In the heart of San Fran, not my idea of a relaxing stay purely due to not being a fan of city life, however i will say that if you love cities then you will probably love it here. The cable car is literally just outside the reception doors, you can hear the cable cars' bells ringing into the night but even for the two nights we stayed they didn't bother us, they,re not really load. There are shops all around and lots of places to eat.
The rooms were not ideal for us as we wanted and had expected two rooms, one with a queen bed and one with two beds but we just got two queens. The rooms are relatively small but if you're in the middle of a busy city how long do you plan on spending in your room. Breakfast was included and had several choices, if nothing else it gets you started for the day! The valet service isn't ideal, you have to hope you can get parked outside the hotel and don't miss a space or the sign for the hotel as we nearly did. when it came to checking out we must of had a half an hour wait for our car to get to us as it is parked away from the hotel, it wasn't a huge issue but when you're packed and ready you just want to get going!
There are quite a lot of homeless people in the streets that try and get you're attention so I personally would not walk around on my own as I find it unnerving. We did however witness a very drunk man stood on a small crate trying to be a statue to get money but due to lack of balance he wasn't very still! We wished we'd had change on us as he deserved money just for the effort!
We went for a late afternoon stroll through china town and the atmosphere there is great, lots of shops and restaurant with lots of amazing smells. A real community feel.
We stayed in San Francisco for two night and got the cable car to fisherman's wharf and pier 39 and spent the afternoon and evening there! These areas are more my sort of place, relaxing and clean, there's lots to see, eat and buy. Fresh seafood on every corner and great shopping areas. I would rather have stayed in this area and spent a few hours near union square rather than the other way round.
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