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San Francisco Hotels, Hostels & Accommodation

San Francisco is the birthplace of the boutique hotel. You'll find standard-issue chains with good-value rates, four-stars with upmarket comforts and a few palatial five-stars with top-flight luxuries, but it's the little places that stand out – elegant Victorians on neighborhood side streets, artsy downtowners with intimate bars and cozy small inns that smell of freshly baked cookies.

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Hotel Boheme

North Beach & Chinatown

Our favorite boutique hotel is a love letter to the Beat era, with moody orange, black and sage-green color schemes that nod to the 1950s. Inverted Chinese umbrellas hang from the ceiling, and photos from the Beat years decorate the walls...

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4 Star Hotel

Argonaut Hotel, A Kimpton Hotel

The Marina, Fisherman’s Wharf & the Piers

The top hotel at Fisherman's Wharf was built as a cannery in 1908, and has century-old wooden beams and exposed brick walls. Rooms sport an over-the-top nautical theme, with porthole-shaped mirrors and plush, deep-blue carpets...

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$229
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3 Star Hotel

Cartwright Hotel Union Square

Downtown, Civic Center & SoMa

Built in 1915 and overhauled in 2008, the understatedly fancy Larkspur has a monochromatic, earth-tone color scheme and clean lines. Baths are tiny, but have fab rainfall showerheads...

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3 Star Hotel

Petite Auberge

Nob Hill, Russian Hill & Fillmore

Petite Auberge feels like a French country inn, with floral-print fabrics, a sunny yellow color scheme and fireplaces in many rooms...

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$259
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3.5 Star Hotel

Hotel Kabuki A Joie De Vivre Boutique Hotel

Nob Hill, Russian Hill & Fillmore

The Kabuki nods to Japan, with shoji (rice paper screens) on the windows and orange-silk dust ruffles beneath platform beds. The boxy 1960s architecture is plain, but rooms are spacious (if in need of some upgrading)...

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$489
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4 Star Hotel

Hotel Palomar San Francisco, A Kimpton Hotel

Downtown, Civic Center & SoMa

The sexy Palomar is decked out with crocodile-print carpets, stripy persimmon-red chairs, chocolate-brown wood and cheetah-print robes in the closet. Hugh Hefner would definitely approve...

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$224
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3 Star Hotel

Hotel Majestic

Nob Hill, Russian Hill & Fillmore

The 1902 Hotel Majestic holds a torch for traditional elegance – even if its edges are fraying. Rooms are done with Chinese porcelain lamps beside triple-sheeted beds, and while they need some upgrades, we like the old-school vibe...

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$299
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3.5 Star Hotel

White Swan Inn

Nob Hill, Russian Hill & Fillmore

In the tradition of English country inns, the romantic White Swan is styled with cabbage-rose wallpaper, red-plaid flannel bedspreads and polished Colonial-style furniture. Each oversized room has a gas fireplace – a cozy touch on a foggy night...

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$289
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4 Star Hotel

W Hotel San Francisco

Downtown, Civic Center & SoMa

Sexy doormen stand sentinel, looking like bouncers at a disco, and club-kids-turned-conventioneers crowd the lobby, which blares with thump-thump music. Though forced in its cool, the look is sexy – wear black and blend right in...

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$409
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3.5 Star Hotel

Harbor Court Hotel, A Kimpton Hotel

Downtown, Civic Center & SoMa

Rooms are small at this repurposed, vintage-1928 YMCA hotel, but designers compensated with pull-out drawers under platform beds, and handsome textures and colors. Book a bay-view room (trust us)...

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$189
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3.5 Star Hotel

Warwick San Francisco Hotel

Downtown, Civic Center & SoMa

If you prefer high heels to hiking boots but can’t afford the Ritz, the Warwick Regis presents a (way) less-expensive alternative...

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4 Star Hotel

Hotel Vitale A Joie De Vivre Hotel

Downtown, Civic Center & SoMa

The ugly exterior disguises a fashion-forward hotel, with echoes of mid-century-modern design enhanced by up-to-the-minute luxuries. Beds are dressed with silky-soft, 450-thread-count sheets. Excellent on-site spa with two rooftop hot tubs...

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$169
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3 Star Hotel

Steinhart Hotel And Apartments

Nob Hill, Russian Hill & Fillmore

If you're staying in SF for a week or longer, the Steinhart is a great address. It's a glorious early-20th-century building with high ceilings and swank art-deco furnishings...

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$555
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5 Star Hotel

Mandarin Oriental San Francisco

Downtown, Civic Center & SoMa

On the top 11 floors of SF's third-tallest building, the Mandarin has sweeping, unobstructed views from every room. There's nothing risky about the Asian-accented classical decor, but beds are sumptuous – and, oh, those vistas...

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3 Star Hotel

Laurel Inn, A Joie De Vivre Boutique Hotel

The Marina, Fisherman’s Wharf & the Piers

You get more bang for your buck at the Laurel Inn than at most downtown hotels. Rooms are bigger than average and have a colorful, up-to-date look; many have full kitchens...

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$419
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4 Star Hotel

Clift

Downtown, Civic Center & SoMa

Form-over-function maestro Ian Schrager has invaded SF with an 'in-the-know' creation designed to look like a foggy sunset - gray carpet, lavender walls and tangerine highlights...

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$320
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3.5 Star Hotel

Best Western Plus Tuscan Inn At Fisherman's Wharf

The Marina, Fisherman’s Wharf & the Piers

Staying at touristy Fisherman's Wharf doesn't necessarily mean you have to settle for a plain-Jane chain, like Hilton...

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$389
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3.5 Star Hotel

Orchard Garden Hotel

North Beach & Chinatown

SF's first all-green-practices hotel has soothingly quiet rooms with luxe touches, like Egyptian-cotton sheets, plus an organic rooftop garden.

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$625
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5 Star Hotel

Four Seasons Hotel San Francisco

Downtown, Civic Center & SoMa

Opened in 2001, the Four Seasons is huge, confident and very corporate, and one of San Francisco's best posh hotels. Rooms are impeccably designed, many with plate-glass views of the city and bay...

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$645
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5 Star Hotel

The Ritz Carlton, San Francisco

North Beach & Chinatown

Expensive hotels usually look it, but the Ritz-Carlton is off the charts. With its palatial, white-columned demeanor, it more closely resembles a city hall or a Greco-Roman monument...

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$270
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3 Star Hotel

Best Western Hotel California

Downtown, Civic Center & SoMa

Alas, no pink champagne on ice, but it does provide frosted tequila shots upon check-in and wine and cheese nightly...

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$171
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3 Star Hotel

Best Western Plus Americania

Downtown, Civic Center & SoMa

Rooms at this restyled motor lodge face a central courtyard and look sharp, with a retro-'70s aesthetic incorporating black-and-teal-checked carpeting, white-vinyl headboards, pop art and playful extras. Kids love the outdoor heated pool...

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