San Francisco Hotels

The Mark Hopkins Hotel

San Francisco and the Bay Area offer visitors a wide variety of places to stay – from downtown San Francisco hotels to small, individually-owned bed and breakfast inns, with everything in between.

Downtown San Francisco Hotels

The grand hotels of San Francisco are located around Union Square and the city's theater district. Historic hotels, such as the Westin St. Francis, the Sir Francis Drake, and the Palace Hotel, compete alongside more modern hotels, such as the Hyatt and the European-style Campton Place. Many of San Francisco's luxury hotels, such as the Ritz Carlton, the Mark Hopkins (pictured above), and the Stanford Court are located atop Nob Hill, and offer sweeping views of the city and the Bay beyond.

San Francisco Hotels by the Airport

The San Francisco airport, located about 40 minutes south of downtown, is surrounded by modern, mostly chain San Francisco hotels. Among these are Hilton Garden Inn, the Hyatt Regency Airport, the Westin Airport, the Marriott Airport, and the Clarion Airport Inn. Most of them offer complimentary transportation to and from the airport terminals and a variety of business services.

San Francisco Bed and Breakfast Inns

San Francisco, and the surrounding Bay Area, were one of the first regions to embrace the concept of bed and breakfasts. The "City by the Bay" is a natural for such accommodations, with its abundance of Victorian homes. The city offers scores of these smaller, charming, and (usually) family-run establishments, a large number of which are located in the city's Union Street and Haight Ashbury neighborhoods.