the Pasadena population to be 146,166 in 2005. Pasadena is the main population and cultural center of the San Gabriel Valley. It is the 6th largest city in Los Angeles County and famous for hosting the annual Rose Bowl football game and Tournament of Roses Parade.

The world-famous California Institute of Technology is in the southern-central area of Pasadena, with Pasadena City College located just to the northeast. Fuller Theological Seminary, one of the largest multidenominational seminaries in the world, sits just east of downtown Pasadena. Pacific Oaks College is located next to Pasadena's National Historic Landmark — The Gamble House. The famous Art Center College of Design is in the San Rafael Hills overlooking the Rose Bowl, and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (managed for NASA by Caltech) is primarily in nearby La Canada Flintridge, though its main gate and many of its buildings are in Pasadena.

Old Town Pasadena is a popular shopping and dining area for locals and tourists. Paseo Colorado is a more upscale mall designed to be a modern urban village, with apartments above the mall. An exclusive shopping district is located in the South Lake Avenue neighborhood.

The famous Rose Bowl Flea Market is a great place to shop for antiques and collectibles. It's a swap meet of epic proportions that involves thousands of dealers and tens of thousands of visitors in and around the grounds of the Rose Bowl. The merchandise on display ranges from old world antiques to California pottery to mounds of vintage clothing. It's been held every second Sunday, rain or shine, since 1967. Half the crowd are locals, but shoppers come from all over the city and it’s not unusual to see a celebrity or two.