Skyview Hotel Los Alamos California

Written By Campbell Mattinson

I was lucky enough to spend one night at the Skyview Hotel Los Alamos California as part of the Mattinson in California tour. The Skyview Hotel Los Alamos in style terms sits somewhere between an archetypal American ranch and a mid-century hotel-motel. The rooms are small but adequate but what you’re there for is the vibe. The Mini Moke parked in the drive way, the palm trees, the mid-century pool, the bright orange club lounge. The place can be summarised at mid-century Americana.

This photograph of the pool and motel sign at the Skyview Hotel Los Alamos, California looks great as a Mattinson Print.

Campbell Mattinson

This article was written by Campbell Mattinson, former chief editor of the Halliday Wine Companion book, former editor of Halliday magazine, former editor of Australian Sommelier Magazine and founder of both The Winefront site (the home of Australia’s best wine reviews) and of Mattinson Photography.

Mattinson has been an independent journalist, wine critic and photographer since 1987. He’s the only Australian to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once. He’s a past winner of a Louis Roederer International Wine Media Award; is the author of the award-winning book The Wine Hunter; and is the author of the best-selling novel We Were Not Men. He’s also a winner of a St Kilda Film Festival Award (as writer-director) and is a former winner of the national Best Australian Sports Writing Award. In 2026 three of his photographs were short-listed for the World Food Photography Awards.

Campbell Mattinson is a storyteller. He is a journalist, a photographer, a filmmaker and a wine critic, and in all of these mediums his prime motive is to tell people's stories.

https://www.campbellmattinson.com
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