Visitor to San Francisco from the UK

Plenty of hotels in San Fran that offer free parking. Best option in my view is to stay at a hotel within walking distance to a neighborhood street, so you can walk to breakfast or dinner places that locals go to. No real point in staying near Union Square unless you like to shop all day at the same stores you can shop at in any major city, plus it's not really close to anything except Chinatown and the financial district. Pretty much anything near a major tourist attraction is going to be an overpriced tourist trap.

The Hertitage Marina Hotel is where we always put our out-of-town guests. http://www.heritagemarinahotel.com/ The rooms were recently redone and nicely appointed. Their most expensive room is under $100, with Golden Gate Bridge views. You can walk to Fishermans Wharf, Polk Street, Union Street and Chestnut Street (where the Russian Hill, Cow Hollow and Marina locals live their lives), and the Marina Greens in 15 minutes. Plus, free parking. Lombard St is 5 minutes away, but to be honest, I never understood the fascination with it - it is not even the crookedest street in San Francisco.

Hope this helps.

 

come on Craig, dont take it personal. We just fear the parking nazi's who stab tickets on our rides for no good reason and ride IN the tow trucks cuz its just a matter of time before they tow a brother's ride.....

 

Wow, we used to book here regularly up until a few years ago, and have not had the need since. Looks like things have really gone into the toilet, from what I read - new ownership perhaps? Or perhaps because they knew we were locals that we got the best rooms?

I take back what I said about the hotel.