The Monticello Inn is a charming boutique hotel two blocks from Union Square's swanky shopping and entertainment and a few blocks from the Moscone Convention Center, the cable car line, financial district, Chinatown and North Beach. With several of San Francisco's most prominent theaters nearby, guests can bag half-priced, day-of-performance tickets for Broadway musicals to small, local productions at the TIX booth three blocks from the hotel.

Built in 1906, the Monticello Inn's contemporary colonial theme was inspired by Thomas Jefferson's home in Virginia. Guests can pick from a wide selection of books and magazines in the hotel's library, a cozy place just perfect for reading. In fact, a literary theme runs throughout the hotel, where local authors read their works regularly. Guests also can order one-hour delivery of books and music from a local Borders Books and Music. To unwind in the evenings, guests can enjoy complimentary wine receptions. For the hungry, the Monticello Inn sits adjacent to Puccini & Pinetti, a lively Italian trattoria dishing up pastas, pizzas, panini, fresh fish and risotto.

Guests will enjoy complimentary towncar service to the Financial District on Monday through Friday mornings, and complimentary wireless Internet access in public areas.

All 91 guest rooms offer writing desks, honor bars, refrigerators, dataports, movies, video game consoles and complimentary wireless Internet access.

Extremely pooch friendly, the Monticello Inn caters mostly to vacationing couples and families who want that special ambiance and close location to everything San Francisco while visiting this mystical City by the Bay.