THE CARLTON HOTEL, ATASCADERO, A TRIBUTE PORTFOLIO HOTEL, Atascadero

The Carlton Hotel offers rooms with amenities such as ironing facilities, heating, air conditioning, and tea and coffee facilities. Each room features a balcony, free Wi-Fi, a compact fridge, fresh bathrobes, cable TV, and complimentary toiletries in the en suite bathroom. Options include rooms with a spa bath. There are also Courtyard Patio Rooms with one king or two queen beds, marble bathrooms, and French doors that open to Tuscan-style patios. The two Carlton Suites offer French period stylings, separate sleeping and living areas, marble foyers, and living rooms with sofas and upholstered chairs. Some rooms offer city views or overlook the inner courtyard.

The Carlton Hotel features a dining option popular among Atascadero locals and visitors. The Kitchenette offers oatmeal with dates, chia, flax, hemp, buckwheat seeds, and cinnamon honey butter, and French toast served almond-style with strawberry jam and cream cheese spread. The Back Porch Bakery & Cafe is a go-to spot for breakfast and lunch, featuring freshly baked bread, French pastries, and an assortment of cuisine. Guests can also enjoy Niner Wine Estates' restaurant, where ingredients are sourced from local farms, orchards, and ranches. The hotel also has Prohibition-era wine cellar.

Guests can explore the Dr Bill Shepard-designed Native Plant Garden, featuring native plants with an educational hillside trail and a kiosk with information on growing native plants. There's a trail with views of oak groves, moss-covered trees, and wild grasses. Guests may also see the white alkali flats of Soda Lake, Painted Rock, grasslands, and a plain rimmed by mountains. During certain times of the year, guests can see downtown transformed into a winter paradise with snow play areas, rock walls, bounce houses, a train, music, and food. They can also attend the Charles Paddock Zoo's Holiday Magic event. The Pismo Beach Monarch Butterfly Grove, with riparian estuary that runs to the ocean, is adjacent to the hotel.

Carlton Hotel is 40 km from San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport. Landmarks near the hotel include Faces of Freedom Veterans Memorial (2 km), Olea Farm Olive Oil & Tasting Room (4 km), Stadium Park (2 km), Charles Paddock Zoo (3 km), Atascadero Lake Park (0.5 km), Colony House (0.5 km), Jim Green Trail (3 km), Happy Acres Family Farm (4 km), Three Bridges Oak Preserve Trail (4 km), and Sunken Gardens (0.3 km). The historic Atascadero City Hall, located on the edge of the gardens, is open for tours.

The Hospitality Team at Carlton Hotel coordinates rental and audiovisual services with attention to detail, arranging services from vendors in the area. The hotel aims to provide access to information and booking for everyone, including people with hearing or vision loss, aligning with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act. The hotel is suitable for rehearsal dinners and receptions, birthday parties, holiday mixers, fundraisers, wine dinners, and work events.