Welcome to San Francisco’s newest luxury event spaces at The Westin St. Francis. Formerly known as the Imperial Floor and the Roosevelt Room and being unveiled in time for The Westin St. Francis’ 115th anniversary, this grand San Francisco stunner is debuting two fully renovated event locations: St. Francis Heights and Colonnade.
Housed in a renovated 1890s brick army barracks, Lodge at the Presidio (presidiolodging.com) offers 42 old-world-meets-modern-amenities rooms, some with glorious Golden Gate Bridge views. About six kilometers from the CBD, it feels a world away.
San Francisco has seen plenty of adaptive reuse in recent years, particularly as tech companies such as Twitter, Yelp and AirBnB moved into old buildings with prior lives from bygone eras.
Lodge at the Presidio
This recently restored historic boutique hotel is located in the Presidio national park area, a stone’s throw from Golden Gate Bridge.
The tree-lined Presidio now has a plush new perch: the elegant Lodge at the Presidio, a 42-room hotel inside reworked Colonial Revival-style barracks.
The Lodge at the Presidio, set within a 1,500 acre national park, has one of the city’s best vantage points for viewing and visiting the Golden Gate Bridge.
Offering a bit of nature amid the urban bustle of San Francisco, the Lodge at the Presidio (presidiolodging.com; from $275) is housed in former army barracks that date back to the 1890s and are part of the ongoing restoration of the Presidio of San Francisco, a 1,500-acre park in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.
Up and down the coast, the Golden State’s hotel scene is drawing in design-minded travelers at every turn. There is perhaps no better place to witness California’s design boom than from inside of one of its hottest hotels.
An hour away—but worlds apart—from the bustle of San Francisco, a former stagecoach stop provides big coastal views and simple pleasures.
Set on a scenic stretch of the San Mateo coast, the New England–style village of Pescadero has attracted travelers since six-horse coaches rattled into town in the mid-1800s. Those carriages are long gone, but the seaside splendor and throwback charm remain.
