Hip retro hotel with pool and patio 1 mile from rodeo drive revved up retro the cool mid century avalon hotel beverly hills places you within 1 mile of designer labels on rodeo drive and minutes from studios at century city 15 miles away uclas campus is about 4 miles away la museums its a half mile walk to holocaust and human rights exhibits at the simon wiesenthal centers museum of tolerance youll find fossils at la brea tar pits and international works at la county museum of a