San Francisco

A glamorous luxury hotel in San Francisco, the Hotel Monaco offers style and comfort for the most discerning of travelers. With its French inspired architecture and sensually rich d�cor, the Hotel Monaco, a Kimpton Hotel, will seduce and pamper you, allow you to indulge your senses.

Location. Hotel Monaco is located less than one quarter mile from Union Square in San Francisco, Calif. The hotel is within one half mile of Hallidie Plaza and the San Francisco Shopping Centre. Civic Center Plaza and Moscone Convention Center are less than one mile away. The hotel is just over one mile from Embarcadero and the San Francisco Bay. Fisherman's Wharf and Aquatic Park are within two miles. The hotel is less than five miles from the Golden Gate Bridge.
Hotel Features. Within a 1910 Beaux Arts building, Hotel Monaco's lobby features columns, an expanded staircase with wrought iron railings and "Tree of Life" sculpture by renowned Bay Area artist Albert Guibara. The hotel's Spa Equilibrium offers a eucalyptus steam room, sauna and spa tub. Treatments include hot stone massages. The hotel's fitness center provides exercise bicycles, stair machines and treadmills. Strength training equipment and free weights are available. Grand CafÚ, with dÚcor inspired by a 1929 Parisian railway, serves seasonal American cuisine including Sonoma duck breast with Yukon Gold potatoes. Fresh seafood is available. Petite CafÚ and Bar offers French fare including Salade Lyonnaise and cocktails.

Guestrooms. Guestrooms at Hotel Monaco feature eclectic dÚcor including walls striped with lime green and muted yellow complemented by crimson canopy beds. Beds offer pillowtop mattresses, down comforters and down pillows. Furnishings include dark wooden antique style armoires, bamboo desks and high backed chairs. Complimentary wireless Internet access, CD players and 27 inch flat screen televisions are provided. Pocket doors separate marble bathrooms from sleeping quarters.

Expert Tip. Named after its park, Union Square is the central shopping, theater and hotel district in San Francisco, Calif. Union Square is known for having the largest collection of department stores, boutiques, tourist shops and salons in the Western United States. Dating back to the United States Civil War, Union Square has hosted concerts, protests and speeches.

The 201 room Hotel Monaco has been carefully designed to offer the best of all worlds to the savvy traveler- a rare combination of high style, sophistication, and exemplary service, all at a value for the guest. The story of the Hotel Monaco is "Sophisticated World Travel". The Hotel Monaco main lobby is characterized by high ceilings, graced by impressive two-story French inglenook fireplace and hand painted ceiling domes that feature a colorful compass-rose design. The registration desk playfully patterned after classically styled steamer trunk. Our grand staircase leads from our reception area to the second floor and lower lobby area. Located only 1 block from the American Conservatory Theatre (A.C.T.) and Curran Theatre, 2 blocks from Union Square and the Cable Car Line, and walking distance to Chinatown, Moscone Convention Center, Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), Visual Arts Center and the financial district. Our Grand Café Restaurant seats 155 people along with a 75-seat bar, featuring an award winning California French bistro menu. The Grand Café features tower columns support with an ornate, richly molded high ceiling in a 1920-s - 1930-s classic style complimented with a bohemian flair. Original murals and character sketches set in an artistic, whimsical tone.

All 201 guest rooms including 35 suites are lushly appointed with pattern/texture and light interiors by noted Los Angeles designer Cheryl Rowley. All guests enjoy complimentary morning coffee and tea service in lobby, hosted evening wine reception and cheese hour with tarot card reading and professional head and neck shoulder massage, complimentary morning newspaper delivery and morning limousine service to the financial district. Hotel offers excellent meeting space/full conference and banquet facilities complete with all business services.