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San Francisco's hotels run the gamut from head-of-state luxury to modest motels and worse, but we won't go there, and you shouldn't, either. The city's premier hotels are almost all in the downtown area including Nob Hill, Union Square, and the Financial District and Embarcadero. Motels along the main corridors in and out of town, and pleasant bed-and-breakfasts in attractive, residential neighborhoods also exist. As a tourist destination with limited space, San Francisco hotels can charge premium prices, and do, especially downtown and on Nob Hill.

Union Square

The Westin St. Francis, with its trademark Beefeaters out front, is not quite the premier hotel it used to be, but it's still the best known and the most central. The nearby Pan Pacific ratchets up the cachet a notch or two. Campton Place offers understated elegance. At the Lion Gate of Chinatown, the postmodern Triton (decorated floor-by-floor by the city's top designers) is stylish and not unreasonably priced. Further down towards the Tenderloin, the Hilton hosts innumerable conventions, and the Nikko is a popular choice with businessmen. Guests at these hotels should travel outside the neighborhood but not in it. On Market Street, the Garden Court of the capacious Sheraton Palace is an old San Francisco tradition.

Financial District and the Embarcadero

The typewriter-shaped Hyatt Regency, with its huge atrium lobby, is conveniently located for tourists and businessmen where the Embarcadero meets Market Street. The Hotel Griffon is stylish, featuring two quite good restaurants, and a very cool location on the Bay at the Embarcadero. In the heart of the Financial District, the luxurious Mandarin Oriental offers impeccable service and facilities with an unostentatious Asian theme. The antiques in the lobby and meeting rooms are worth a mint.

Nob Hill

The pinnacle (literally and figuratively) of luxury. It's all impeccable service and cushy comfort atop Nob Hill's Olympian Heights. You will feel like a king in the Fairmont, the Mark Hopkins, the Huntington,The Renaissance Stanford Court Hotel, or the newer-but-looks-like-it's-been-there-forever Ritz Carlton. Room rates? If you have to ask, darling.

SoMa

The Marriott is flashy, new, and huge. It's located right around the corner from the Moscone Center, making it a perfect location for conventioneers. The hotel W San Francisco brings even more style and glamor to the neighborhood. Otherwise, for the most part, inexpensive student and international are the name of the game on the streets to the south and west of the Moscone Center.

Chinatown

The Holiday Inn here is quite comfortable, putting you in the heart of Chinatown and a very short walk from North Beach.

North Beach and Fisherman's Wharf

Bed and breakfasts are the way to go in crowded, urban North Beach. The cozy Washington Square Inn is one of the city's most famous bed and breakfasts. Have a comfortably beatnik experience by staying at the fun and stylish Hotel Boheme. The light fixtures here are papered with Ginsberg poetry. Down Columbus Avenue in North Beach, you'll find the standard array of chain hotels including the Ramada Limited, the Sheraton at Fisherman's Wharf, and Howard Johnson's, catering to the heavy tourist trade.

Cow Hollow and The Marina

Lombard Street is the closest thing you'll find to a strip in the northern half of the city. Heck, it IS a strip, and consequently it's a good place to look for motels like the Bel Aire Travelodge. Hard to go wrong here. San Francisco rents assure that you probably won't end up in a fleabag. More motels and motel-like hotels can be found up Van Ness Avenue. You might want to consider something with several floors, though these streets have a lot of automobile traffic throughout the day. The Marina and Cow Hollow also feature some of The City's better bed and breakfasts. Sherman House, Union Street Inn, and the slightly off-beat Art Center Bed & Breakfast (near the Fort Mason Center) are all good bets.







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Hotel Griffon


Hotel Griffon
 155 Steuart Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
+1 415 495 2100
http://www.hotelgriffon.com
Hotel Griffon
Fort Mason


Meeting ground of culture
 Between Fisherman's Wharf & Golden Gate Bridge
San Francisco, CA 94123-1382
+1 415 441 3405
http://www.fortmason.org/
Fort Mason
Westin St. Francis


Sophisticated Urban Elegance
 335 Powell Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
+1 415 774 0124
http://www.westin.com
Westin St. Francis
Mark Hopkins InterContinental


Nob Hill Palace
 999 California Street
San Francisco, CA 94108
+1 415 421 3302
http://www.san-francisco.intercontinental.com/
Mark Hopkins InterContinental
Hotel Nikko


