Hotels Near the Cliff House in San Francisco
The Cliff House is the site of two seafood restaurants on the cliffs north of Ocean Beach in San Francisco. It originally opened in 1863, although it has changed its appearance several times since then, due to fires and renovations. The National Park System acquired the Cliff House in 1977, and it is now part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.
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Sutro Historic District
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The Cliff House is in the Sutro Historic District in northwest San Francisco, named for former mayor, Adolph Sutro, who purchased the Cliff House in 1883 after building a mansion overlooking the Cliff House grounds. Visitors to the district can see the Sutro Heights Gardens, opened to the public by Sutro in 1880 and, after a period of decline, is again a notable spot for sightseers. Sutro also built the Sutro Baths on three acres below the Cliff House. The glass-enclosed bath house was large enough to accommodate 25,000 swimmers with six salt water swimming tanks. It had private dressing rooms, an arcade and restaurants. The building burned in 1966, but the ruins are visible from the Cliff House. A camera obscura, a small camera-shaped building that uses a large lens and mirror to take images from the outside and project them inside, is located on the grounds of the Cliff House.
Stanyan Park Hotel
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The Stanyan Park Hotel is a restored Victorian hotel just east of Golden Gate Park and approximately four miles southeast of the Cliff House. The hotel, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, has been in operation since the turn of the 20th century and its 36 rooms are decorated to reflect the era during which the hotel opened. The building has three stories and some of the guest rooms overlook the park. An on-site dining room serves continental breakfast every morning and some of the suites have a full kitchen. The hotel is also less than a mile from restaurants and bars in the Haight-Asbury district, such as the Magnolia Gastropub & Brewery and the tapas restaurant, Cha Cha Cha. Hotel guests are within walking distance of local attractions such as the de Young Museum, the Japanese Tea Garden and the California Academy of Sciences.
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Casa Loma Hotel
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The Casa Loma Hotel is 5 miles east of the Cliff House in the Alamo Square neighborhood, which is notable for the Painted Ladies, a row of brightly painted Victorian homes facing Alamo Square Park. The three-story hotel is in a Victorian-style building with 48 guest rooms and a shared bathroom for guests on each floor. There is no restaurant on-site, but guests have access to a full kitchen. The hotel is two miles from the numerous shops, bars and restaurants of Union Square and a half-mile from Hayes Valley, a modern neighborhood with boutique shops, art galleries and restaurants such as the French-Italian Absinthe Brasserie and Bar and the Cuban restaurant, Laurel's.
Edwardian San Francisco Hotel
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Located six miles east of the Cliff House, the Edwardian San Francisco was renovated in 2008 and features European-style guest rooms and four separate guest parlors. A wine bar on-site serves domestic and imported wines, as well as Mediterranean food. The hotel is adjacent to a shuttle stop for the Historic Muni Metro, which utilizes the city's renovated 20th century streetcars. Shuttle stops include Fisherman's Wharf, Union Square and the Castro District. The hotel is also within walking distance of the Performing Arts District, antique shops, restaurants such as the Espetus Churrascaria Brazilian Steakhouse and the coffee shop, Caffe Trieste. The hotel also offers round-trip airport shuttle service.
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