Intercontinental luxury
 222 Mason St
(between Ellis and O'Farrell streets)
San Francisco, CA 94102
+1 415 421 0455/ +1 415 394 1159 (Reservations)
http://www.hotelnikkosf.com
Hotel Nikko
Ritz-Carlton, San Francisco


Legendary luxury
 600 Stockton Street
(at California Street)
San Francisco, CA 94108
+1 415 291 0288
http://www.ritzcarlton.com/en/Properties/SanFrancisco/Default.htm
Ritz-Carlton, San Francisco
JW Marriott Hotel


Dramatically Elegant
 500 Post Street
Union Square
San Francisco, CA 94102
+1 415 398 0267
www.jwmarriottunionsquare.com
JW Marriott Hotel
Fairmont Hotel


Grand Landmark
 950 Mason Street
(at California Street )
San Francisco, CA 94108
+1 415 772 5013
http://www.fairmont.com/sanfrancisco/
Fairmont Hotel
Sheraton Fisherman's Wharf


For a stay by the bay
 2500 Mason Street
San Francisco, CA 94133
+1 415 956 5275
http://www.sheratonatthewharf.com
Sheraton Fisherman's Wharf
Campton Place


Intimate, Serene, Sophisticated
 340 Stockton Street
(between Post & Sutter Streets)
San Francisco, CA 94108
+1 415 955 5536
camptonplace.sf@tajhotels.com
Campton Place
Hyatt Regency


Convenient elegance
 5 Embarcadero Center
San Francisco, CA 94111
+1 415 398 2567
http://sanfranciscoregency.hyatt.com.
Hyatt Regency
Huntington Hotel & Nob Hill Spa


One of SF's Finest
 1075 California Street
(between Mason & Taylor Streets)
San Francisco, CA 94108
+1 415 474 6227
http://www.huntingtonhotel.com/
Huntington Hotel & Nob Hill Spa
Hilton San Francisco


Impeccably dressed
 333 O'Farrell Street
(between Mason and Taylor streets)
San Francisco, CA 94102
+1 415 771 1400
www.sanfrancisco.hilton.com
Hilton San Francisco
Palace Hotel


Part of the Luxury Collection
 2 New Montgomery Street
San Francisco, CA 94105-3402
+1 415 243 8062
http://www.sfpalace.com/
Palace Hotel
Mandarin Oriental


A Lofty Perch
 222 Sansome Street
San Francisco, CA 94104
+1 415 433 0289
http://www.mandarinoriental.com/sanfrancisco/
Mandarin Oriental
Chinatown
San Francisco
Chinatown
Cow Hollow
San Francisco
Cow Hollow
Financial District & Embarcadero
San Francisco
Financial District & Embarcadero
The Marina
San Francisco
The Marina
Nob Hill & Russian Hill
San Francisco
Nob Hill & Russian Hill
North Beach
San Francisco
North Beach
Union Square
San Francisco
Union Square
Lombard Street


World's crookedest street!
 Between Hyde & Leavenworth streets
Above Ghirardelli Square
San Francisco, CA 94109
+1 415 391 2000 (Tourist Information)
Lombard Street
Hotel Triton


Artistic Accommodations
 342 Grant Avenue
(between Bush & Sutter Streets)
San Francisco, CA 94108
+1 415 394 0555
http://www.hoteltriton.com/
Hotel Triton
Renaissance Stanford Court Hotel


Historic Elegance
 905 California Street-Nob Hill
At the corner of Powell Street
San Francisco, CA 94108
+1 415 391 0513
http://www.tkqlhce.com/click-2005797-10406976?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmarriott.com%2Freservations%2FsetAMCookie.mi%3Faff%3DFeed__%26AFFNAME%3D%25zp%26mid%3D%252Fproperty%252Fpropertypage%252FSFOSC
Renaissance Stanford Court Hotel
Garden Court


Sunday brunch buffet
 2 New Montgomery Street
The Palace Hotel
San Francisco, CA 94105
+1 415 512 1111
www.gardencourt-restaurant.com
Garden Court
Embarcadero Center


Shopping, dining, and entertainment
 Sacramento and Drumm Streets
San Francisco, CA 94111
+1 415 772 0700
http://www.embarcaderocenter.com/ec
Embarcadero Center
Ramada Limited


Prime tourist location
 1940 Lombard Street
(between Buchanan and Webster streets)
San Francisco, CA 94123
+1 415 775 9937
http://www.ramada.com
Ramada Limited
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